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Separately, producers mix the larvae’s frass, or debris from its digestion, with a microbial inoculant extracted from the black soldier flies.
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Catherine Wang, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2023
Don’t forget to roll the seed or roots in a Rhizobia bacterial inoculant.
—Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Apr. 2021
As a successful inoculant became more likely, the JCVI’s Covid-19 subcommittee met weekly starting in September.
—Joanna Sugden, WSJ, 10 Dec. 2020
To use an inoculant, roll wet seeds in the powder immediately before planting.
—The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping, 31 Mar. 2017
Topics discussed are potting containers and soil, seeds as newborns, newborn seedlings' microbiome, microbial seed inoculants and amending your seed starting soil with mineral nutrients and biology.
—Courant Community, 26 Dec. 2017
Inoculants of these bacteria are available commercially and may be used to coat the seeds before planting to make sure the bacteria are present; however, this generally is not necessary.
—Dan Gill, NOLA.com, 8 July 2017
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Catherine Wang, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2023
Don’t forget to roll the seed or roots in a Rhizobia bacterial inoculant.
—Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Apr. 2021
As a successful inoculant became more likely, the JCVI’s Covid-19 subcommittee met weekly starting in September.
—Joanna Sugden, WSJ, 10 Dec. 2020
To use an inoculant, roll wet seeds in the powder immediately before planting.
—The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping, 31 Mar. 2017
Topics discussed are potting containers and soil, seeds as newborns, newborn seedlings' microbiome, microbial seed inoculants and amending your seed starting soil with mineral nutrients and biology.
—Courant Community, 26 Dec. 2017
Inoculants of these bacteria are available commercially and may be used to coat the seeds before planting to make sure the bacteria are present; however, this generally is not necessary.
—Dan Gill, NOLA.com, 8 July 2017
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“Inoculant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inoculant. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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inoculant
noun
in·oc·u·lant
in-ˈäk-yə-lənt 
: inoculum
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