… Your Portal to Reliable Research and Experience-based Information Regarding Microbial-based Biostimulants (MBBs) and their Use in Commercial Vegetable Production

Our team offers resources to help commercial vegetable growers, especially sustainable-organic, make the best use of MBBs. However, as a grower, MBB manufacturer or supplier, grower advisor, researcher, educator, agricultural journalist, or organizational representative, you can help. The shared goal is to improve the reliability with which MBBs are selected, used, and evaluated. Some approaches to meet this goal are listed below.

• Check out our database of OMRI-listed companies manufacturing microbial biostimulants and biofertilizers and submit feedback on improvements to the database. MBB manufacturers especially are encouraged to provide links to reports describing the performance of their products.
• Listen to and review summaries of microbial-based biostimulant call-in conversations hosted by the VPSL.
• View information about recent VPSL research projects using microbial biostimulants:
• Application Timing Effects of Microbial Biostimulants on High Tunnel Vegetable Production
• The Timing and Rate of a Single Application of Microbial Biostimulants and Their Effects on Tomato and Butternut Squash
• Join the MBBs listserv to start, contribute to, or learn from conversations with others interested in these important products.
• Project team members Kleinhenz, Taylor, and Wang also contribute to the Microbial-based Solutions for Agriculture (MBSA) Team within the OSU Center for Applied Plant Sciences.
  

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Resources

Tips for Using Microbial-based Products

Fruit Yield and Quality in a Strip Till Tomato Systems as Influenced by Grafted Plants and Crop Biostimulants

Researchers Share Five “Fast Facts” to Help Growers Understand Biofertilizers

Big Claims, Big Questions, and Big Potential in Small Packages: Tips for Using Microbe-Containing Crop Biostimulants

What is in Your Microbial-based Crop Fertilizer

Getting the Most From Microbe-containing Crop Biostimulants

Microbial-based Biostimulants: Big Potential in Small Packages

Microbial Biostimulants in Grower Toolboxes

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Online Tools

 
 


Microbe-containing Biostimulants Database

Microbial-based Biostimulants in Vegetable Production ListServ

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Other Websites

Organic Farming Research Network

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Project Team

Matthew Kleinhenz Vegetable Extension Specialist The Ohio State University (330) 263-3810 www.u.osu.edu/vegprolab	Christopher Taylor Plant Pathology The Ohio State University (330) 263-3847 plantpath.osu.edu	Subramanian Kumarappan Economics The Ohio State University (330) 287-1261 ati.osu.edu	Bonnie Ownley Plant Pathology University of Tennessee (865) 974-0219
Nicole Wright Program Coordinator The Ohio State University (330) 202-3555 ext. 2717	Stephanie Short Program Assistant The Ohio State University	Carol Goland Executive Director Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association (614) 421-2022 ext. 202 www.oeffa.org/

This material is based upon work that is supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture, under award number 2016-38640-25381 through the North Central Region SARE program under project number LNC16-380 and by the Organic Transitions Program grant no. 2016-51106-25714 . USDA is an equal opportunity employer and service provider. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.