Microorganisms agriculture applications

On the other hand, genes responsible for the economically important proteins have been identified and inserted successfully into microorganisms, because proteins are immediate gene products. The technology to introduce the foreign gene into plant cells has been also developed for the agricultural applications of plant cell culture. 

As noted, TSCA coverage extends to chemical substances and mixtures used in a broad range of industrial, commercial and consumer applications. Some examples of the types of microbial products that would be subject to TSCA are microorganisms used to produce pesticides and other commercial chemicals, to convert biomass to energy, for pollutant degradation and enhanced oil recovery, in metal extraction and concentration, and in certain non-food agriculture applications, such as nitrogen fixation. 

Aldrin was found to be very persistent in an agricultural soil. Fifteen years after application at a rate of 20 Ib/acre, 5.8% of the applied amount was recovered as dieldrin and 0.2% was recovered as photodieldrin (Lichtenstein et ah, 1971). Patil and Matsumura (1970) reported 13 of 20 soil microorganisms degraded aldrin to dieldrin under laboratory conditions. 

All the results of this survey show that silatranes are a new class of biologically active compounds having a broad spectrum of action. They will undoubtedly find a wide application in therapy, agriculture, fur-farming, poultry breeding, plant growing, cultivation of useful insects and microorganisms. 

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