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inoculant Definition

in·ocu·lant (i näkyə lənt)

noun

inoculum

inoculant Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • use: In many parts of the world crops in long-term short rotation patterns still show benefits from using a high quality inoculant.

Adjective modifier

  • microbial: Fungi are also a very important component of microbial inoculants.
  • bacterial: The method could detect genetically-modified bacterial inoculants in controlled release experiments down to 1-10 cells per g soil.
  • sterile: Sterile inoculants ( peat and liquids ) have higher concentrations of pure viable rhizobia.
  • biological: The biological inoculants tended to have contrasting effects on silage total fatty acid compared with the other additives.
  • high: In many parts of the world crops in long-term short rotation patterns still show benefits from using a high quality inoculant.

Modifies a noun

  • strain: Increased understanding of the persistence of inoculant strains in field situations and the ability of inoculants to infect intercrop and weed species.

Noun used with modifier

  • soil: The soil inoculant is the bacteria that legume roots incorporate to make their own nitrogen.
  • rhizobium: Urbana Laboratories manufacture and development of Rhizobium inoculants for all legume crops.