In response to the growth in the production and use of bio-inputs in Brazil, Embrapa Soja is launching, this Thursday (April 16th), the “Manual of Good Practices for the collection of microbial cultures: diazotrophic bacteria and plant growth promoters”. The material will be officially presented during the 51st anniversary ceremony of Embrapa Soja, which will take place in the institution's auditorium in Londrina (PR). The electronic publication has 80 pages and was coordinated by researchers Mariangela Hungria and Marco Antonio Nogueira, from Embrapa Soja, and is the result of work by microbiologist Milena Klepa, a fellow of the Araucária Foundation at the Soil Biotechnology Laboratory of Embrapa Soja. “In a scenario marked by growing challenges related to food security, environmental sustainability, and productive efficiency, microbial culture collections assume a central role as repositories of biological resources essential to the scientific and technological development of ...