The two teachers, Dr. Aqeel Nazal Al-Abidi and Dr. Zainab Aliwi Al-Tamimi, at the College of Agriculture at the University of Karbala, obtained a patent for “manufacturing a combination of the biopesticide BioTr5 and evaluating its efficiency in the field after storage in combating the causes of seed rot and seedling death diseases.”
The patent included manufacturing a biopesticide for the first time using a jungle plant known for its environmental problems.
For the first time, a mixture of two solutions was used before loading the fungi onto one of the carrier materials (Talc), which was used as an adhesive for the reproductive units of the fungi.
The patent requested some mineral elements with the aim of enriching the nutritional value of the development medium and as materials that encourage the growth of Trichoderma spp.
