STARCH ENCAPSULATION OF BIOCONTROL AGENTS

摘要

ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSUREA method for the encapsulation of a biocontrol agent comprising thesteps:a. preparing an aqueous dispersion of a pregelatinized starch andan effective amount of said biocontrol agent, wherein therelative amount of the starch with respect to the agent issufficient to entrap the agent within a matrix of the starch; andb. subjecting the mixture to gelation conditions whereby theamylose components will reassociate with one another and therebytransform said mixture into a continuous insolubilized matrixhaving entrapped therein uniformly dispersed, discontinuousdomains of the agent.