STARCH ENCAPSULATION OF BIOCONTROL AGENTS

摘要

A method for the encapsulation of a biocontrol agent comprising the steps: a. preparing an aqueous dispersion of a pregelatinized starch and an effective amount of said biocontrol agent, wherein the relative amount of the starch with respect to the agent is sufficient to entrap the agent within a matrix of the starch; and b. subjecting the mixture to gelation conditions whereby the amylose components will reassociate with one another and thereby transform said mixture into a continuous insolubilized matrix having entrapped therein uniformly dispersed, discontinuous domains of the agent.