Fuente:
WIPO "tomato"
Coated seed comprising at least a seed and at least a coating, said coating comprises at least a binding agent and a soil activator composition having an extended shelf-life duration and comprising from 918 to 99.8 weight% of at least one lignosulfonate salt with respect to the total weight of the soil activator composition, from 0.2 to 8.2 weight % of a bacterial mixture with respect to the total weight of the soil activator composition, said bacterial mixture containing at least 3 different bacteria species with one or more nitrogen fixing bacteria species and one or more phosphorus solubilizing bacteria species, and containing at least 263 million (2.63x108) cfu total bacteria /g soil activator composition after said extended shelf life measured according to ASTM-D5465-93 (dated 1998) standard.