IALR

Long before the current interest in biostimulants started, researchers at IALR studied the fundamentals of plant and endophyte interactions by merging the fields of plant science, microbiology and molecular biology. Jerzy Nowak, a founder of the plant research initiative at IALR, is a pioneer in the field of endophyte research. A bacterial endophyte he isolated in the late 1980's, Burkholderia phytofirmans strain PsJN (PsJN), has been the subject of intense global study. PsJN has been proven to promote growth across a wide range of plants, including potatoes, tomatoes, grapevines and peppers... IALR was founded in 2002 to diversify, transform and grow the economy of Southern Virginia. Since its inception, IALR has served as a site for the development of the technology, partnerships and trained workforce necessary for new economic enterprises to flourish. The creation of IALR was funded through state and local sources, as well as tobacco settlement funds disbursed by the Virginia..

Primary location: Danville United States