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Pseudomonas Species-Derived Chitinase Mass Multiplication, Production Cost Analysis, and Marketing: As a Biocontrol Agent for Crop Protection

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Chitin is an insoluble structural polysaccharide present in the exoskeleton of insects. One potential biopesticide is enzyme chitinase, which degrades chitin-soluble and insoluble oligosaccharides. Recently, chitinase enzymes as a biopesticide are develo** to control insect and fungal pests—an alternative approach with enzyme-based biopesticides to avoid the chemical pesticides against pests and pathogens. The success in exploring chitinase from microbial sources, especially for agriculture, has a high volume low cost, and it also depends on the availability and active formulation of the product at a reasonable cost. The roles of chitinolytic enzymes as a biocontrol agent, different mechanisms to mass culture the chitinase and the formulations, and making the enzyme stable for the long term is the wide area to research. The chitin degradation, and identification of chitinase from different microbial sources with varying specificities, may make them more useful in commercial processes soon. In this chapter, Pseudomonas sp.-derived chitinase enzymes, essential in the agricultural field, benefit the plant by PGPR activity and mass multiplications of bacteria and the enzyme, production, and formulations in low cost, requirements to register the biopesticide and marketing were discussed in this chapter.

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Vivekanandhan, P., Swathy, K., Chordia, M.A. (2022). Pseudomonas Species-Derived Chitinase Mass Multiplication, Production Cost Analysis, and Marketing: As a Biocontrol Agent for Crop Protection. In: Amaresan, N., Dharumadurai, D., Cundell, D.R. (eds) Industrial Microbiology Based Entrepreneurship. Microorganisms for Sustainability, vol 42. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-6664-4_12

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