Scribd
Upload
74 views3 pages

Biofertilizers For Improving Agriculture Productivity and Promoting Organic Culture

A biofertilizer (also bio-fertilizer) is a substance which contains living microorganisms which, when applied to seed, plant surfaces, or soil, colonizes the rhizosphere or the interior of the plant and promotes growth by increasing the supply or availability of primary nutrients to the host plant

Uploaded by

Lenin Prabhu
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
74 views3 pages

Biofertilizers For Improving Agriculture Productivity and Promoting Organic Culture

A biofertilizer (also bio-fertilizer) is a substance which contains living microorganisms which, when applied to seed, plant surfaces, or soil, colonizes the rhizosphere or the interior of the plant and promotes growth by increasing the supply or availability of primary nutrients to the host plant

Uploaded by

Lenin Prabhu
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 3

Biofertilizers for Improving Agriculture Productivity and Promoting Organic Culture

Microbial Inoculants

Inoculum Application

Inoculum Up-scaling

Phosphate-solubilizing Bacteria

Diazotroph
Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology Post Box No. 6, Palampur (HP) 176 061 Tel.: +91 1894 230411 Fax: +91 1894 230433 E.mail: [email protected]

Rhizobium Pea

Garlic

Potato

Product Profile

Carrier-based plant growth promoting microbial inoculants for agriculture Microbial inoculants include plant growth promoting fluorescent Pseudomonas and nitrogen-fixing pea root-nodulating rhizobia

Salient Features

Efficient phosphate-solubilization Production of phytohormones:


- Production of indole-derivatives
IAM AU

Screening of PGPR under Controlled Environment


Maize Pea

IAA

ACC-deaminase activity (ethylene reduction bioassay)


Maize Pea

Inoculated Control

Inoculated Control

Barley
Control Inoculated Control Inoculated

Chickpea

High antagonistic activity to fungal pathogens


Inoculated Control Inoculated Control

Anti-fungal Activity

Siderophore Production

High stress tolerance against:

desiccation (45% PEG) alkalinity (upto pH 11) salinity (5% NaCl) calcium salts (5% CaSO4, 5% CaCO3 and 2.5% CaCl2)

High rhizosphere competence High root nodulation and nitrogenase activity by rhizobial inoculant
Nitrogenase Activity ethylene acetylene

High PGPR activity in different crops

Field Testing of Microbial Inoculants

You might also like