Biofertilizer Commonly Used in Fruit Science
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Biofertilizer Commonly Used in Fruit Science
Biofertilizer: Preparation containing live or latent cells of different strains of N-fixing, P-solubilizing micro-organisms used in soil or seed treatments with objective to augment the availability of nutrients to the plants.
| S.N. | Biofertilizer | Organisms | Fixed nutrients |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Saprophytes | Aspergillus, Penicillium, Trichoderma | Decompose organic matter at faster rate |
| 2. | Legume inoculants | Rhizobium sp. | Fixed atmospheric N in association with leguminous roots |
| 3. | Association with plants | Azospirillum | High N fixation |
| 4. | Free living organism | Azotobactor | Fixes N in natural to alkaline soil |
| 5. | Blue-green algae | Anabaena, Nostoc, Aulosuria, Calothrix, Tolypothrix | N |
| 6. | Free floating fresh water fern | Azolla pinnata | N |
| 7. | P–Solubilisers | Pseudomonas striata, Bacillua polymixa, Aspergillua awaroori, Pencillium digitatum | P |
| 8. | Ectotrophic Mycorrihzae | Basidomycetes | P |
| 9. | Endotrophic Mycorrihzae | Glomus, Gigaspore, Acanlospore, Entrophospora | N, P, K, Mg |
Important PointsIn citrus, G. fasciculatus increased growth by 70–300% depending upon citrus species.
In peach, VAM fungi in nursery stage had more Zn in their tissue upon inoculation.
About 95–99% of the total phosphorus are insoluble, which are not directly available to plants, so P-solubilising biofertilizers play a very significant role.
Leghaemoglobin provides oxygen to the root nodule bacteria even at the very low level of free oxygen.
In citrus, G. fasciculatus increased growth by 70–300% depending upon citrus species.
In peach, VAM fungi in nursery stage had more Zn in their tissue upon inoculation.
About 95–99% of the total phosphorus are insoluble, which are not directly available to plants, so P-solubilising biofertilizers play a very significant role.
Leghaemoglobin provides oxygen to the root nodule bacteria even at the very low level of free oxygen.