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Bio-Fertilizers:

When applied to soil, living microorganisms in biofertilizer colonize the rhizosphere or inside of the plant to stimulate growth by making more essential nutrients available to the host plant. They assist plants to take up more nutrients on their own, including those that are naturally present in the soil but sometimes can't be taken up by plants because they are in an insoluble state. Conventional chemical fertilisers, on the other hand, provide the soil with chemical elements that can end up contaminating aquifers if they are not managed in the proper dose and at the right time, despite the fact that they serve as a fertiliser.

Types of Bio-Fertilizers

The numerous kinds of biofertilizers that support the plant's growth at various stages include:

Fixing-nitrogen biofertilizers (Azotobacter, Nostoc, Rhizobium, Azospirillum)

Boost the ii soil nitrogen level. fixes atmospheric nitrogen in the soil so that plants can access it.

Biofertilizers with phosphate

Biofertilizers that solubilize phosphorus (Species of Bacillus, Pseudomonas, Penicillium, Aspergillus)

To dissolve bound phosphates in soil, you must first dissolve insoluble phosphate from organic and inorganic phosphate sources, release insoluble phosphorus in the soil, fix it in clay minerals, secrete organic acids, and lower the pH.

Mobilizing biofertilizers for phosphorus (Arbuscular Mycorrhiza, AM fungi) Invading the cortical cells of the roots, the fungus raises the surface area of the roots, shifts the balance of phosphate ion absorption, increasing the transfer of P ions, and stimulates metabolic activity.

Liquid  Biofertilizers

The microorganisms in liquid biofertilizers, which fix atmospheric nitrogen and solubilize insoluble phosphates and make it available to the plant, are valuable for agriculture. It has a long shelf life, is simple to produce, and cuts the need of artificial fertiliser by 15–40%. Producing and managing organic crops also allows them to compete on the international market.

Use of Bio Fertilizers in Organic Farming

organic pesticides and fertilisers have been used indiscriminately in agriculture, which has had negative effects on the natural ecology. Both in the soil and the atmosphere, many useful resources have been killed either directly or indirectly.

Inorganic fertilisers have been applied carelessly, resulting in soil and water pollution and a decline in the population of beneficial microorganisms in the soil. Today, organic farming is becoming more popular thanks to the availability of natural resources.

The link between beneficial soil microbes and plant growth and development is crucial, and without soil microorganisms, a plant cannot complete its life cycle.