Biochemistry In Fertilizer Making
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Today, countries all over the world are making widespread use of fertilizers to grow crops to feed the ever growing population. Fertilizers not only increase the rate at which crops grow, but they also aid the crops by supplying them with the necessary nutrients to improve their growth. Rapid advances in biochemistry since the last few years have reaped rich dividends. |
Biochemistry has given rise to bio-fertilizers that contain important constituents which combine together to augment the supply of essential nutrients to the plants.
These nutrients broadly include the nitrogen fixers, as well as, phosphate solubilizing fungi and mycorrhizal fungi that are responsible for supplying the nutrients from the soil to the plant cells. There are certain types of bio-fertilizers that have achieved a lot of popularity all over the world within there sphere. These include Azatobacter, Azospirillum and phosphate solubilizing bacteria, which are also called PSB in short.
Carrier materials that encourage the growth of microorganisms are also used for the same purpose. These carrier materials include peat soil, humus, lignite and wood charcoal. There are a large variety of microbial additives available that are used for different types of plants. Some of them include Azolla, Frankia and Vesicular Arbuscular Mycorrhiza.
It is possible that the farmers try to separate the required microorganisms from the farm’s soil and then mass produce them. This will lead to a better chance of survival of the microorganisms. Regular tests are conducted in laboratories from the biochemistry point of view so that it can lead to new discoveries and mass production of bio-fertilizers.
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