Which media is used for mass production of Rhizobium?

Farmyard manure and soil mixture can be used as carrier materials. The neutralized peat soil/lignite are found to be better carrier materials for biofertilizer production. Selection of ideal carrier material.

What is mass multiplication of biofertilizers?

Mass multiplication of biofertilizers involves small scale and large scale production system. The detailed procedure includes isolation, maintenance, characterization and mass culture production.

Which media is used for Rhizobium biofertilizer?

For selection of suitable nutrient media for Rhizobium before mass production YMA (Yeast Mannitol Agar), YSA (Yeast Sucrose Agar), YMA + bromthymol blue (BTB), YMA + Congo red (CR) preparation were used to test the purity of culture.

What is the application of Rhizobium?

Rhizobium is a bacterium found in soil that helps in fixing nitrogen in leguminous plants. It attaches to the roots of the leguminous plant and produces nodules. These nodules fix atmospheric nitrogen and convert it into ammonia that can be used by the plant for its growth and development.

What is the main function of Rhizobium?

How one can achieve the mass cultivation of the bacterial biofertilizers?

The following four methods are used for mass cultivation : (i) cemented tank method., (ii) shallow metal troughs method, (iii) polythene lined pit method, and (iv) field method. The polythene lined pit method is most suitable for small and marginal farmers to prepared algal biofertilizer.

What is Rhizobium technology?

Efficient rhizobium strains stimulate the formation of more nodules which provides legumes with more fixed nitrogen resulting in greater biomass yield. Rhizobia inoculation increases nodulation and nitrogen fixation as a result increased plant growth62.

What is the importance of Rhizobium in agriculture?

What is Rhizobium made of?

Rhizobium is a genus of Gram-negative soil bacteria that fix nitrogen. Rhizobium species form an endosymbiotic nitrogen-fixing association with roots of (primarily) legumes and other flowering plants.