Agriculture, with its allied sectors, is without a doubt India’s largest livelihood provider in India. Bio-fertilizers are gaining tremendous importance in agriculture due to the detrimental effect of chemical fertilizers on plants and soil health. It consists of living beneficial microorganisms that enhance plant growth and maintain soil health by using different mechanisms.
We are all aware of bio-fertilizer but why do we use fresh bio-fertilizer, let’s move forward to know about it.
FRESH BIO-FERTILIZER
Fresh bio-fertilizers are a concept that emphasizes the immediate use of bio-fertilizer after production to ensure maximum microbial count and hence is a revolutionary idea in the field of agriculture. The efficiency of bio-fertilizers depends upon different factors such as the quality and formulation of inoculants, the total number of living microbes, and shelf life. Therefore, it is very important to discuss the shelf life of bio-fertilizers and another alternative is fresh bio-fertilizer.
PARAMETERS REQUIRED FOR MAINTAINING THE EFFICIENCY OF BIOFERTILIZER
Like any other product, the success of bio-fertilizer depends upon its quality.
· The quality parameters used by India and China include Total Viable Cell (TVC), pH, shelf life, particle size, water content, and contamination.
· Formulation of inoculant is a very crucial process in the manufacturing of bio-fertilizers.
· The microorganism present in the formulation should be well protected to survive under harsh conditions so that the number of viable microbes is maintained.
· With time, the total viability count or the total number of living cells of microbes present in a bio-fertilizer reduces along with its quality. This can be changed with the introduction of the concept of fresh bio-fertilizers. Fresh bio-fertilizers should be applied in the field immediately after manufacturing, ensuring the maximum number of the viable microbial cell.
· Select that bio-fertilizer that has a great shelf-life with a maximum viable number of microbial cells.
· Fresh bio-fertilizer is made of some carrier material such as peat, vermiculite, lignite powder, clay, etc., which provide them to improve the shelf life of bio-fertilizer.
Maintaining cell viability is an important factor affecting bio-fertilizer quality and that can be achieved with the use of fresh bio-fertilizers. The concept of fresh bio-fertilizer is a novel approach towards organic farming and reduces the use of synthetic bio-fertilizers.
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