Background:
Nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) are the major macronutrients required by the plants for healthy and balanced plant growth. In order to get high yield, these nutrients are added to the soils as chemical fertilizersand hence their extensive use is leading to deterioration of soil health and pollution of groundwater. An interesting alternative to avoid or reduce the use of N, P and K fertilizers could be the exploitation of biofertilizerswhich are microbe based products and supplement N, P and K in eco-friendly manner Technology Details:
PUSA Sampoorn is an eco-friendly biofertilizer having consortium of 3 bacteria with properties of fixing atmospheric N to ammonia and solubilization of unavailable P and K in soil to make it available for plants. The liquid formulations have longer shelf life and support larger counts of the bacteria. This liquid formulation has shown an improved plant growth and enhancement in N, P, K uptake by various crops tested.