WHAT IS A MICROBIAL SOIL FERTILISER?
A Microbial Soil Conditioner is a culture of beneficial micro-organisms (special bacteria and/or fungi) formulated with a suitable carrier material that helps soils improve their nutrient status and encourages proper plant growth and protection. These beneficial microorganisms can:
(1) Increase phosphorous uptake
(2) Make atmospheric nitrogen available and readily accessible to roots.
(3) Promote the growth of roots by releasing plant regulation substances, and
(4) Protect the roots from pathogenic micro-organisms and create a healthy environment for outstanding plant growth and performance.
Agriculture’s frequent practices such as tillage and site preparation can reduce the population of beneficial micro-organisms, which are one of the most important components of the soil as they carry out many important processes vital for soil fertility and health. Their re-introduction using a Microbial Soil Conditioner in areas where they have been reduced will put life back into the soil, greatly improving soil quality, and therefore improving plant’s health and growth vigour. A Microbial Soil Conditioner acts as a natural biocataliser by assuring a quick colonization of the rhizosphere and root mass with beneficial micro-organisms that will re-establish a healthy soil and allow plants to thrive. A healthy rhizosphere (root zone), dominated by beneficial micro-organisms is the perfect natural environment for plant growth. Farmers can create real economic benefits by applying this biotechnology to their own farm soils. By identifying exactly which organisms and correct application rates, you can maximize beneficial outcomes while limiting adverse effects of normal farming practices over both the short and long term.
WHAT ARE BENEFICIAL MICRO-ORGANISMS (BACTERIA & FUNGI)?
There are a large group of naturally occurring organisms that can exist in soils by ensuring soils contain appropriate ratios of beneficial micro-organisms. Micro-organisms be used as soil inoculants to improve soil quality, and as a direct consequence the health and the growth performance of crops. Existing ratios of micro-organisms are often unknown or not well identified and the beneficial effects of these micro-organisms often go unrecognised. The beneficial micro-organisms can help improve the effects of common management practices such as crop rotations, incorporation of organic materials, conservation tillage, crop residue recycling, and bio-control of pests. With sustained use, the cumulative effects of micro-organisms improve year by year.
HOW DO BENEFICIAL MICRO-ORGANISMS IMPROVE PLANT GROWTH?
Rhizobacteria promote plant growth directly and/or indirectly by:
• Producing plant regulators
• Facilitating nutrient uptake
• Accelerating mineralization
• Reducing plant stress
• Providing nitrogen fixation
• Promoting other beneficial micro-organisms such as
‘mycorrhizal fungi’
• Suppressing plant diseases, and
• Functioning as nematicides and insecticides
Five specific Bacillus species have been formulated into our Biology and by way of a soil additive
help plants increase their growth and yield performance. our Biology’s beneficial bacteria are really only observable when they grow in colonies on nutrient agar, under specific light conditions or with electronic microscopes. Bacteria have the ability to form a resting spore, which allow them to survive extreme periods of heat, cold and desiccation.
HOW DO BENEFICIAL MICROBES PROTECT PLANTS AGAINST PLANT ROOT PATHOGENS?
Three factors contribute to the protective functions of beneficial microbes:
(1) Competition for nutrients in soil and rhizosphere
(2) Competition for infection sites and root colonization, and/or
(3) Induced systemic resistance (Salerno et al. 2000).
Induced resistance is defined as an enhancement of the plant’s defensive capacity against a broad spectrum of pathogens and pests. It is acquired after appropriate stimulation such as the introduction of a beneficial micro-organism into the rhizosphere (root zone). Elevated resistance to pathogen infection due to an induced agent is called induced systemic resistance or systemic acquired resistance. Many micro-organisms have the ability to induce systemic resistance against pests and diseases. Two Bacillus species (subtilis and thuringiensis) in our Biology are proven to suppress pests and diseases.
BioIQ was born out of an ambition to reduce the use of synthetic chemical fertilisers and improve soil health, migrating farmers and agribusinesses to programs more sustainable and safer to use.
Robert Rushford and Mike Tyrrell offer a new plant nutrition solution that provides regenerative and all natural solutions for farmers, land managers [and homeowners] to improve the health of the planet through scientific innovation.
BioIQ is made for Farmers and Land Managers … A leader in fertiliser and soil conditioner technology.
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