ABSTRACT

Biofertilizer consists of live microorganisms that enhances plant growth and development. They are cost-effective and eco-friendly bioinoculants that can provide nutrients to plant, secrete certain growth promoting substances, suppress phytopathogens, reduces the biotic and abiotic stress, detoxify the soil pollutants and improve the soil fertility. There is increased demand for chemical fertilizers and pesticides which in turn causes hazardous effect on environment so an alternative biofertilizers promises to be a sustainable technology. Azotobacter is most common free living, gram negative, cyst producing, aerobic and nitrogen fixing bacteria. It secretes indole acetic acid, cytokinins and gibberellin-like compounds. One of the major step of biofertilizer production is formulation. In formulation, the microbial strain is mixed with a carrier, which transfers them to target plant or soil. There are different types of formulation depending on the form of carrier used like solid, liquid and encapsulated. This paper reviews about the need of biofertilizer, characteristics of Azotobacter sp., biofertilizer production process and formulations types. Keywords: Biofertilizer, Formulation, Bioinoculant, Microorganism
Publication date: 01/01/2022

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https://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2022/11.1.5815