Azotobacter spp. is the free living nitrogen fixing aerobic bacterium. Azotobacter spp. released ammonia into the soil and improve soil fertility, Production of phyto hormones like IAA, Gibberillins and Cytokinins.
Target crops: Wheat, Paddy, Maize, Cotton, Potato, Millets, Vegetables, Grapes, Banana, Pomegranate, Oranges, Plantation crops, Fiber and Oil producing crops.
:Benefits to the crop : •Improve seed germination percentage. •Increase number & length of shoot and root. •Help to fix nitrogen from atmosphere in continuous process. •Reduction in disease incidence. •More yield (25% to 30% in wheat, finger millets). •Improve post-harvest seed quality in terms of germination. •Reduce 20% to 25 % Nitrogenous fertilizer requirements.
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