Azotobacter is a free-living bacterium that can fix atmospheric nitrogen into the soil, being a great source to obtain a natural biofertilizer that can be used for the cultivation of most crops.
It is a great source of nitrogen to meet the needs of crops because also has the capabilities to cause a rejuvenation of soil microbiology to tap out the biological fixation of nitrogen.
Azotobacter Benefits:
It is a great source of nitrogen to meet the needs of crops because also has the capabilities to cause a rejuvenation of soil microbiology to tap out the biological fixation of nitrogen.
Azotobacter Benefits:
- It improves seed germination and plant growth
- Azotobacter is tolerant to high salts.
- It can benefit crops by Nitrogen fixation, growth promoting substances, fungi static substances.
- Azotobacter is heaviest breathing organism and requires a large amount of organic carbon for its growth.
- It is a poor competitor for nutrients in the soil and hence its growth promoting substances, fungistatic substances.
- It thrives even in alkaline soils.
- Azotobacter is less effective in soils with poor organic matter content.
- Azotobacter also produces some substances which check the plant pathogens such as Alternaria, Fusarium, and Helminthosporium. Hence Azotobacter also acts as a biological control agent.