Phosphorus is one of the three major macronutrients required by plants. However, it is usually not present in soil in plant available form in adequate amounts. Growers therefore tend to apply two to four times the amount of chemical phosphorus fertilizer required by crops. Unfortunately most of this phosphorus is fixed in soil by calcium, iron or aluminium. Phosphorus solubilizing bacteria and fungi are able to solubilize insoluble phosphorus by secreting organic acids and enzymes and make it easily available for plants. The amount of synthetic chemical fertilizer required by crops can be significantly reduced allowing the soil to produce healthier and safer grains and produce.
We are working on developing PSM/PGPB inoculants for major crops like rice, maize, wheat, soybean, potato etc. from our numerous potent strains including, Pseudomonas protegens (GenBank KY595109.1), Pseudomonas putida (GenBank KY628750.1), Pseudomonas fluorescens (GenBank MF170537.1) Bacillus megaterium (GenBank KJ596423.1), Bacillus subtilis (Genbank) Enterobacter cloacae (GenBank MH100666.1) etc.
