Question

Name the common biofertilizers used in organic farming.

Answer 1

Biofertilizers in organic farming:

1. Biofertilizers are microbe-containing compounds that aid plant and tree development by enhancing the delivery of critical nutrients to them.
2. Biofertilizers are available in a variety of forms.
3. It contains live organisms such as mycorrhizal fungi, blue-green algae, and bacteria.
4. Nitrogen-fixing bacteria and cyanobacteria are two typical biofertilizers used in organic farming.
5. Mycorrhizal fungi prefer to extract minerals from organic matter for the plant, whereas cyanobacteria are known for their ability to fix nitrogen.
6. Bacteria that fix nitrogen are, nitrogen-fixing bacteria in a loose association, free-living nitrogen-fixing bacteria, symbiotic nitrogen-fixing Cyanobacteria.