Content:
Azotobacter chroococcum is free living nitrogen fixing aerobic bacterium.
Mode of action:
It fixes atmospheric nitrogen non-symbiotically and helps to make it available to plants along with production of antifungal substances which inhibits the growth of harmful fungi and also results in lowering the disease occurrences.
Benefits:
- It fixes the atmospheric nitrogen and makes it available in growing stage of crop.
- Reduces the use of chemical fertilizers and maintains soil fertility by fixing atmospheric nitrogen.