Probiotic in agriculture

Supporting the need to reduce the usage of chemical fertilizer in agriculture, the application of probiotics has a great potential.

WHO defined probiotics as – live microorganisms which when administered in adequate amounts confer a health benefit on the host.

Most probiotics are bacteria which are small unicellular organisms. The concept of using bacteria to promote health of higher organisms is not unique to plants.

In 1907 the Nobel prize winner Elie Metchnikoff postulated yoghurt for the first time as a health promoting food.

Application of probiotics is an organic farming which does not utilize insecticides, herbicides or fungicides.

Avoiding these chemicals, it utilize beneficial microbes in its compositing methods. In order to develop beneficial microbes in compositing , probiotics are applied.

Some farmers use probiotics to help boost disease resistance in crops, increase reproduction in farmer animals, and increase milk and egg production. Such increases are achieved by better health of crops and animals, bestowed by the probiotics.

Bacillus bacteria group, Lactic acid bacteria groups and Actinomycetous groups are traditionally used in Japanese composting. These group of bacteria protect agro-products from cropping hazards. They also effective in controlling fungi.

Probiotics induce a systemic response in the host that enhances resistance to infection and they established mechanism that govern the successful biological control of plant disease.  
Probiotic in agriculture