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3. E-course ICAR, Indian Council of Agricultural Research.

IAPC II:

IAPC121/Micro.121 Biofertilizer Production 1+1

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

The primary objective of this course is:
 To familiarize the targeted population with large scale production of different
agriculturally important microorganisms which are being used as biofertilizers for
maintaining the soil and plant health for sustaining crop productivity and their importance
in organic farming.
 To gain employment in biofertilizer industries and set up their own production units at the
grass-root level.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

This course will enable the students to understand:
 The role of biofertilizers in sustainable growth and development of agriculture and role of
microorganisms in enhancing soil quality and environmental protection.
 To set up their own facilities for mass production of biofertilizers to improve their social
status and helps in managing the menace of chemical fertilizers.
 To set up their own facilities for mass production of biofertilizers to improve their social
status and helps in managing the menace of chemical fertilizers.

THEORY (15 Hours)

UNIT 1 Biofertilizers (3 Hours)
Agriculturally important beneficial microorganisms used as biofertilizers for various crop plants,
advantages of biofertilizers over chemical fertilizers.
UNIT 2 Symbiotic and Non- Symbiotic N 2 fixers (4 Hours)

Rhizobium - Isolation, characteristics, types, inoculum production and field
application, legume/pulses plants
Frankia - Isolation, characteristics, Alder, Casuarina plants, non-leguminous crop symbiosis.
Cyanobacteria, Azolla - Isolation, characterization, mass multiplication, Role in rice cultivation,
Crop response, field application.
Free living Azospirillum, Azotobacter - isolation, characteristics, mass inoculums, production
and field application.

UNIT 3 Phosphate Solubilizers (4 Hours)
Microorganisms involved in phosphorus solubilisation: bacteria and fungi - Isolation,
characterization, mass inoculum production, field application

UNIT 4 Mycorrhizal Biofertilizers (4 Hours)

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