Mycorrhiza Powder
Myco Shield Mycorrhiza
Contains: Mycorrhiza 6000 Spores per gm in growth promoting substance /
CFU – 120 I.P.per gm
- Mode of action:
- Mycorrhizae are obligate and saprophytic in nature requires a living host for their survival.
- Commonly divided into three major groups Ecto-mycorrhiza, Endo-mycorrhiza and Ectendo-mycorrhiza.
- Ectomycorrhiza and Endo-mycorrhiza are important in agriculture, fungi penetrate into the plant cells, producing balloon like vesicles.
- The structure of the arbuscules increase the contact surface between the hyphal and the cell cytoplasm to facilitate the transfer of nutrients between them and VAM fungi produce the glycoprotein glomalin which may be one of the major stores of carbon in the soil, management of VAM fungi enhances phosphate uptake and mobilize immobile micronutrients like Fe, Mn, Zn, Cu, Bo, Mo. Besides these to impart resistance to plant against drought, soil borne fungal pathogens and nematodes.
- There is no septum in their hyphae. The fungi hyphae penetrate in to cortex layer of the root and form the hyphal organ “vesicles” and “arbusculus”. The interaction between AM fungi and plants is generally mutualism based upon nutrient exchange.
Benefits to the crop and soil
- Improve plant root growth and development
- Increase the uptake and mobilization of phosphate in all crops
- Increase and facilitate nutrient and translocation from the soil and root cuticle parenchyma to xylem, Phloem, elements like nitrogen, potassium, Iron, manganese, magnesium, copper, zinc, boron, sulphur and molybdenum
- Effective in overcoming the stress condition like drought, disease incidence and deficiency of nutrients
- Enhance product quality and increase immune power of the crop
- VAM supplement root hair in water absorption hence prevents reduction in crop relative water content of cells and helps to overcome drought.
Schedule III Specification of VAM
| Ingredients Used in Production | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Form/base | Fine Powder/ tablets/ granules/ root biomass mixed with growing substrate |
| Particle size for carrier based powder formulations | 90% should pass through 250 micron IS sieve (60 BSS) |
| Moisture content percent maximum | 8-12 |
| pH | 6.0-7.5 |
| Total viable propagules/ gm of product, minimum | 100 /gm of finished product |
| Moisture % by weight | 30-40% maximum in case of carrier based |
| Efficiency character | 80 infection points in test roots/gm of mycorrhizal inoculum used |
Method of application and dosage
- Target Crops: Cereals, Pulses, Oil seeds, Fruits, Vegetables, Plantation, Fiber crops, Forest and Nursery.
- Dosage:
1 Kg Powder per acre in adequate quantity of water.
2 Kg Granule per acre. - Method Of Application: Drip, Sprinkles, Drenching, Seed Coating.
- Form : Powder ,Crystal Zyme, Granules.
- Packing : 1 Kg /25 Kg Loose