Bio-enhancers for soil, plant health and insect pest management in organic production of horticultural crops
Keywords:
Biodynamic, amritpani, jeevamrita, panchagavya, Azospirillum, biodynamic liquid pesticidesAbstract
Use of liquid preparations has been an age old practice in ancient India. As alternative, organic farmers had devised plant growth boosters on their own knowledge based on local experiences and given specific names such as Amritpani, Panchagavya, Bijamrita, Jeevamrita etc. Similarly in biodynamic farming, few effective preparations such as BD-500, BD-501, Cow Pat Pit, biodynamic liquid manures/bio-pesticides and in Homa Organic Farming: Agnihotra ash enriched water and Biosol are effective preparations are being used by number of farmers and organizations in India. It is interesting to note that in all these preparations, the basic ingredients are cow based products and studies done on bio-enhancers indicated that there is immense scope of their promotion in organic production of various crops.
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