Beneficial Microorganisms for Sustainable Agriculture

Javaid, Arshad

doi:10.1007/978-90-481-8741-6_12

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“…A commercial option consists of the so-called effective microorganisms (EM). EM combine selected microorganisms such as Rhodopseudomonas palustris, R. sphaeroides, Lactobacillus plantarum, L. casei, Streptococcus lactis, Mucor hiemalies, Saccharomyces cervisiae, or Streptomyces albus, which are physiologically compatible with one another in a liquid medium [18,19]. Water is essential for the fermenting microorganisms and as a vehicle used to transfer the final product to the plant metabolism.…”

Section: Raw Materialsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Essential to the fermentation process are three groups of microorganisms: lactobacilli, photosynthesizing bacteria, and yeasts. Lactobacilli, particularly Lactobacillus plantarum, L. casei, and Streptococcus lactis, release lactic acids, processing sugars, carbohydrates, lignin and cellulose [18]. Lactic acid has strong antimicrobial effects, which is why FLF may be even used to control tomato wilt diseases like damping off and Fusarium wilt [21].…”

Section: Fermetationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…[8]. In the aerobic phase, photosynthetic bacteria, especially Rhodopseudomonas palustris, and yeasts such as S. cerevisiae decompose the organic matter and produce amino acids, polysaccharides, nucleic acids, and sugars [18,22,23].…”

Section: Fermetationmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Fermented Leaf Fertilizers—Principles and Preparation

Ebel

Kissmann

2019

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Fermented leaf fertilizers (FLF) are made of anaerobically fermented plant and/or animal resources and principally used for foliar plant nutrition, as they provide a quick nutrient supply, especially of micronutrients. Their use is most common in horticultural production as a complementary measure to organic basal fertilization in the case of nutrient deficiencies. Since FLF are commonly made of farm residues, their formulation varies according to the available resources and the treated crops. The most common raw materials are cattle manure, cow milk, cane molasses, and water. Within Latin America, the production of FLF is popular with smallholders. Most of these farmers produce them on-farm using adapted plastic barrels as fermenters. Industrial production is conceivable. FLF have been successfully tested in banana, bean, broccoli, carrot, cucumber, lettuce, maize, papaya, and spinach production. This review highlights the principles of this sustainable and promising organic fertilization strategy, emphasizing the preparation of FLF.

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Fermented Leaf Fertilizers—Principles and Preparation

Ebel

Kissmann

2019

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“…Effective microorganisms' product is one such value-added product that can also be produced by fermentation of fruit garbage wastes. Effective microorganisms consist of mixed cultures of beneficial, naturally occurring micro-organisms such as photosynthetic bacteria yeasts, and actinomycetes (Javaid, 2010). Condor et al (2007) described these microorganisms as photosynthetic bacteria (phototrophic bacteria), which are independent self-supporting microorganisms.…”

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Surface Chemistry Elucidation on Effect of Fruit Garbage Effective Microorganisms Product in Enhancing Fresh and Hardened Properties of Concrete

2019

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This study assessed and elucidated the influence of fruit garbage effective microorganisms' liquid product in improving the strength and other properties of concrete in terms of surface chemistry when added to concrete as partial replacement of mixing water. One control specimen was made along with four different mixes of 3, 5, 10 and 15% of the locally made liquid bio-product as replacement of the required mixing water during the concrete production. The experiments conducted on both control and liquid bio-product blended concretes were Proctor penetration test for setting time, workability and slump test for compressive strength. The results of the tests indicated that the locally made effective microorganisms' liquid product exerted retarding effect on the setting time of the blended concretes, as well as enhanced their workability. The result further indicated that, amongst all the locally made liquid bio-product blended concretes, the concrete specimen with 3% content possessed the highest compressive strength of 29.8N/mm 2 and 35.5N/mm 2 at 28 and 56 curing days, respectively. All these enhanced concrete properties were influenced by changing the surface hydration behaviour of cement in the concrete mixture, which varied widely upon addition of liquid bio-product at different percentage contents. Therefore, the addition of effective microorganisms' liquid product in the concrete mixture showed promising performance and thus, can be used as a low-cost and environmentally friendly admixture in the design of concrete.

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“…In answer to a recent but growing demand among sustainable farmers into the use of soil inoculants for improvement of long-term soil productivity (Johansson et al 2004;Bashan 1998), microbial biofertilisers have been marketed as ecologically friendly alternatives to conventional methods of nutrient and pest management (Javaid 2010). One such biofertiliser is Effective Microorganisms (EM®), developed in the 1990s by Professor Teruo Higa at the University of the Ryukyus, Okinaw, Japan (Higa 2000).…”

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Soil microbial inoculation increases corn yield and insect attack

Megali

Schlau

Rasmann

2015

Agron. Sustain. Dev.

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Effective Microorganisms (EM®) is a "biofertiliser" soil inoculant, marketed as a crop yield enhancer. However, the literature has neither comprehensively reviewed its purported effects on harvests across multiple species nor investigated its effects on plant herbivore defence other than this group's previous research on tomatoes. Here a meta-analysis of 39 journal articles and a greenhouse experiment with nine crop species afforded a nuanced assessment of Effective Microorganisms' effects on plant growth and yield. Overall, in line with predictions, Effective Microorganisms showed significant positive effect on yield and growth (0.03 effect sizes increase) in the meta-analysis, and increased growth 16 % in the greenhouse, but with strong, and at times negative, species-specific responses. An additional potential benefit of Effective Microorganisms includes increased defence against herbivore attack, but inoculated corn (Zea mays) in a field and a greenhouse experiment exhibited decreased defences. Specifically, the field experiment demonstrated that Effective Microorganisms treatment corresponded to a 26 % reduction in predatory insect diversity on corn plants, while not improving growth or yield but did increase water uptake. A subsequent greenhouse experiment suggested likely physiological mechanisms behind the loss of predator diversity. When non-inoculated control corn plants were set upon by caterpillars of the herbivorous insect Spodoptera littoralis, the plants increased production of defensive volatile organic compounds (VOCs) by 272 %. Surprisingly, inoculation with Effective Microorganisms rendered greenhouse corn plants 51 % more palatable to S. littoralis. Further localised studies are, therefore, needed to efficiently incorporate Effective Microorganisms with either conventional or sustainable agricultural management systems.

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Beneficial Microorganisms for Sustainable Agriculture

Abstract: There was a desperate need for food to recover the economy of the 1950s and 1960s. Farmers all over the world were

Cited by 32 publications

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Fermented Leaf Fertilizers—Principles and Preparation

Fermented Leaf Fertilizers—Principles and Preparation

Surface Chemistry Elucidation on Effect of Fruit Garbage Effective Microorganisms Product in Enhancing Fresh and Hardened Properties of Concrete

Soil microbial inoculation increases corn yield and insect attack

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