Mycobac-Row Crops

Mycorrhizae (10 species) and Bacterial (10) inoculants.

This product is formulated to provide the widest diversity of the well-known important Mycorrhizae (Vesicular Arbuscular Mycorrhizae) and bacterial components required for nutrient solubilization, nitrogen fixation, and other important health processes. It also includes the Rhizobium root-nodule forming bacteria for Leguminosae crops.

The Bacterial species.

  • Azotobacter chroococcum and Azospirillum brasilense, which are free-living nitrogen-fixing bacteria found in the soil rhizosphere and endophytic nitrogen-fixing bacteria
  • Bacillus megaterium is a phosphorus-solubilizing bacterium that can help free up forms of phosphorus that have been bound up over time by calcium, iron, aluminum, and certain clay minerals.
  • Bacillus subtilisBacillus pumilus and Bacillus licheniformis are. plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria and root disease suppressing organisms. These microbes are known to predate on a wide range of plant disease-causing organisms.
  • Bradyrhizobium japonicum, Rhizobium leguminosariumPseudomonas spBacillus velezensis.

 Packing and application.

Available in Wettable Powder (WP) or Gel.

Recommended for seed coating, root dipping or furrow application.

Mycobac seed treatment protocol.

The application rate is 10g of Mycobac gel per acre of seed.

The WP application rate is 5g per acre.

The product is available in Gel and Wettable Powder form.

The GEL form is formulated for seed treatment, and if applied with a Seed Coating Applicator, the dilution rate is 5g per 13 ml of water.

For on-farm seed application using a backpack sprayer, dilute 5g of Mycobac gel to a liter of clean and non-chlorinated water for spraying onto the seed. The filter size should be 400 microns (420 BSS) or larger.

 This product is priced at $540 per 400g pouch, and the seed treatment application rate is 10g per acre of seed.

Pack sizes: Gel 400g ($540) and 800g $1080).

Wettable Powder (WP) 200g ($540) and 450g ($1215)

Cost per acre: $13.50

Some general comments. It’s always better to have the microbial communities as close as possible to the germinating seed so early root association is facilitated.

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Description

How does it work?

As the plant germinates , the root sends out signals requesting any Mycorrhizae spores in the vicinity to establish an association and colonize the root to form arbuscules in the core,x which serve as exchange sites for the photosynthate the plant provides to the Mycorrhizae and nutrients absorbed by the Mycorrhizae.

This is a mutualistic beneficial relationship where the Mycorrhizae fungus benefits from carbohydrates from photosynthesis, and the plant benefits from nutrients, in particular phosphorus, but also most other mineral nutrients in the non-available or bound form in the soil. The Mycorrhizae fungus works with a specific group of bacteria known as the Mycorrhizae Helper Bacteria that assist in solubilizing the minerals from the “rock” form in the soil, which is then transported through the fungal mycelia back to the roots

What are the benefits?

The average American soil contains more than 1000 lbs. of “rock-bound” Phosphorus in the top 8 inches per acre and more than 3000 lbs. of Potassium and 5000 lbs. of Calcium when measured with the Total Nutrient Digest analyses. As you move down the soil profile, these quantities double and quadruple, indicating a sufficient amount of sufficiency of most mineral nutrients required for plant growth. These mineral nutrients can only be made available through microbial action, of which the mycorrhizal root colonization is a major component.

HOW TO GET THE BEST USE?

The best method to get the best result from this microbial system is to inoculate the seed with a diverse Mycorrhizae species mix so that there is a quick response to the new plant roots’ signals for association.

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Contact Willie Pretorius: willie@reconstructag.com