Question

Microbes can be used to decrease the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides. Explain how this can be accomplished

Answer 1

The microbes are very beneficial and are successfully used as the biofertilizers like bioherbicides  and bioinsecticides.

For example: The fungus phytophthora palmivora controls the growth of milk  weed vines in citrus orchards.

2.THE bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis is used as the insecticide due to the reason it has the ability to produce the cry protein = thurioside...which kills the worm larva's.

Answer 2

1. Bacillus thuringiensis are present as dried spores which are mixed with water and sprayed onto vulnerable plants.Ehich gets active in the alkaline pH of the gut of insectand the larvae gets killed.