What are biofertilizers?
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biofertilizer (also bio-fertilizer) is a substance which contains living micro-organisms which, when applied to seeds, plant surfaces, or soil, colonize the rhizosphere or the interior of the plant and promotes growth by increasing the supply or availability of primary nutrients to the host plant.
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✒ Biofertilizers are the microbial inoculants which can be usually defined as a preparation containing live or dormant cells of efficient strains of nitrogen fixing, phosphate solubilizing, and cellulytic microorganisms, etc. From: Biotechnology for Sustainable Agriculture,
✒ They are the living organisms that promote the growth of plants by replenishing the nutrients in the soil. These include bacteria, fungi and cyanobacteria. ... They live within the root nodules of leguminous plants. These bacteria fix atmospheric nitrogen and enrich the nitrogen content of soil.