Description:

AGRIVENTURE KHETI SAFALATA are essential agricultural microbes that convert insoluble elemental sulfur into plant-available sulfate (SO₄²⁻). Functioning as natural bio-fertilizers, they reclaim alkaline soils, enhance oilseed yields, and boost the absorption of secondary nutrients.

Technical content: Sulphur Oxi Bacteria - SOB

Key Features & Benefits:

• Nutrient Availability: Plants cannot absorb elemental sulfur; SOB biologically oxidizes it into sulfate, making it immediately accessible.
• Soil Reclamation: As SOB oxidizes sulfur, it secretes mild acids. This lowers the pH of highly alkaline, uncultivable soils into a neutral, fertile range.
• Enhanced Oil & Protein Production: Sulfur is critical for forming essential amino acids (cysteine, methionine). For oilseed crops (like sesame, groundnut, and sunflower), adequate sulfur via SOB significantly increases oil content and seed quality.
• Bio-protection: Certain strains produce plant growth-promoting substances (like IAA and ACC deaminase) and antimicrobial compounds that suppress soil-borne pathogens.

Crops suitability: Canola (Mustard), Groundnut, Sunflower, Sesame, Chickpeas (Gram), Soybeans, Lentils, Peas, Garlic, Onions, Cabbage, Cauliflower, Broccoli.

Commonly used for (Insect / Diseases):

While SOB themselves are not used to kill pests, they play a major indirect role in plant immunity. In contrast, elemental sulphur and lime-sulphur are widely applied directly to crops as agricultural pesticides to treat the following:

• Target Diseases (Fungal): Powdery mildew, Rusts, Smuts, Apple scab, Leaf blights & Fruit rots
• Target Insects/Mites: Spider mites, Thrips, Psyllids

Mode of entry: SOB is typically applied through soil inoculation to colonize the root zone (rhizosphere).

Mode of action:

Sulfur Oxidizing Bacteria (SOB), primarily from the genus Thiobacillus and Acidithiobacillus, act as natural biofertilizers. Their mode of action involves converting insoluble elemental sulfur and reduced sulfur compounds into plant-available sulfate, while simultaneously lowering soil pH to unlock bound micronutrients like phosphorus and zinc.

Mode of application: Soil Application, Seed Treatment / Inoculation, Drip Irrigation / Soil Drenching

Dose: 1 liter in 1 acre