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Natural Farming with IMO @Indigenous Microorganisms

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Natural Farming with IMO @Indigenous Microorganisms

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-indigenous microorganisms (IMO)->bacteria, fungi, nematodes and protozoa which produce fertile soils that yield high output without the use of herbicides or pesticides

-benefits
1) lower cost to the farmer (by as much as 60%)

2) more desirable crops

3) stronger, healthier and more nutritious plants

4) the inputs are made from natural materials, which are not only safe for the environment, but actually invigorate and rehabilitate the ecology.

5) higher yield

6) better quality

7) farmer friendly

8) zero waste emission

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>necessity for careful and correct time of application.

>host specificity of most pathogens narrows down its use.

>necessity of maintaining a pathogen in a viable condition, until the insect is contacted.

>difficulty in producing some obligate and facultative pathogens on a large scale.

>requirement of favorable environmental conditions for the pathogen to act, multiply and execute its mode of action.

>tendency of dead insects remaining attached to the host.

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Environment friendly and leave behind no toxic residues.

>target the specific insect and in turn protect beneficial insects.

>most of them are easily culturable in the lab, with minimum space.

>inexpensive to produce large quantities of inoculum.

>can control insect in cavities where chemical insecticides cannot reach.
>>can be used in two ways according to requirement

1. SHORT TERM CONTROL : For a particular season (annual) or by using highly virulent pathogens.

2. LONG TERM CONTROL : Generally used for perennial crops and less virulent pathogens are preferred.

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-they are agricultural amendments that use beneficial endophytes (microbes) to promote plant health.
-any of the microbes involved form symbiotic relationships with the target crops where both parties benefit (mutualism).
-they increase the diversity and number of soil microbes in our soil food web.

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Sustainable Soil Management for Strawberries

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Microbial Inoculants - For Optimal Health In Your Organic Garden

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More info: http://www.smilinggardener.com/sale/organic-fertilizers And more: http://www.smilinggardener.com/lessons/microbial-inoculants We use microbial inoculants because we generally need to increase the diversity and number of soil microbes in our soil food web. That's because of low organic matter, insufficient water, pesticides and chemical fertilizers, tilling, pollution and other toxins.

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->Make your own organic fertilizer and learn techniques for revitalizing and renewing depleted or contaminated soils

->Make  new farming and gardening techniques that are in harmony with nature and build community.

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Korean Natural Farming Indigenous Microorganisms IMO

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Korean Natural Farming Indigenous Microorganisms IMO

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1. Why indigenous?
Natural farming rejects foreign microorganisms. It also rejects microorganisms that are produced mechanically or artificially or refined simply to increase their market values. No other microorganism adapts with the same strength and effectiveness as indigenous microorganisms that have lived in the local area for a long time.

IMO is the basis of making fertile soil.
Farming is inconceivable without soil. Therefore adding strength and fertility to soil is the number one priority.

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EM™ = Effective Microorganisms
• Product developed by Dr. Teruo Higa, Univ. of Ryukyus in Okinawa, Japan in the early 1980s.

• Microorganisms used in EM•1™  production are Lactic Acid Bacteria, Yeast, Phototrophic Bacteria
• Exclude any pathogenic and genetically modified microorganisms that are harmful to humans, animals and plants
• Co-exist in liquid culture below a pH of 3.5

MIDORI is an organic fertilizer with Effective Microorganisms® for crop cultivation and soil supplement.
It enhances better rooting Nutrients in easily available amino acid forms and improves crop, quality & yields.

EM·1® is a microbial product in liquid form, consisting of a wide variety of effective, beneficial and non-pathogenic microorganisms produced through a natural process and not chemically synthesized or genetically engineered.

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BSMIT contains various good microorganisms, such as Amino Bacteria, Bacillus, Phototrophic bacteria and Yeasts. When applied to soil, water or plant, BSMIT, activates the existing good microorganisms. BSMIT is like a cheer leader for the good microorganisms and can cooperate with useful microorganisms existing anywhere in the world. BSMIT has been proven to be non- toxic; test on agriculture, livestock for acute toxicity test and on mice and minnows for chronic toxicity.

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BSMIT (Bio’solution Microbial Inoculation Technology) was originally developed as a soil microbial inoculants, based on the concept that crops grow healthy by nurturing the soil without using chemical fertilizers and pesticides. Its range of application, since then, has expanded to animal husbandry, aquaculture, solid waste and wastewater treatment and sanitation. BSMIT has been proven to be very effective in improving soil, water and food quality.

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Mycorrhiza inoculums are the biofertilizer that is increasingly being utilized and accepted in agriculture industry of Malaysia. Large scale productions of biofertilizer are produced mainly for supplying nutrient, amelioration of toxic effect in soils, root pest and disease control, improved water usage and soil fertility.

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The term biofertilizer or called 'microbial inoculants' can be generally defined as a preparation containing live or latent cells of efficient strains of nitrogen fixing, phosphate solubilizing or cellulytic microorganisms used for application of seed, soil or composting areas with the objective of increasing the numbers of such microorganisms and accelerate certain microbial process to augment the extent of the availability of nutrients in a form which can assimilated by plant.

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The application of mycorrhiza in Malaysia

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The application of mycorrhiza in Malaysia

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Use of AMF is not popular in Malaysia because of the difficulty in producing the inoculum and the inoculum spore density. A privately owned company, Malaysian Agri Hi-Tech (MAH), has researched and upgraded the isolation of locally acclimatized species, their propagation and has increased spore quality and quantity. Through research, it has produced various AMF products and has tested them in the field, especially in the oil palm sector.

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If these thread-like bodies are unraveled, they can be of several miles in length creating more surface area than the plant root hairs. It is this mechanism that allows higher absorption of soil nutrients. The fungal hyphae enter the roots of the plants, thus allowing exchange of soil nutrients to the plant cells.

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Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF) is symbiotic association between plant and soil fungi that plays an essential role in plant growth, plant protection and soil quality. These fungi are efficient in their function as they form gossamer-like formation in the root zone, very much smaller than the plant root hairs.

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SOIL-ENHANCING TECHNOLOGIES FOR IMPROVING CROP PRODUCTIVITY IN MALAYSIA
AND CONSIDERATIONS FOR THEIR USE

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SOIL-ENHANCING TECHNOLOGIES FOR IMPROVING CROP PRODUCTIVITY IN MALAYSIA
AND CONSIDERATIONS FOR THEIR USE

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http://www.agnet.org/htmlarea_file/activities/20110719102200/4.pdf

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BACTERIAL BIOFERTILIZERS FOR SUSTAINABLE
CROP PRODUCTION

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BACTERIAL BIOFERTILIZERS FOR SUSTAINABLE
CROP PRODUCTION

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http://www.arpnjournals.com/jabs/research_papers/rp_2012/jabs_0512_396.pdf

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For vegetable farmers, prior to the 1960s, night soil was the main source of fertilizer. However, diseases such as typhoid, and human parasites such as enteric worms were common and prevalent during that time

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Changes in agriculture policies started around 1960 in Malaysia during the green revolution, inducing farmers to be fully dependent on chemical fertilizers for plant growth.

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How to culture Indigenous Microorganisms?

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How to culture Indigenous Microorganisms?