Soil Bacteriology Section, Faisalabad

Overview

• Main emphasis of the work, carried out at Soil Bacteriology Section, ABRI, AARI, Faisalabad, is on plant growth promoting microbes, their isolation, characterization and exploitation to increase crop production
• Main focus of the Section is the restoration of soil and plant health through biological means developing crop (Legumes, non-legumes, cereals, fiber and vegetable etc.) specific inoculants and their supply to farmers and researchers. On the average more than 7000 inoculum bags were supplied to the interested farmers
• Isolation, maintenance, purification and preservation pure microbial isolates for multiplication
• Execution of Annual Programme of Research Work
• Dissemination of biofertilizer uses information and technology through radio and electronic media. Publishing of research papers and tested technology
• Functioning as biofertilizer testing laboratory, Govt. of the Punjab and analyzed 71 biofertilizer/biostimulant samples and 8 samples of BOP during the last year (2016-17).
• As a special assignment 80/80 burnt/unburnt post-harvest residue samples from wheat/rice farmers’ field from all over the Punjab samples were also analyzed for microbial count

Following are the research activities of the section

• Isolation, screening and maintenance of Rhizobium sp, PGPR and P-Solubilizers
• Production and supply of commercial inocula to interested farmers
• Conductance of 22 pot / field trials of Annual Programme of Research Work
• Searching new microbial formulations for soil, plant and climate health (co-inoculation, precursor-inoculum interaction, P-solubilization, Zn-mobilization etc.

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