Pseudomonas fluorescens are Gram-negative rod shaped aerobic bacteria that inhabit soil, plants, and water surfaces. It is used as a bio-control agent against several plant disease causing pathogens. Pseudomonas fluorescens produces a soluble, green fluorescent pigment pyoverdine which is responsible for chelating iron only when concentrations are low. Pseudomonas fluorescens are commensal species with plants, allowing plants to attain key nutrients, degrading pollutants, and suppressing pathogens via antibiotic productions.

Pseudomonas fluorescens with a spore load of 2 x 10^8 CFU per gram. The rhizobacterium biocontrol agent effectively controls fungal and bacterial pathogens causing bacterial blight, sheath blight, root rot, red rot, damping off and wilt diseases. Pseudomonas fluorescens is use in organic farming.

 

Seed Treatment – Mix 20 – 25 gm. Averse in 1 liter of water and applied specially tuber crops like Potato, Sweet potato etc.. Shade dry the seeds for 20 – 30 minutes before sowing

 

Seedling treatment – Dissolve 500 gm Averse in 25 liter of water, Dip seedling root for about half an hour in the suspension and transplant immediately

 

Drip Irrigation – Mix 1-2 kg WP averse in 100 liter of water and drench the soil in 1 acre

 

Nursery seed bed preparation – Mix 500 gm Averse in 100 kg of well decomposed FYM/Compost/Vermicompost and broadcast in 500 sq. mt. Area, incorporate in soil up to 15-20 cm depth.

 

Horticulture/Vegetable crops - Mix 500 gm Averse in 100 liter of water and drench the soil near the root zone up to 15 – 20 cm depth for collar rot with high volume sprayer without Nozzler or big Nozzler.