The advantages of Bacillus licheniformis in agriculture

Bacillus licheniformis has multiple advantages in agriculture:

improve the soil

      Improving fertility: Bacillus licheniformis can decompose insoluble minerals such as phosphorus and potassium in soil, such as phosphate rock and potassium feldspar, and convert them into effective phosphorus and potassium that plants can absorb and utilize, increasing soil nutrient supply. At the same time, it participates in the decomposition of organic matter in the soil, increases the content of soil humus, and continuously provides nutrients for plant growth.

      Optimize structure: The polysaccharides produced by its metabolism can bind soil particles together, forming a stable aggregate structure, increasing soil porosity, improving soil aeration and permeability, and promoting plant root growth and respiration.

Prevention and control of diseases and pests

      Antagonistic bacteria: Bacillus licheniformis can secrete antibacterial substances such as antibiotics and bacteriocins, which have inhibitory effects on various plant pathogens such as Fusarium and Fusarium graminearum, damaging their cell walls and membranes or interfering with their metabolic processes, thereby inhibiting their growth and reproduction.

      Competitive occupation: With its rapid reproductive ability, Bacillus licheniformis takes the lead in occupying ecological sites such as plant rhizosphere and surface, competing with pathogens for nutrients and space, making it difficult for pathogens to colonize and infect plants.

      Induced resistance: stimulates plants to develop systemic resistance and activates their own defense mechanisms. For example, inducing plants to produce disease-related proteins, phytohormones, etc., enhances the plant's resistance to pathogens.

Promote crop growth

      Secretion of growth promoting substances: Plant growth regulators such as indole-3-acetic acid and cytokinins can be synthesized and secreted to promote root growth, increase root length, root hair quantity, and root vitality, enhance plant nutrient absorption capacity, and promote aboveground growth, thereby increasing crop yield.

      Improve stress resistance: Help plants enhance their resistance to adversity such as drought, high temperature, and salt alkali. For example, under drought conditions, Bacillus licheniformis can regulate the content of osmoregulatory substances in plants, maintain cell turgor pressure, reduce water loss, and improve plant drought resistance.

Environmentally friendly

      Reduce the use of chemical fertilizers: enhance soil fertility, improve fertilizer utilization efficiency, reduce the application of nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and other chemical fertilizers, and reduce problems such as soil compaction and water eutrophication caused by excessive use of chemical fertilizers.

      Reducing pesticide residues: Some strains of Bacillus licheniformis can degrade pesticide residues in soil and crops, reducing the pollution of pesticides on soil environment and agricultural products, which is conducive to the development of green and ecological agriculture.