Bacillus Licheniformis

Antagonistic Activity

It biocontrol some pathogenic fungal diseases:

•   Botrytis Cinerea

•   Glomerella Cingulata

•   Pestalotia diospyri

•   Pestalotiopsis karstenii

Mode of Action

• Biocontrol: Produce antimicrobial compounds, such as antibiotics, enzymes and volatile compounds that can inhibit the growth of plant pathogens. Besides, the fungicide for garden soil can also outcompete pathogens for nutrients and space at root zone, reducing their ability to colonize and infect the plants.
• Plant Growth-Promotion: Provide beneficial nutrients, such as nitrogen and phosphorus, and by producing rooting hormones, such as indole acetic acid (IAA) and gibberellins. Additionally, its ability to fix nitrogen can provide crops with a source of nitrogen that they can use to grow.
• Plant root stimulator fertilizer: Stimulate root growth by producing compounds like IAA, gibberellins, and enzymes that can break down complex organic compounds in the growing media, making them more available to the crops.
• Soil health: Promote the decomposition of organic matter, which can help to improve soil structure and fertility.
• Siderophores production: Siderophores can chelate iron and other essential nutrients, making them more available to crops.

Benefit

• Biocontrol the growth and sporulation of phytopathogenic fungi
• Works as plant root stimulator to boost stonger and healthy root
• Works as natural fungicide for indoor plants Increase in the uptake of water and nutrients
• Improve soil health and promote the decomposition of organic matter
• Increases the plants’ resistance to environmental stressors, such as salinity and drought
• Improve the potential crop yield
• Increase VC & sugar content of the fruit
• Elicit induced systemic resistance (ISR)

Application Rate

• Soil treatment: Apply 1-3 kg per acre, mixed with water and applied to soil as a drench or infurrow at the time of planting/seeding/transplantation. Reapply after 4-8 weeks for soil treatment
• Irrigation: Apply 2-3 gram per liter of water and apply by drip irrigation, reapply after 28 days for whole season control
• For soil microbial ecosystem and living organism biodiversity, it is highly recommended to use Bacillus licheniformis probiotic powder in conjunction with other beneficial bacteria and fungi after harvest or prior to plantation.

How B. licheniformis benefits soil

The natural fungicide for indoor plants can benefit soil by breaking down complex organic compounds, which can help to ameliorate soil structure and fertility.

• Decomposition of organic matter: Produce enzymes that can break down complex organic compounds, such as cellulose, lignin, and chitin. This can help to improve soil structure and fertility by making these nutrients more available to crops.
• Nitrogen fixation: The probiotic can also fix nitrogen from the air and convert it into a form that flower and crop plants can use, which can help to improve soil fertility.
• Siderophores production: Produce siderophores that can chelate iron and other essential nutrients, making them more available to plants.
• Soil aeration: Produce enzymes that can break down soil particles, which can ameliorate soil aeration.
• Soil structure: Improve soil structure by producing exopolysaccharides (EPS) which are long chains of sugars that can act as glues, binding soil particles together and creating a more stable soil structure.