Showing posts with label microorganisms. Show all posts
Showing posts with label microorganisms. Show all posts

Oct 2, 2010

BENEFICIAL EFFECTS OF MICROORGANISMS IN THE FIELD OF AGRICULTURE

Agriculture in a broad sense, is not an enterprise which leaves everything to nature without intervention. Rather it is a human activity in which the farmer attempts to integrate certain agroecological factors and production inputs for optimum crop and livestock production. Thus, it is reasonable to assume that farmers should be interested in ways and means of controlling beneficial soil microorganisms as an important component of the agricultural environment.

BENEFICIAL EFFECTS OF MICROORGANISMS

Microorganisms or microbes are living things, such as bacteria, fungi, viruses, protozoa, microscopic algae, that are too small to be seen by naked eyes. Microorganisms can be both harmful and useful. Actually, the existence and functioning of microorganisms is crucial to a healthy environment. The benefits of microorganisms include: