Biofertilizers

Crop	Recommended Bio-fertilizer	Application method	Quantity to be used
Field crops Pulses Chickpea, pea, Groundnut, soybean, beans, Lentil, lucern, Berseem, Green gram, Black gram, Cowpea and pigeon pea	Rhizobium	Seed treatment	200ml/acre
Cereals Wheat, oat, barley	Azotobacter/Azospirillum	Seed treatment	200ml/acre
Rice	Azospirillum	Seed treatment	200ml/acre
Oil seeds Mustard, seasum, Linseeds, Sunflower, castor	Azotobacter	Seed treatment	200ml/acre
Millets Pearl millets, Finger millets, kodo millet	Azotobacter	Seed treatment	200ml/acre
Maize and Sorghum	Azospirillum	Seed treatment	200ml/acre
Forage crops and Grasses Bermuda grass, Sudan grass, Napier Grass , ParaGrass, StarGrass etc.	Azotobacter	Seed treatment	200ml/acre
Other Misc. Plantation Crops Tobacco	Azotobacter	Seedling treatment	500ml/acre
Tea, Coffee	Azotobacter	Soil treatment	400ml/acre
Rubber, Coconuts	Azotobacter	Soil treatment	2-3 ml/plant
Agro-ForestRY/Fruit Plants All fruit/agro-forestry (herb,shrubs, annuals and perennial) plants for fuel wood fodder, fruits,gum,spice,leaves,flowers,nuts and seeds puppose	Azotobacter	Soil treatment	2-3 ml/plant at nursery
Leguminous plants/ trees	Rhizobium	Soil treatment	1-2 ml/plant