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Farmers have reported 50% higher yield of rice by using biofertilizer

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Important Questions on Microbes in Human Welfare

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Give an example for a fungus found in mycorrhiza.
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Your advice is sought to improve the nitrogen content of the soil to be used for the cultivation of a non-leguminous terrestrial crop. Recommend two microbes that can enrich the soil with nitrogen.
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Why do farmers prefer biofertilizers to chemical fertilizers these days? Give two points. 
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How do Blue-green algae or Cyanobacteria work as biofertilizers? Explain.
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Your advice is sought to improve the nitrogen content of the soil to be used for the cultivation of a non-leguminous terrestrial crop.

Why do leguminous crops not required such enrichment of the soil?

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Give a reason for each of the following:

Cyanobacteria increase the productivity in paddy fields.

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How do biofertilizers increase the fertility of soil?
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Which of the following is a non-symbiotic biofertilizer?
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Differentiate between chemical fertilizers and biofertilizers.
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Draw a labelled diagram of Anabaena filament showing Akinetes and Heterocyst.
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What are cyanobacteria? Write the name of any two cyanobacteria.
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Name two bacteria which are used as biofertilizer.
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How Bio-fertilizers increase the fertility of soil?
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Give the biological names of the following:

A symbiotic nitrogen-fixing bacterium found in root nodules.

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Which of the following helps in absorption of phosphorus from soil by plants?