Table 3.
Different microbial biofertilizers available in market.
| Types of biofertilizer | Bacterial strain | Product name | Application for crops | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen-fixing biofertilizer | Azotobacter chroococcum | Bioazoto, Bhoomi Rakshak, Azonik | Wheat, sorghum, maize, mustard, cotton, vegetables, horticulture crops, flowers, orchids, plantation crops, ornamental and forest plants | Singh et al., 2014; National fertilizer limited, 2018 |
| Azotobacter chroococcum | Dimargon | Uribe et al., 2010 | ||
| Azotobacter chroococcum | Azotovit | Mishra and Arora, 2016 | ||
| Azotobacter vinelandii | Rhizosum N | Mehnaz, 2016 | ||
| Azospirillum lipoferum | Biospirillum, Green Plus | For normal, acidic and dry soil, paddy and other crops | National fertilizer limited, 2018 | |
| Azospirillum brasilense | Azo-S | Singh et al., 2014 | ||
| Azospirillum brasilense | Bio N | Mishra and Arora, 2016; Chakdar and Pabbi, 2020 | ||
| Azospirillum brasilense | Rhizosum Aqua | Klimek-kopyra et al., 2018 | ||
| Azospirillum brasilense | Azobacterin | Garcia-Fraila et al., 2017 | ||
| Gluconoacetobacterdiazotrophicus | Sugar-Plus | For sugarcane | International Panaacea Limited, 2018 | |
| Pulses (grams, peas, lentils, moong, urd, cowpea and arhar), fodder legumes (barseem and lucerne) and forest tree legumes (subabul, shisam and shinsh) | ||||
| Rhizobium sp. | Rizotorphin | Mikhailouskaya and Bogdevitch, 2009 | ||
| Bradyrhizobium japonicum | Bio Agro 10 | Uribe et al., 2010 | ||
| Rhizobium leguminosarum | Nodulator XL | Garcia-Fraile et al., 2017 | ||
| Phosphate-solubilizing/mobilizing biofertilizer | Pseudomonas striata, B. polymyxa and B. megaterium | P sol B | For all crops | Mehnaz, 2016 |
| Bacillus megaterium | BioPhos | Dash et al., 2017 | ||
| Bacillus mucilaginous and B. subtilis | CBF | Celador-Lera et al., 2018 | ||
| Potassium-solubilizing biofertilizer | Bacillus mucilaginous | Bio-NPK, BioPotash | For all crops | Singh et al. 2014 |
| Bacillus circulans | Kaliplant | Mikhailouskaya and Bogdevitch, 2009 | ||
| Frateuria aurantia | K sol B | Mehnaz, 2016 | ||
| Zinc-solubilizing biofertilizer | Thiobacillus thiooxidans | Zn sol B | Wheat, paddy, pulses, citrus, ginger etc. | Mehnaz, 2016 |
| Thiobacillus thiooxidans | Biozinc | National fertilizers limited, 2018 | ||
| Sulphur-oxidizing biofertilizer | Thiobacillus thiooxidans | S sol B | For cereals, oilseeds, fiber crops, plantation crops, medicinal crops, vegetables, flowers, orchards,forage crops, and ornamentals | Mehnaz, 2016 |
| Delftia acidovorans and Bradyrhizobium japonicum | BioBoost | Adesemoye et al., 2017 | ||
| Plant growth- promoting biofertilizer | Pseudomonas chlorapsis | Cedomon | For all crops | Mehnaz, 2016 |
| Azotobacter chroococcum and Pseudomonas fluorescens | Bio Gold | Mehnaz, 2016; Minaxi Saxena et al., 2013 |