The use of microorganisms to improve agricultural performance is not new. However, prebiotics and probiotics are natural solutions that are increasingly applied to agriculture. And, precisely for this reason, our microbiology department has worked intensely in recent years to formulate new products that, using microorganisms and their innumerable benefits, provide the expected results in the face of deficiencies, diseases or situations that may put the viability of crops at risk.
With the use of prebiotics and probiotics we work on the nutrition of the plant, but paying great attention to the intense biology of the soil, fundamental in the natural cycle of each plant species. And it is that the microbiological balance allows us to take advantage of the benefits that many microorganisms provide to plants and trees, whose root and vegetative growth and their defenses against certain parasitic activity can be optimized thanks to these microscopic living beings typical of the ecosystem.
What is the difference between prebiotics and probiotics?
Prebiotics are organic compounds that stimulate the growth of beneficial soil microorganisms for plants.
On the contrary, probiotics contain the microorganisms that are beneficial for soil health.
And it is that, the same thing that happens to us human beings, the nutrition of plants and their correct life cycle is highly conditioned by a healthy microbiota. In this case, that microbiota or microbiome is in the soil and is made up of fungi, bacteria and other organisms that help the plant species to live better. And that is why prebiotics are so important today in agriculture. Since, by favoring a balanced microbiota, we ensure three very important issues.👇
Symbiotic relationships are essential in all nutrition processes. And that is why we have to promote products, natural solutions that favor this organic matter, those microorganisms that improve the state of the plant. Because from the ground we are conditioning all its vital functions.
A good prebiotic favors a well-structured soil, with a community of microorganisms that intervenes in chemical and enzymatic reactions, increases the availability of nutrients and makes them available to the plant.
And that is why at MAFA we are launching a line of prebiotics, biostimulants of microbial origin that our microbiology team has been working on for almost two years.
We start with Prebiostart, a soil microbiota regenerator based on biomolecules obtained by microbial fermentation of proteobacteria.
What do we achieve by stimulating these bacteria? A double benefit on the plant:
- Stimulate plant growth (both root cells and stems).
- Greater biocontrol, reducing diseases, stimulating other beneficial symbioses and protecting the plant.
We continue researching to bring new natural biosolutions to the field 💪
