ABTEC produces different bio fertilizers viz. Rhizobium, Azospirillum, Azotobacter, Phosphobacteria, V.A.Mycorrhiza, Bio-potash and bio control agents like Trichoderma sp., Pseudomonas fluorescence, Beauveria bassiana, Verticillium lecanii, Bacillus Subtilis Paecilomyces lilacinus, Metarhizium anisopliae, Nomuraea reley and organic manures like Bio-organic manure, Super organic manure, Super meal, Super organic plus etc. under the trade name ‘ABTEC’. Their R&D wing is always involved in developing many more products, which frequently hit the market. The sources of culture are International Crop Research Institute (ICRISAT), Regional Centre of Organic Farming (R C O F), Project Directorate of Bio control(P D B C ), Indian Institute of Spices Research (IISR), Kerala Agriculture University (KAU) and Tamil Nadu Agriculture University (TNAU).
Agro Bio Tech Research Centre Ltd was established in 1993 with the main objective of manufacturing and distributing quality inputs suitable for organic farming and thus promote eco-friendly and sustainable agriculture. ABTEC Bio-products are available in liquid and powder formulations. Bio-fertilizers and Bio-control agents are an integral part in performing Organic Farming in its real sense.
Government Support
Agro Bio-Tech Research Centre Ltd, being an establishment having a positive attitude, is having a clear vision for a healthy future generation. Honoring our noble vision, the Government of India has been providing us with grants for further research and development.
Products
- ABTEC Azospirillum
Formulation : ABTEC Azospirillum is available in liquid formulation also with a high cell count
of 2 X 109 c.f.u./ml. The bacterium lives in close association with and within the root system of crop plants and has high Nitrogen fixing capacity. Recommended crops: Rice, wheat, maize, barley, ragi, other minor millets, fodder grass, sugarcane, rubber, tea, coffee, coconut, cardamom, pepper, cotton, grapes, turmeric, ginger, banana, vegetables, fruit plants, flowering plants, vanilla, etc.
Seed Treatment : Mix 100 ml. ABTEC Azospirillum with 1000 ml. of clean water, mix 20 - 30 kg. seeds in the solution by gentle agitation. Dry the seeds in shade for 30 min. before sowing.
Formulation : ABTEC Phospho bacteria is available in liquid formulation also with a high cell count of 2 X 109 c.f.u/ml. It is a free living bacterium in soil which helps to convert the insoluble inor
ganic form of phosphates to simple soluble form.
Recommended Crops : ABTEC Phospho bacteria is recommended for all crops. Make it a practice of using this biofertilizer wherever rock phosphates are used for phosphorus nutrition of crop plants.
Seedling dip : Mix 100 ml. ABTEC Phospho bacteria in 20 litres of clean water. Dip the roots of the seedlings for 20 min. in the slurry before transplanting/planting.
Soil Application : Mix 5 ml. of ABTEC Phospho bacteria with 1 kg. of organic manure and apply at thebase.
For main field/Nursery application (one acre) mix 1 litre of ABTEC Phospho bacteria with 200 kg. organic manure and broadcast when the soil is just moist.
- ABTEC Bio-Potash (Frateuria aurentia)
Formulation : ABTEC Bio- potash is available in liquid formulation also with high cell counts of
2 X 109 c.f.u./ml. It can tolerate a wide range of soil pH (3.5 - 8.5) and temperature (15 - 420C). The bacteria help to mobilize the insoluble form of potassium for crop growth at a faster rate. Seventy percent of insoluble potassium is made available to the crop plants within 25 days of bio-pota
sh application in soil.
Recommended crops : For all crops in all soils.
Soil application : Mix 5 ml. bio-potash with 1 kg. organic manure and apply at the base, when the soil is just wet. For main field/Nursery application (one acre) mix 1 litre bio-potash with 20
0 kg. Organic manure and broadcast when the soil is just wet.
- ABTEC Tricho (Trichoderma Sp.)
Formulation : ABTEC Tricho is available in liquid formulation also with a high spore c
ount of 3
X 109 c.f.u./ml. It is an eco-friendly bio-fungicide containing spores, different enzymes and antibiotics. They are mainly used for controlling soil-borne plant diseases. Also effective
against certain foliar diseases caused by pathogenic fungi.
Recommended for : Quick wilt of black pepper, foot rot of betel vine, soft rot of ginger, turmeric, Galinga, safed musli, capsule rot of cardamom, clumprot of cardamom, Panama wilt of banana
, fusarium wilt of cotton, guava, pigeon pea, vanilla, grapes, etc, damping off of vegetables,
wilt of medicinal and ornamental plants, abnormal leaf fall of rubber, etc.
Soil application : Mix 1 litre ABTEC Tricho (for 1 Acre) with 200 kg. organic ma
nure and apply in moist soil/base of trees @ I kg./potted plants @ 250 g. Prophylactic application gives better results.
Seed treatment/seed pelleting : Treat the seeds with ABTEC Tricho @ 10 ml./1kg. seed be
fore sowing in moist soil to control seed decay, damping off and collar rot diseases.
Foliar spraying : Mix 250 ml. ABTEC Tricho in 50 litres of water and spray on the foliage durin
g evening hours.
