Question

How is bacteria good for agriculture ?

Answer 1

hmmm... may be by decomposing and supending nutrients and proteins frm waste which get dissolved in soil and further suck by root of plants which help in agriculture..

Answer 2

Simplest definition is helping keep soil structure (holds soil together which helps stop water/nutrient loss), controlling and helping nutrient availability and cycling, and lastly and most importantly N-fixation as plants need nitrogen from the soil to survive but N exists primarily in the air and only bacteria (and lightning) can fix it in the soil for plants to use.

Answer 3

hey trancemova pls... give through which u studied about it

Answer 4

Doing a soil biology unit at uni, I'm a little embarrassed that I didn't give you a better answer... but I've never really considered as directly as this.

Answer 5

pls give me some links pls

Answer 6

hmm I'll have to go find some.. this is from my own notes lol

Answer 7

r u on facebook ?

Answer 8

here's a good one: http://ohioline.osu.edu/sag-fact/pdf/0013.pdf

Answer 9

Sorry! I'm not on facebook

Answer 10

thanks for the link

Answer 11

ok bye

Answer 12

one great reason is that bacteria consumes oxygen (a product of photosynthesis) and produces carbon dioxide (an ingredient in photosynthesis)

Answer 13

e have already noticed that bacteria play an important part in some of the agricultural industries, particularly in the dairy. From the consideration of the matters just discussed, it is manifest that these organisms must have an even more intimate relation to the farmer's occupation. At the foundation, farming consists in the cultivation of plants and animals, and we have already seen how essential are the bacteria in the continuance of animal and plant life. But aside from these theoretical considerations, a little study shows that in a very practical manner the farmer is ever making use of bacteria, as a rule, quite unconsciously, but none the less positively.