ACETONITER

Packing Available 1kg, 1/5/20lit

Acetobacter are gram-negative, aerobic, obligatory symbiotic bacteria mainly associated with sugarcane, sweet potato and sweet sorghum, coffee plants. It is found in symbiotic relationship with plants (such as sugar cane and coffee) as an endophyte and gets associated with plants by colonizing their internal tissues. Acetobacter diazotrophicus is capable of surviving in high sugar concentrations. It is specifically used for sugar cane crops. It is capable of fixing nitrogen in roots, stems & leaves of sugarcane. Acetobacter diazotrophicus was discovered by Cavalcante and Döbereiner in 1988 in Brazil .It is also known as Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus. This bacterium is also known as black urea as it compensates for nitrogen requirement like Urea.

It produces Phyto hormones & enzymes stimulating plant growth. Improve soil health & fertility. It promotes root proliferation and increase the number of rootlets. Increase sucrose content and increase sugar recovery. Increases uptake of mineral, phosphate & zinc solubilisation and water. It promotes cane growth and sugar recovery in the cane. Elicit a plant defence response against Xanthomonas albilineans it shows antifungal activity against Fusarium and Helminthosporium

Crops: Sugar cane, Sugar Beet and Sweet Potato Cereals, coffee

Dosage:

Set treatment – Mix Acetoniter 5.0 lit. in 100 lit. of water and soak the setts for 30 minutes before planting in the field.

Note: Do not store treated setts for more than an hour.

SEEDLING DIPPING: Mix 50-100 ml. or gm. of Acetoniter in 10-20 Ltr. of water and dip the seedling root for 30 minutes before transplanting.

Soil application – Mix 500 – 1 lit. Acetoniter in 50 kg well rotten FYM/compost/ vermi compost/field soil. Apply this mixture at the time of planting and also use 55 – 60 days old sugarcane crop in furrows during earthling up operation.

Drip Irrigation – Where drip irrigation is being used mix 500 – 1000 ml Acetoniter in 200 lit. of water and apply through drip in 1 acre.

Foliar spray – Mix Acetoniter 5 – 10 ml per lit. of water for foliar spray in standing crop at evening or early morning time to get better

Cfu/ml – 1x 10¹⁰