{"id":277092,"date":"2024-01-10T19:30:55","date_gmt":"2024-01-10T14:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=277092"},"modified":"2024-01-10T19:30:55","modified_gmt":"2024-01-10T14:00:55","slug":"tricolime-iisr-develops-new-granular-lime-based-trichoderma-bio-pesticide-fertiliser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/tricolime-iisr-develops-new-granular-lime-based-trichoderma-bio-pesticide-fertiliser\/","title":{"rendered":"Tricolime: IISR develops new granular lime-based trichoderma bio-pesticide, fertiliser"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> This post is based on the article <strong>&#8220;IISR develops new granular lime-based trichoderma bio-pesticide, fertiliser&#8221;<\/strong> published in &#8220;<strong>The Hindu&#8221;<\/strong> on 5th January 2024.<\/p>\n<h2>Why in news?<\/h2>\n<p><strong>ICAR-Indian Institute of Spices Research,<\/strong> Kozhikode\u00a0has developed a new granular lime-based Trichoderma formulation which is a fungal bio-control agent.<\/p>\n<h2>What is Tricolime?<\/h2>\n<p>1) Trichoderma is a <strong>fungal biocontrol agent<\/strong> present in all soils. In simple term, it is a genus of fungi that can be found in most soils.<\/p>\n<p>2) Tricholime integrates<strong> Trichoderma<\/strong> <strong>and lime<\/strong> into a single product, making the<strong> application easier for the farmers.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/icar.org.in\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/Tricholime-01.jpg?w=750&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Tricholime: A New granular lime-based Trichoderma formulation\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/icar.org.in\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/Tricholime-02.jpg?w=750&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Tricholime: A New granular lime-based Trichoderma formulation\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><strong>What is the significance of Tricolime?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>1) Tricolime serves as a<strong> bio-pesticide<\/strong> and <strong>bio-fertiliser in crop production.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>2) Being a bio pesticide, it promotes plant growth and shields crops from soil-borne pathogens, all in a single application.<\/p>\n<p>3) Functioning as bio fertiliser, tricolime <strong>improves the physical condition of the soil,<\/strong> enhances <strong>secondary nutrient availability<\/strong> and boosts <strong>soil microbial activity.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPSC syllabus: Science and technology<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: This post is based on the article &#8220;IISR develops new granular lime-based trichoderma bio-pesticide, fertiliser&#8221; published in &#8220;The Hindu&#8221; on 5th January 2024. Why in news? ICAR-Indian Institute of Spices Research, Kozhikode\u00a0has developed a new granular lime-based Trichoderma formulation which is a fungal bio-control agent. What is Tricolime? 1) Trichoderma is a fungal biocontrol&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/tricolime-iisr-develops-new-granular-lime-based-trichoderma-bio-pesticide-fertiliser\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Tricolime: IISR develops new granular lime-based trichoderma bio-pesticide, fertiliser<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1738],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-277092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":24,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704921073},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=277092"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277092\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=277092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=277092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=277092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}