Introduction

Over millions of years plants and beneficial soil micro organisms have developed a symbiotic relationship. When a plant photo synthesizes it releases a carbon compound into the soil, which microorganisms utilize as food. The microbes in the rhizosphere (the zone surrounding the root) get this food. In turn the microorganisms protect the plant roots from nematodes and pathogens, recycle nutrients, improve the surrounding soil structure and solubilize minerals for plant. This is a mutually beneficial relationship. Unfortunately today many soils are grossly out of balance and are virtually devoid of beneficial microbial populations. This is due to an over reliance on pesticides and inorganic fertilizers to treat the symptom rather than the cause, adversely affecting the beneficial microbial populations found in healthy soil.

Bio Organic Technologies, marketing Gujarat Eco's two formulations of microbial systems (KJA and KJA PLUS) to provide plants with the ideal soil environment to grow and develop full potential. KJA is formulated for plants that require a bacterial dominated soil such as bulbs, annuals, herbaceous perennials, foliage plants and certain grass types. KJA PLUS is formulated for plants that require a fungal dominated soil such as deciduous trees, conifers, evergreens, palms and fruit trees

The greatest benefit from regular use of KJA and KJA PLUS is to suppress pathogenic microorganisms, by competitive exclusion. The beneficial microbes found in KJA and KJA PLUS preempt the consumption of food source for pathogenic fungi, keeping them in check through the process of natural selection and deprivation. Many species also have the ability to produce an antibiotic, inhibiting protein synthesis in soil pathogens. When they loose their ability to synthesize proteins they expire

KJA AND KJA PLUS COMPONENTS AND THEIR BENEFITS

BACILLUS (BACTERIA)
* Enhance plant growth * Decompose organic matter and pesticide residues * Nutrient cycling * Nitrogen fixation * Suppress pathogenic fungi * Solubilize minerals (including phosphorus) * Produce natural plant growth hormones * Improve soil structure* Enhance seed germination and viability of emerging seedling

PSEUDOMONAS (BACTERIA)
* Nitrogen fixation * Suppress pathogenic fungi * Produce natural plant growth hormones * Enhance seed-germination and viability of emerging seedling

STREPTOMYCETES (ACTINOMYCETES)
* Suppress pathogenic fungi * Decompose organic matter

TRICHODERMA (FUNGI) FOUND ONLY IN KJA PLUS
* Suppress pathogenic fungi * Produce natural plant growth hormones

AMINO ACIDS
* Provide energy for plant metabolism * Improve nutrient absorption

VITAMINS
* Provide catalysts for enzymes * Enhance plant growth metabolism

FOLIC ACID AND BIOTIN
* Enhances microbial growth and plant growth The Rhizosphere Zone barely 1mm wide

NATURAL SUGARS
* Energy source for plants and microbes * Provides carbon source