I came to know that Bio-N got the nod from the government as the most promising technology in corp production. I just want to know more about its application.

Bio-N is an inoculant in solid powder form that contains two species of the nitrogen fixing bacteria Azospirillum isolated from he roots of a local grass talahib (Saccharum spontaneum L.) which have been screened for their effectiveness to variety of agricultural crops. It can fix atmospheric nitrogen and transform it into form usable by plants or crops. Beneficial effects of Bio-N includes enhancement of shoot growth and root development, makes plant resistant to drought and pest attack, reduces incidence of rice tungro and corn earworm infestation and increases yield and milling recovery of rice and corn. It was observed to provide approximately 30%-50% of the nitrogen required by crops.

The Biotech, as the primary institute for the development of Bio-N conducted and supervised
several field trials and supervised farmer managed field trials for assessment on effect of
Bio-N to crops. In the study conducted on the effect of Bio-N and inorganic fertilizer on the yield of corn (Super sweet var.) in aBio-N application has higher yield than  application of inorganic fertilizer and was comparable to the yield when application of inorganic fertilizer was cut into half plus Bio-N. This further showed that the use of Bio-N has the least value of input (in peso) per yield (kg) which indicates that farmers can save big amount of fertilizer expenses through the use of Bio-N.