doggone - 12/18/2022 15:16

NEIAAG microbes are amazing at what they can do if one understands how to use them to get them established and feed them when they need to be feed. The rest of it comes from making sure all nutrients are in balance and using foliar to address issues as hey arise. A pound of N from 32%, or a pound from anhydrous , or a pound from urea are not the same. Organic N produced by microbes is a whole different N also. For those reading my posts here I will state I have never used Pivot Bio and probably never will in its current product form.

So where did Pivot Bio come from:

Bacterial strain 137 was isolated from the surface of corn roots grown in soil collected near a farm in St. Charles County, Missouri, USA. There are reports of endophytic K. variicola species (29,30) as well as free-living diazotroph species. (31) The Kv137 isolate was derived from plant roots gently rinsed free of bulk excess soil but not surface-sterilized. Subsequent microscopy work (as shown in Figure 2F) revealed the presence of the microbe only on the exterior of corn roots after inoculation, suggesting that Kv137 is a root-associated diazotroph that colonizes the rhizoplane rather than internal plant tissues (data not shown).