Lile inoculants for oil palm nursery

Nowadays, factors such as soil degradation, chemical pollution, the demand for safe food and more importantly, the rising cost of petroleum have forced farmers to seek other alternatives other than chemical inputs. The role of microbes in building up soil nutrients has often been ignored and a ‘living soil’ is the ultimate goal. Soil enhancer includes composts, microbial inoculants and enzyme preparations used for enriching soil (Paper presented at International Workshop on Sustained Management of the Soil-Rhizophere System for Efficient Crop Production and Fertlizer Use, 16-20 October 2006, Land Developemt Department Bangkok 10900 Thailand).

The role of microbes in building LILE inoculants are 4-in-1 microbial inoculants (Bacillus megaterium, Bacillus mucilaginosus, Azatobacter chroococcum, Rhizobium japonicum) to boost the performances of organic fertilizer. This trial was run to compare crop (oil palm seedlings) performances using  bio organic fertilizer (BOF) WITH and WITHOUT LILE Inoculants as potting material, from the date of sowing until the transplanting date.