Iran-Made Plant Probiotics Obviate Need for Chemical Fungicides
“Fanavari Zisti Tabiatgara (Bayvaran) company is one of the two largest companies in the world in production of probiotics,” said Homayoun Moradi, the managing director of the knowledge-based company.
“We operate in three areas of agricultural, livestock and poultry and human probiotics; our human probiotics are made up of two parts of medicine and food, and we have more than 60 knowledge-based products in each of these three areas,” he added.
“One of our products is a fungicidal fertilizer or a plant probiotic that is used in agriculture and can replace several thousand tons of chemical fungicides, which are both harmful to the health and the soil, and often do not work because of poor quality,” Moradi said.
He noted that the product contains a special formulation of two important plant probiotics, Bacillus velezensis and Trichoderma, adding that it is produced with the aim of improving the nutrition and growth of plants and reducing or managing the damage caused by pathogenic fungi in crops, gardens and greenhouses.
In a relevant development in May, an Iranian knowledge-based company had also managed to produce probiotic yeasts that meet needs of the country.
Probiotic supplements and yeasts are among the products based on biotechnology and are considered essential for health.
Probiotic yeasts can be used for the production of various fermented foods, enhancing their nutritional and sensory properties.
The company is active in the field of large livestock including cows, sheep, horses, and goats as well as poultry, aquatic animals, and bees, Ahmad Khosroshahi, the managing director of the company, said.
“We are trying to improve the breeding of these animals by using the products so that their consumption by humans is associated with the least harm.”
He referred to the production of probiotic yeasts for livestock and poultry as one of the research fields of the company, adding that the production of probiotic supplements is another field of activity.
He pointed out that since it is not possible to eliminate all the harmful bacteria and also because of the resistance created by the use of antibiotics, the company has produced probiotic supplements and yeasts to increase the beneficial bacteria in the living environment of humans and animals.
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