BiOWiSH® increases nutrient utilization efficiency through two modes of action: Shifting the rhizosphere microbiome to favor plant growth promoting microbes that improve soil nutrient content, and; association with plant roots resulting in larger root masses that enable better nutrient mass flow.
Addition of BiOWiSH® stimulates the growth of native ‘nitrogen-fixing’ microbes already present in the soil. This includes microbes that convert ammonia into nitrate, microbes that use ammonia from added fertilizers to build organic molecules like amino acids and proteins, and microbes that use the ammonia as a nitrogen source to create biomass. This increase in the ‘nitrogen-fixing’ microbial population of the soil reduces ammonia loss from applied fertilizers through volatilization and leaching, retaining more nitrogen in the soil for use by the plant. Similarly, BiOWiSH® stimulates the growth of soil organisms like pseudomonads that are efficient at solubilizing phosphate and potassium making these nutrients available to the plant.
BiOWiSH® organisms also intimately associate with plant roots influencing both root exudate production and overall plant transcriptome expression. This association results in, among other things, increased root mass and structure for BiOWiSH® treated plants. The larger root system improves nutrient mass flow enabling the plant to more efficiently access available nitrogen, phosphate and potassium.