Biokuprumcontains conidiospores ofChaetomium cupreum. The composition is customised to comply with regulatory guidelines of respective countries.Chaetomium cupreumis a proprietary strain and compliant with National Bio Diversity Authority guidelines and has Access Benefit Sharing (ABS) agreement with the State Bio Diversity Board for payment of royalty to the habitat from where the microbes have been isolated. The strain is under Patent deposit certificate with Budapest Treaty recognised depository.
Substrate Competition for space and Nutrients:Chaetomium cupreumcolonizes maximum space and absorbs maximum nutrients available at the target site and thereby controls the pathogens by starving them for food and competing for space- Domino effect.
Enzyme production:Chaetomium cupreumproduces certain enzymes which dissolve the host cell wall and penetrate and inactivate the host defense mechanism. It produces metabolites and secondary metabolites that have antifungal activity against pathogens.
- Biokuprumeffectively controls most of the economically important fungal diseases like rust, early blight, late blight, leaf spot, stem rot and tuber rot.
- Pathogenic fungi load reduction leads to improved plant health and thereby increased crop productivity.
- Biokuprumcan be used as an effective component in IPM programmes, thereby leading to a reduction in use of chemical pesticides and creating a safer environment.