{"id":31042,"date":"2023-09-01T04:48:58","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T23:18:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=31042"},"modified":"2025-04-16T08:39:43","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T03:09:43","slug":"entazia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/entazia\/","title":{"rendered":"What is ENTAZIA?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About ENTAZIA<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a<strong> biofungicide crop protection product formulated with Bacillus subtilis<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It was\u00a0<strong>developed by FMC India.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It will provide farmers with a powerful and\u00a0<strong>sustainable tool to protect their crops from fungi\u00a0<\/strong>while maintaining environmental integrity.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Advantages<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li>It l<strong>everages the natural capabilities of Bacillus subtilis to control bacterial leaf blight<\/strong>, one of the most serious diseases of rice.<\/li>\n<li>By<strong> activating the crop\u2019s defense system against plant pathogen<\/strong>s, it acts to<strong> prevent and control bacterial leaf blight,<\/strong> while\u00a0<strong>staying harmless to natural predators\u00a0<\/strong>and parasites.<\/li>\n<li>The biological product\u00a0<strong>promotes natural pest defense\u00a0<\/strong>by utilizing the naturally occurring Bacillus subtilis\u00a0<strong>to establish a robust line of defense against bacterial leaf blight.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>By fostering a healthy plant microbiome, it\u00a0<strong>bolsters plants\u2019 resilience to stress factors and contributes to overall growth and vigor.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It can be\u00a0<strong>applied in an integrated pest management program with FMC\u2019s bio-stimulants\u00a0<\/strong>and synthetic fungicides for additional plant benefits.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>What is Leaf Blight?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a\u00a0<strong>plant disease that affects the foliage (leaves) of various plants, causing discoloration,<\/strong> wilting, and\u00a0<strong>in severe cases, the death of the leaves.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It is typically<strong> caused by various types of fungi or bacteria\u00a0<\/strong>that infect and damage the plant tissues.<\/li>\n<li>Leaf blight\u00a0<strong>can affect a wide range of plants,<\/strong> including trees, shrubs, ornamental plants, and crops.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1) What is Bacillus subtilis?<\/h3>\n<p>Bacillus subtilis, often referred to simply as &#8220;B. subtilis,&#8221; is a Gram-positive, rod-shaped bacterium commonly found in soil and the gastrointestinal tract of humans and animals. It is a well-studied and widely used model organism in microbiology and biotechnology.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/krishijagran.com\/product-launches\/fmc-introduces-entazia-biofungicide-to-safeguard-crops-in-india\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>FMC Introduces ENTAZIA biofungicide to Safeguard Crops in India<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ENTAZIA is a biofungicide crop protection product formulated with Bacillus subtilis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":31043,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-31042","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31042"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31042\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}