Disclosed herein are microbial consortia and compositions including microbes, for example, for use in agricultural or biodegradation applications. In some embodiments, soil, plants, and/or plant parts (such as seeds, seedlings, shoots, roots, leaves, fruit, stems, or branches) are contacted with a disclosed microbial consortia or composition including microbes. The microbial consortia or microbe-containing compositions may be applied to soil, plant, and/or plant parts alone or in combination with additional components (such as chitin, chitosan, glucosamine, amino acids, and/or liquid fertilizer). In additional embodiments, the disclosed microbial consortia or compositions including microbes are used in methods of degrading biological materials, such as chitin-containing biological materials.

Disclosed herein are microbial consortia and compositions including microbes for use in agricultural or biodegradation applications. In some embodiments, soil, plants, and/or plant parts (such as seeds, seedlings, shoots, roots, leaves, fruit, stems, or branches) are contacted with a disclosed microbial consortia or composition including microbes. The microbial consortia or microbe-containing compositions may be applied to soil, plant, and/or plant parts alone or in combination with additional components (such as chitin, chitosan, glucosamine, amino acids, and/or liquid fertilizer). In additional embodiments, the disclosed microbial consortia or compositions including microbes are used in methods of degrading biological materials, such as chitin-containing biological materials.

Disclosed herein are microbial consortia and compositions including microbes for use in agricultural or biodegradation applications. In some embodiments, soil, plants, and/or plant parts (such as seeds, seedlings, shoots, roots, leaves, fruit, stems, or branches) are contacted with a disclosed microbial consortia or composition including microbes. The microbial consortia or microbe-containing compositions may be applied to soil, plant, and/or plant parts alone or in combination with additional components (such as chitin, chitosan, glucosamine, amino acids, and/or liquid fertilizer). In additional embodiments, the disclosed microbial consortia or compositions including microbes are used in methods of degrading biological materials, such as chitin-containing biological materials.

Disclosed herein are microbial consortia and compositions including microbes for use in agricultural or biodegradation applications. In some embodiments, soil, plants, and/or plant parts (such as seeds, seedlings, shoots, roots, leaves, fruit, stems, or branches) are contacted with a disclosed microbial consortia or composition including microbes. The microbial consortia or microbe-containing compositions may be applied to soil, plant, and/or plant parts alone or in combination with additional components (such as chitin, chitosan, glucosamine, amino acids, and/or liquid fertilizer). In additional embodiments, the disclosed microbial consortia or compositions including microbes are used in methods of degrading biological materials, such as chitin-containing biological materials.

Improvements in fertilizer is disclosed. The fertilizer is made by processing fish or other aquatic animal by-products to utilize parts of a fish that are normally discarded. The discarded part of a fish such as the head, fins, tail and bones. These components are typically tossed into the ocean where they decompose or are scavenged by other sea creatures. The by-products are separated based upon the mineral strength of the fertilizer that will be produced from the by-products. Different parts of fish and ocean material have different nutritional and decomposing properties. The separation of the components such as the head from the fins/tail, from the blood and ocean products. The extraction of the minerals provides the essential nutritional value for the fertilizer. The minerals and nutrients are used to enhance growth to plants or soil to increase the production of flowering, fruits, vegetables and growth.

A soil amendment for use in an organic system includes a protein ingredient and a binder binding with the protein ingredient to form a pellet. The protein ingredient is at least one of a plant-based protein and an animal-based protein. The binder is a grain processing by-product.

WonderJuice is a plant growth stimulator solution. The solution stimulation enhances the ability for plant root-hair uptake systems to transmit and absorb the abundance of nutrients in the solution to be available for optimal growth and plant production.

WonderJuice is a plant growth stimulator solution. The solution stimulation enhances the ability for plant root-hair uptake systems to transmit and absorb the abundance of nutrients in the solution to be available for optimal growth and plant production.

Disclosed herein are fertilizer compositions comprising: a nitrogen or phosphorus-based fertilizer; and a plant additive encapsulated by a polysaccharide polymer forming an encapsulated plant additive composite, wherein the plant additive comprises a macronutrient, a micronutrient, a biostimulant, a plant growth hormone, or a combination thereof, and wherein the encapsulated plant additive composite encapsulates the nitrogen or phosphorus-based fertilizer to provide the fertilizer composition, wherein the fertilizer composition exhibits a comparable corn and grain yield compared to a bulk urea fertilizer when applied at a lower concentration to a maize via soil or foliar application.

Disclosed herein are fertilizer compositions formed by a method comprising reacting an aqueous polysaccharide and cross-linking agent to provide a polysaccharide polymer scaffold: reacting the polysaccharide polymer scaffold with a plant additive under conditions effective to form a polysaccharide nanocomposite; and combing the polysaccharide nanocomposite with a urea fertilizer to form an aqueous urea-polysaccharide nanocomposite solution; and evaporating or freeze drying the urea-polysaccharide nanocomposite solution to provide a urea-polysaccharide nanocomposite. The urea-polysaccharide nanocomposite may be applied to soil as the fertilizer composition.