#organic farming

• Allelopathy — A bio-ecological phenomenon whereby a plant produces and releases secondary chemical substances (called allelochemicals) into the environment, which are biochemicals capable of directly influencing the growth, development, germination, or survival of other plant organisms in its vicinity. Structurally, allelopathy functions as a chemical mechanism for territorial competition, exerting inhibitory (negative) or, more rarely, stimulatory (positive) effects on neighboring species.
• Azotobacterial — Pertaining to the bacterium genus Azotobacter, belonging to it, or produced by the metabolic activity of these microorganisms; often used to describe biological preparations, laboratory cultures, or non-symbiotic nitrogen-fixing processes in the soil.
• Azotobacterin — A bacterial preparation or biological fertilizer produced from pure cultures of Azotobacter chroococcum or other bacteria capable of fixing molecular nitrogen from the atmosphere. It is applied to seeds or directly into the soil to improve plant nitrogen nutrition, stimulating rhizosphere biological activity and increasing crop yields without synthetic chemical inputs.