Extraction and Characterization of Two Algal Polysaccharide based Microbial Inoculum Beads Prepared from Gracilaria salicornia

Background: Thallophytes are marine plants biochemically possessing beneficial compounds aiding human and animal life in various forms, such as medicine, food, polymers, composites and so on. The present investigate aim to study the influence of extractants on the characteristics of two polysaccharides. The two algal polysaccharides were purified from Gracilaria salicornia. Methods: Current work focuses on the extraction, characterization of two polysaccharides and preparation of floridean starch and cellulose nano crystalline-based microbial inoculum complex (MIC beads) encapsulating three important agricultural microorganisms in one bead, which might help farmers with cost-cutting in crop management. Result: Here Tricoderma viride (bio-fungicide), Azospirillum (growth promoter) and Bacillus megaterium var. phosphaticum (phosphate solubiliser) are encapsulated and treated over brinjal plants, thus aiding with the bio-fungicide effect over phomopsis blight with simultaneous phosphate solubilization and growth improvement.