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Microbes can be used to decrease the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides.Explain how this can be accomplished.

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The use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides can be reduced by the use of biofertilizers and biollogical pest control methods. Biofertilizers are organisms that enerich the nutrient quality of the soil. The main sources of biofertilizers and cyanobacteria fix the atmospheric nitrogen and organic forms, thus enriching the nitrogen content of the soil. In padddy fields, cyanobacteria serve of the soil. In paddy field, cyanobacteria serve as an important biofertilizer. Similarly, some microbes (fungi, bacteria and viruses) can be used to control a number of crop pests.
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