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The Effectiveness of Diazotroph Bacteria as a Cereal

Growth Promoter

Submitted in Partial Fulfillment for the requirements in Research 8

Submitted by:

John Ernie F. Fantilaga

8 – Dawin

Submitted to:

Oliver G. Lagman

Research Adviser
 CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION
a. Background of the Study
In the early 21st century, there is a record where cereal grains are facing to a big
threat to their production shortage that may affect many aspects of living especially to people
who depend in cereal food. Cereal is one of the most primary and important food in the
morning as their main breakfast. Cereals are cultivated grain crops that are composed of
endosperm, germ and bran. Cereal is also known for its ingredient to make bread and many
different styles for breakfast that lead to a huge demand of it. In our time, we use fertilizer
as a growth promoter to combat food shortage which is mainly used in crops and
farming techniques. Still, fertilizers received a bad feedback, especially to our
environment that can harm Biodiversity.
Through modernization, we use living things especially bacteria to use as a lending hand
for crops. One of the main highlight is the diazotroph bacteria. The main function of this
bacteria is to fix nitrogen into gas as ammonia which helps the crops to pertain food
nourishment. Examples of diazotroph bacteria is the rhizobia and cyanobacteria that are main
growth factors for plants.
From these studies given, The researchers are inspired to pursue to test the effectiveness of
diazotroph bacteria as a cereal growth promoter. This study will observe the capabilities and factors
of diazotroph bacteria to growth and production of cereal crops.

b. Statement of the Problem:

1. Do Diazotroph bacteria is an effective cereal growth promoter through:
a. Efficiency
b. Nourishment of Nutrients
c. Growth and Development
2. Is there a significant difference between the effectiveness commercial Fertilizer and
the Diazotroph Bacteria through the given factors in no. 1 and also the ff:
a. Speed of Growth
b. Speed of Production
3. Is there a significant possibility that Diazotroph bacteria would be a better growth
promoter than commercial fertilizers?

c. Statement of the Hypothesis:

H1: There is a significant possibility that Diazotroph bacteria would be an effective cereal growth
promoter by complying its given factors.
H2: There is a significant difference between the effectivity of Diazotroph bacteria and the
commercial Fertilizer through terms of Efficiency, Nourishment of Nutrients, Growth and
Development, Speed of Growth and its speed of production to the cereal grain crops.
H3: There is a significant possibility that diazotroph bacteria would be a better, more efficient,
more productive, and faster growth to cereal grain crops than the effectiveness of Fertilizers.
d. Significant of the study:
The use and the study of the effectiveness Diazotroph bacteria as an alternative cereal
growth promoter is a solution to big threat to food crisis. It will save many people’s lives to
lengthen the production of cereal grains as if these grains serves as a main source to production
of breakfast meals which this the most important meal of the whole day that would gather their
energy to do work.
This study can also lessen the usage of fertilizers and chemical products in farming that
contributes a big amount of carbon footprint that would affect the biodiversity of our
environment. This also encourages other researchers to use other variety of bacteria to improve
other crops that would be important to life of humans and living things.
e. Scope and Delimitation:
This study focuses the effectiveness and efficiency of Diazotroph Bacteria to Growth and
development of Cereal grain crops. It also compares the effectiveness of Diazotroph bacteria to
growth of cereal grain crops to effectiveness of Commercial Fertilizers. While in this study, cereal
grain crops are experimented not including wheat grains. The following factors are to be
observed and compared to cereal grain crops; efficiency, nourishment of nutrients, Growth and
Development, Speed of Growth, Speed of Production.

f. Definition of terms:
 Cultivated - to prepare or prepare and use for the raising of crops
 Endosperm - is a tissue produced inside the seeds of most of the flowering plants
following fertilization. It surrounds the embryo and provides nutrition in the form of
starch, though it can also contain oils and protein.
 Germ - The germ of a cereal is the reproductive part that germinates to grow into a plant;
it is the embryo of the seed. Along with bran, germ is often a by-product of the milling
that produces refined grain products.
 Bran - Bran, also known as miller's bran, is the hard outer layers of cereal grain. It consists
of the combined aleurone and pericarp. Along with germ, it is an integral part of whole
grains, and is often produced as a byproduct of milling in the production of refined grains
 Biodiversity - Biodiversity refers to the variety and variability of life on Earth. Biodiversity
typically measures variation at the genetic, species, and ecosystem level.
 Modernization - refers to a model of a progressive transition from a 'pre-modern' or
'traditional' to a 'modern' society.
 Nitrogen - Nitrogen is a chemical element with symbol N and atomic number 7. It was first
discovered and isolated by Scottish physician Daniel Rutherford in 1772.
 Ammonia - Ammonia is a compound of nitrogen and hydrogen with the formula NH₃. The
simplest pnictogen hydride, ammonia is a colourless gas with a characteristic pungent
smell.
 Efficiency - Efficiency is the ability to avoid wasting materials, energy, efforts, money, and
time in doing something or in producing a desired result. In a more general sense, it is the
ability to do things well, successfully, and without waste.
 Crisis- A crisis is any event that is going to lead to an unstable and dangerous situation
affecting an individual, group, community, or whole society.