Biostimulants with Italian-Japanese technology promote productivity and quality of sugarcane raw material

Analyzes and studies recently carried out on the Brazilian sugarcane agricultural frontier indicate that biostimulant inputs produced by Sipcam Nichino Brasil deliver robust results to the productivity of the crop. A company created in 1979, Sipcam Nichino results from the union between Italian Sipcam Oxon, founded in 1946, specialist in post-patent agrochemicals and the Japanese Nihon Nohyaku (Nichino).

Nichino became the first company of agrochemicals from Japan, in 1928, and since its arrival on the market it has been focused in innovation and development of new molecules for crop protection. Important remind the reader, to better understand the analysis that follows, that the potential production of crops with economic relevance to the country, such as sugar cane, has been compromised year after year due to environmental conditions adverse.

The good news for the crop production chain is that cutting-edge biostimulant technology continues to evolve and allows the producer minimize damage, in addition to harvesting more and ensuring a good relationship cost-benefit, compared to the producer's investments in the harvest. Incorporated into producer management, biostimulants have been proven to make processes more efficient physiological processes in the sugarcane cycle.

To meet the demands of sugar-energy sector in relation to crop management, Sipcam Nichino brought four biostimulants to Brazil, one of which is being launched (Stilo® Verde). In Together, these inputs now form a new technological platform, with a special recommendation for sugar cane. This is a high-quality resource technology, with the aim of increasing the productive potential of planting until harvest.

Three products on the platform were already being sold, individually, in Brazil, and successfully applied to sugarcane cultivation. sugar. They are Abyss, Blackjak and Nutex Premium. Added to this portfolio now the Stilo Verde brand. Blackjak incorporates state-of-the-art technology. The product is 100% natural, composed of humic, fulvic and mineral acids and highly efficient, even applied at low doses. When used directly in the groove of sugarcane, company studies show, Blackjak increases the retention of nutrients, increases the availability of phosphorus, increases the root system and water retention. The action of this biostimulant also activates the so-called ‘promoters of auxin synthesis’, and permeates the development of microorganisms. These results are presented in the image below: the grooves that received the application of Blackjak have plants with root systems bigger, making possible, so that they explore a greater volume of soil.

Already The Abyss biostimulant has among its differences the composition based on a pure seaweed extract, plus micronutrients such as iron, manganese, boron and zinc. According to field research by Sipcam Nichino, applied during the sugarcane planting stage, Abyss quickly interferes with the increase of the root system and provides uniformity in plant emergence.

At tillering phase of the crop, the product promotes an increase in the aerial part and photosynthetic efficiency of sugarcane, an effect that favors the emergence of plants more resistant to environmental adversities, throughout the cycle reproduction of culture. The biostimulant Nutex Premium constitutes a phosphite potassium, which contains in its formulation the element silicon, perceived as an excellent additional tool in disease management. Activates the system natural defense of plants and stimulates the production of self-defense substances against pathogen attack.

With this technology, health plants are obtained high, and in a position to achieve maximum productivity and profitability. Newly arrived on the market to form the technological platform for biostimulants from Sipcam Nichino, the Stilo Verde product comprises a solution that contains free amino acids, of plant origin. It is enriched with essential nutrients, easily absorbed and assimilated by plants.

Thanks to these characteristics, the product increases plant resistance and minimizes the effects of environmental stresses. It also contributes to the distribution and efficiency of nitrogen metabolism, as it acts in the synthesis of carbohydrates. It also promotes more photosynthetically active plants, especially with gain in the TCH indicator (ton of sugarcane per hectare).

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Field studies by Sipcam Nichino Brasil also evaluated the application integrated biostimulants Abyss, Blackjak, Nutex Premium and Stilo Verde. At this stage of the analysis, the researchers found that the combined use of solutions significantly expands the development and productive potential of sugarcane. The inclusion of products in sugarcane management resulted in gains such as greater volume of soil explored, high absorption of water and nutrients by plants and greater resistance to adversities imposed by the environment during cycle, in addition to better health and obtaining more efficient plants under the photosynthetic aspect.

The company's biostimulant technology platform of Italian-Japanese origin, as evidenced by data from the research carried out, strengthen the productive potential of sugarcane and deliver to the producer relevant gains in ATR (sugar per ton of sugarcane) and TCH (ton of sugarcane per hectare) increasing crop profitability.

The results of these studies, in summary, position Sipcam Nichino biostimulants among the strategic inputs for the competitiveness of the sugar-energy sector. A company's technological platform has a favorable impact since the improvement of quality of the raw material harvested up to the highest industrial yield in the production of sugar, ethanol and energy. In addition to these benefits, the Biostimulant Platform also demonstrated synergy and compatibility with other chemical inputs.