Corteva presents Utrisha N to the press
Product can be used in corn cultivation; is applied via foliar
Protection to guarantee the quality of bananas will be one of BASF's highlights at Hortitec, the Technical Exhibition of Horticulture, Protected Cultivation and Intensive Crops, which will be held between June 21st and 23rd, in Holambra. The fruit, which is normally attacked by the Thrips insect during the hottest seasons of the year, has marks and rashes on the skin, reducing its visual quality. This attack can be avoided with a plastic film that is placed right at the beginning of the formation of the banana flower and must remain until the fruit is harvested.
“We developed an innovative and sustainable solution for controlling Thrips, which protects the visual quality of the fruit and, consequently, generates greater profitability for the producer. The great difference of this solution is to combat the pest with greater practicality”, explains Daniella La Torre, Technical Specialist for Plastic Additives at BASF.
The solution, developed by BASF in partnership with Braskem and Unesp (Universidade Estadual Paulista), has a repellent action thanks to an anti-UV additive that has the same wavelength as the insect's vision, meaning that, upon entering the environment, bag, he cannot see and removes himself without causing damage to the fruit. The material is 100% recyclable and can be reused for two harvests, ensuring the same insect control efficiency. It is also quick and easy to install, which reduces application costs.
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Product can be used in corn cultivation; is applied via foliar
The season is marked by a less rainy period in the Southeast, Central-West and parts of the North and Northeast regions of Brazil; greater volumes of rain are concentrated in the northwest of the North Region, east of the Northeast and in part of the South of the country