Biostimulant promotes increased productivity in several crops

The productive potential of economically relevant crops has been compromised year after year, according to experts, by different environmental conditions that culminate in stress or nutritional deficiency in plants. Recent studies, by the Italian-Japanese company Sipcam Nichino Brasil, show that water deficit, for example, leads to potential productivity losses of between 70% and 75% in soybeans and sugarcane. This scenario, the company points out, can be controlled by including biostimulant technologies in crop management.

Sipcam Nichino brought the Black Jack brand biostimulant to the country. Described as resulting from cutting-edge technology, 100% natural, composed of humic, fulvic and mineral acids, the product was developed to be applied in low doses and at the same time quickly absorbed by plants. It is registered for peanut, potato, coffee, citrus, sugar cane, corn and soybean crops.

According to Carulina Oliveira, product manager at Sipcam Nichino, 13 studies conducted by the company in the regions of GO, MS, MT and BA, with the participation of research bodies, attested that in soybean farming, management linked to the biostimulant transferred productivity averages between 60 bags per hectare and 80 bags/ha. Compared to other treatments of this kind, she states, there were gains of 4 to 5 bags per hectare of the oilseed.

In sugarcane, he adds, the biostimulant also surprised researchers. In areas of the State of São Paulo, such as the Barretos region, when associated with the management of the Black Jack crop, it yielded 10% to 15% more than the standard treatment, in sugarcane productivity per hectare (TCH).

“We observed that in soybeans the biostimulant enhances vegetative development, increasing the photosynthetic capacity of the crop. The ‘sticking’ of flowers and pods and the increase in the diameter of the grains are notable”, describes Carulina. “In sugarcane, the technology favors the sprouting of buds, provides greater tillering, better stalk development and greater sugar concentration.”

Still according to Carulina, in São Paulo's peanut areas the productivity gains measured with Black Jack were also in the range of 10% to 15%.

“In the corn areas where Black Jack was compared to other biostimulants, there was better vegetative development, a better established plant and more robustness of the ears and grains. In coffee farming, there was a more uniform flowering, good 'set' of flowers and fruits and also an increase in the diameter of the fruits", concludes Carulina Oliveira.