January 2014
Scientific articles | Terra-Sorb®
Several environmental factors adversely affect plant growth, its development and the final crop yield, being temperature stress (cold, freeze or heat stress) one of the most limiting variables. With the aim to assess the effect of exogenous amino acids treatments, several experiments with plants subjected to different stressing temperatures were conducted applying an amino acid product obtained by Enzymatic Hydrolysis (Terra-Sorb). Findings suggest that Terra-Sorb has a similar effect than n...
January 2014
Scientific articles | Suzukii Trap®
Due to the large capacity of reproduction of Drosophila suzukii, mass trapping approaches with baits may have huge potential for management and control of this fly. Mass trapping trials with the attractant Suzukii Trap® are conducted in different susceptible crops in order to define the best strategy for the control of this pest. By way of illustration, a trial of mass trapping is presented in a commercial plot of strawberry and raspberry in the region of Maresme (Barcelona), where the prev...
November 2013
Scientific articles | Armurox®
Blast, caused by Pyricularia oryzae, is the most important fungal disease of rice worldwide. The application of soluble Si to the roots increased Si concentration in leaf tissues as compare to plants grown in soil amended with calcium silicate. X-ray microanalysis revealed that Si deposition was very similar on the leaf epidermis of plants sprayed with soluble Si, root amended with soluble Si or grown in soil amended with calcium silicate. The lesion size, the number of lesions per cm2 of le...
September 2013
Scientific articles | Armurox®
The aim of the present work was to evaluate the efficiency of the new technology Armurox ® and its contribution as bioavailable Silicon in sugar cane. Two trials in commercial areas were conducted in two locations: Ameca and Autlan in the Jalisco region (Mexico). Two foliar applications of Armurox were sprayed during tillering phase, between 30-40 days. According to the results achieved Silicon levels were corrected successfully in both localities. First foliar application was sprayed 30 da...
May 2013
Scientific articles | Terra-Sorb®
L-amino acids play a part in many physiological processes in plants. However, while L-amino acids are biologically active, the metabolism role of D-amino acids in plants is still doubtful, and the few existing studies on this topic indicate undesired agronomic effects. The enantiomeric separation of free amino acids contained in different hydrolyzed protein fertilizers used as biostimulants was achieved. Two capillary electrophoresis-tandem mass spectrometry (CE-MS2) methods were optimized i...
