Tradecorp offers Phylgreen with its biostimulant a highly effective solution against environmental stress
By Milagros Jurado
After two years experimenting in real crops subjected to situations of environmental stress, such as drought, high temperatures or salinity, Tradecorp, a company specializing in nutrition and crop protection, offers Phylgreen, its biostimulant based on seaweed extracts, a highly effective solution in managing the negative effects of environmental factors on agricultural yields. Precisely, in the current context of climate change, environmental stress is emerging as one of the great challenges of today’s agriculture. The results of the studies and tests carried out with this innovative product have been presented to the sector in two events held on January 24th and 25th in Seville and Valencia, respectively.
Studies carried out both in the field and in various scientific institutions, such as the Queen’s University of Belfast, have confirmed the high efficiency of Tradecorp’s bioestimulant, Phylgreen, formulated with seaweed, when reducing the negative effects of environmental factors. Its application has shown especially striking results in the case of Mediterranean crops such as olive or citrus.
Among the main conclusions of the Phylgreen Chair held in Seville, with a large attendance of farmers and distributors, it has been pointed out that although the product reduces the consequences of abiotic stress, it is especially effective when it has been applied preventively, accelerating the development and growth of the plant, and increasing the water retention capacity of the plant.
Thus, in the case of the olive grove, trials were carried out with one of the products of the Phylgreen range, Phylgreen Vega, which was applied before flowering, favoring a 22% increase in the number of shoots per branch and 48% in the number of flowers.
The beneficial effects of the use of Phylgreen in olive groves, have also yielded remarkable results in regard to the production of fruit, with 54% more of olives curdled
In short, thanks to this biostimulant Mediterranean crops, such as the vineyard, citrus, olive, or almond, reduce their stress and increase their production.
Following the proven effectiveness of the use of algae in the control of environmental stress in crops, Tradecorp is moving towards biostimulation based on the active principles of these marine plants, incorporating it into their strategic lines of action.
The products of the Phylgreen range keep intact the properties of its main ingredient, the alga Ascophyllum nodosum, thanks to what is known as gentle extraction, an extraction process that dispenses with high temperatures and chemical use
In addition, it is also worth noting that the collection of algae, totally manual and respectful with the environment, allows us to work with superior quality raw material.
The biostimulant Phylgreen from Tradecorp, developed with the active principles of the alga Ascophyllum nodosum, reduces the effects of abiotic stress that crops can suffer, since it causes a readjustment in the physiology and metabolism of plants that favors their adaptation to extreme situations. Abiotic stress is that which is produced by environmental agents, such as drought, floods, heat waves or frosts, and even air pollution.
Laboratory studies and field trials
Studies that confirm that the use of Phylgreen mitigates the effects of these agents have been carried out at Queen’s University of Belfast by Dr. Thomas Fleming.
Tradecorp has carried out field tests that allow it to affirm that the use of this biostimulant applied before the stress situations occur, manages to maintain the productive performance of the farms or reduce the loss
According to Carlos Repiso, coordinator of the Biostimulants area of Tradecorp International, “the application of Phylgreen before situations of abiotic stress occur allows to reduce the loss of production and quality, or even to maintain production and mitigate the effects of these situations”
The field tests have been carried out for strawberry, tomato, grape, melon, cucumber, orange and olive crops to which they have been subjected to drought and salinity tests, two of the agents that most affect the Mediterranean area. The tests have been carried out in Spain (Andalucía and Comunitat Valenciana), Italy and Brazil.
In all the tests carried out in real farms, the effect of the use of Phylgreen has confirmed to reduce the losses and, even to maintain the production
Ecological and sustainable product
Phylgreen is the biostimulant developed by Tradecorp and that comes from the use of the alga Ascophyllum nodosum. The main feature of this biostimulant is that it maintains 99% of the properties of the alga thanks to its manual extraction on the coasts of Ireland. This algae is harvested during low tide in a region of low industrialization and low population. In addition, its collection is done manually by experienced professionals who cut the algae 25 centimeters from the root. This allows the plant its constant regeneration and a safe, continuous and quality supply.
The Phylgreen Chair is an event that Tradecorp has designed to transfer its knowledge on the use of seaweed extracts as biostimulants in agriculture. In particular, extracts of the alga Ascophyllum nodosum. The objective is to transfer all the knowledge that is acquired in the use of algae in biostimulation and to provide farmers with the best agronomic recommendations for the optimal use of these biostimulants.
