agriculture brochure 2009 - victus
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Agriculture Brochure 2009 - Victus Labs Food Security-Crop Productivity in India-Fertilizer Use-Integrated Nutrient Management- Role of nutrition in pest and disease resistance- Products for improving soil fertility-Stress Biotechnology-Agricultural Surfactants-BioWishTRANSCRIPT
Victus Agriculture Brochure
Victus Laboratories India Private Limited
About Us
Victus is a Latin word meaning ‘to nourish’
Victus Labs core competency is nutrition, disease and pest management
We offer specialized products for agriculture
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Working towards food security
The world population was 2 billion during 1950’s
World population during 2009 is 6.5 billion
“We should use organic agriculture and promote it, but you cannot feed six billion people today and nine
billion in 2050 without judicious use of chemical fertilizers.”
- Jacques Diouf, FAO Director-General, Dec 2007
Working towards food security
Crop productivity in India
Let’s take the example of paddy cultivation in India
Highest productivity – PunjabAverage Yield - 3.69 Tonnes/Hectare
Lowest productivity – Madhya PradeshAverage Yield - 1.00 Tonnes/Hectare
World’s Highest – 8-10 Tonnes/Hectare
Crop productivity in India
Maize cultivation in India
Highest productivity – Andhra PradeshAverage Yield - 3.44 Tonnes/Hectare
Lowest productivity – Uttar PradeshAverage Yield - 1.39 Tonnes/Hectare
World’s Highest – 10 Tonnes/Hectare
Request our Project Maize 2009 Brochure for additional information
Crop productivity in India
Groundnut cultivation in India
Highest productivity – GujaratAverage Yield - 2.23 Tonnes/Hectare
Lowest productivity – KarnatakaAverage Yield - 0.58 Tonnes/Hectare
World’s Highest – 3.5 Tonnes/Hectare
Crop productivity in India
Factors needing attention
Soil health and nutrient management Water management Seed management Farm mechanization
Soil health and nutrient management
Soil health depends on Physical fertility Chemical fertility Biological fertility
Soil health and nutrient management
Food demand is driven by population growth and land scarcity
People fed per hectare
1960 – 2 people1995 – 4 people2025 – 5 people
Agricultural production at present is roughly 90% dependent on oil inputs; Farming inputs are literally petroleum based.
Petroleum geologists say that the world is facing peak world oil production.
Did you know this?
If all the countries in the world ate the way the American eats, humanity would exhaust all known global fossil-fuel reserves in just seven years.
- Harpers Magazine, February 2004. www.harpers.org/Theoilweeat.html.
Food grain production in India is becoming stagnant
Up to 1997-1998: Fertilizer consumption (N,P, K) = Food grain production
From 1998-Now: Fertilizer consumption (N,P, K) ≠ Food grain production
50% of soil samples analyzed have high Potassium deficiency
25% of soil samples analyzed have highSulphur deficiency
49% of soil samples analyzed are deficientin Zinc, 33% in Boron and 12% in Iron
Extent of nutrient deficiency in Indian Soils
Micronutrient deficiency in Indian soils is increasing
Many experiments have proven significant increase in yields byproviding secondary and micronutrients along with NPK nutrients
Fertilizer Use in India in comparison to other countries
Fertilizer Usage
India: 105 Kg/Ha
China: 275 Kg/Ha
Egypt: 471 Kg/Ha
Average yield of food grains
India: 2100 Kg/Ha
China: 4800 Kg/Ha
Egypt: 7250 kg/Ha
Improving productivity by Integrated Nutrient Management
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Closing the nutrient gap through balanced fertilization
+N P K Ca SMg Cu Fe Mn Zn MoB
Improving productivity by Integrated Nutrient Management
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Closing the nutrient gap through balanced fertilization
+N P K Ca SMg Cu Fe Mn Zn MoB
Role of balanced nutrition in pest and disease resistance
Most important nutrients for disease resistance
K Ca S Cu MnB
Indirectly involved in disease resistance
Zn
Some facts
involved in mobilization of plant defense systemincreases cuticle thickness
fortifies middle lamellaslows the degradation by pathogens
involved in metabolism of phenolics
K
Ca
B
Products for improving soil fertility
TeraBase Teracare RootStim
Concentrated humic acid (40%) and amino acids for efficient root establishment
Role of RootStim during germination and establishment
Increase germination rate
Uniform plant emergence
Improved seedling vigor
Improved transplant vigor and stress tolerance
Increase root biomass, establish healthy roots
Counteracts adverse soil conditions
Increase insect and disease resistance
Victus Specialty Crop Care
Victus Soil Fertility Program
Soil health and nutrient management
Foliar Products for improving crop nutrient status
CalJet MicroJet
MicroJet spray droplets optimized for foliar uptake
specialized micronutrient mix for enhanced foliar uptake and translocation of micronutrients
Uniform suspension of micronutrients unlike conventional foliar micronutrients. Fully soluble in water
prevents evaporation promotes leaf adhesion
promotes spreading efficient absorption
Surfactant based delivery system
Victus Specialty Crop Care
Role of CalJet and MicroJet during flowering and reproduction
Shorten time to flowering
Increase number of reproductive buds ( flowers / fruiting positions)
Increase bud strength/viability
Increase pollination (pollen tube growth, transfer of pollen into stigma)
Reduce flower and fruit abortion
Foliar Products for improving crop productivity under stress
Stress Biotechnology
Abiotic Stress
Celer is a specialized product for abiotic stress management in crops. Celer contains amino acids in a concentrated formulation unlike other diluted liquid formulations, providing easy to assimilate building blocks for protein synthesis. Celer enhances the protein synthesis and promotes cell division and cell expansion. It improves plant vigor and helps to withstand stress conditions. Celer improves shelf life and yield of fruits and vegetables.
Foliar Products for improving crop productivity under stress
Stress Biotechnology
Biotic Stress
Fortress is a elicitor based product for biotic stress management.Fortress improves the uptake and utilization of plant nutrients and assists in the process of photosynthesis. Fortress improves the overall plant rigidity by enriching the cell wall. Fortress enhances resistance to infiltration by fungal pathogens and sap sucking pests.
Agricultural SurfactantsUltraWet Surfact-V
Agricultural Surfactants
Adjuvant (Definition)A material added to a tank mix solution to aidor modify the action of an agrichemical or the
physical characteristics of the mixture
Adjuvant may be a surfactant, drift control agent, water conditioner, etc
SurfactantSurface Active Agents; usually lowers the surface tension
of spray solution
Contact angle
• “Contact angle” (CA) is a profile measurement of a drop of water in contact with a solid surface.
• When a surfactant (wetting agent) is introduced into the solution, the surface tension is reduced and the water droplet becomes flatter.
• Lower the CA, the greater the spreading and coverage properties
• Water has a CA of 93 degrees. A typical surfactant influences the contact angle 30-45 degrees, and UltraWet can reduce contact angles to 25 degrees or less.
Effective spray depends on
Spray retention
Spreading
Uptake
Spray droplets Repellence Adhesion
Lower surface tension lower repellence characteristics
Spray retention
Qualities required for a superior foliar surfactant system
Non ionic nature:
contains no charge, does not react with active ingredient
Superior retention:
The spray droplet has to transfer its flight energy to the surface within milliseconds
Superior spreading:
Increases wettability of foliar surface ensuringbetter coverage
Factors influencing the foliar uptake:
Plant cuticle (e.g. species, growth stage, growing conditions)
Active ingredient (e.g. size and solubility)
Environmental conditions (e.g. temperature, relative humidity, wind, rain)
Formulation system
Qualities required for a superior foliar surfactant system
Cuticle
Upper epidermis
Palisade mesophyll cells
Bundle sheath cells
Xylem
Phloem
Lower epidermis
Spongy mesophyll cells
Guard cells
Stomata
Cuticle
Exploring inside the leaf
Waxy coating (hydrophobic) on the leaf surface makes it difficult to retain the spray droplets
Note:Cuticle is presenton both sides ofthe leaf surface
Stomata when open, size = 50-100 μm ; cuticular pore sizes are in nanometers
Point to note: 1 cm = 10 mm 1mm= 1/1000 μm (micron)1 μm = 1/1000 nm (nano)
Spray droplet properties without surfactant
Spray droplet properties with sticking agent
Foliar sprays without high quality surfactants mostly enter into the leaf through stomatal opening.
Our surfactants help the foliar spray droplets to be retained in the leaf surface and get in through cuticular pores
UltraWet Product Profile
Lower surface tension than conventional non-ionic surfactants
Lower spray volume and lower active ingredients usage rates
Greater coverage over the leaf surface
Increased plant penetration
Enhanced cohesion
Shorter drying time
Reduced rainfall degradation
UltraWet superior non-ionic surfactant
UltraWet Challenge
To visualize the spreading effect of UltraWet we recommend you to place a drop of water on a leaf surface and add a small droplet of UltraWet to the water drop. The spreading also results in penetration of the foliar spray into the leaf.
To know more request video demonstration CD of foliar spreadingand penetration demo.
Can your surfactant spread water dropletson any foliar surface?
Water droplet Water droplet + Surfact-V
Displaces air molecules over leaf surface
Enhances
water wettability
Reduces the
contact angle
Even spreading
over leaf surface
Surfact-V multi component surfactant system
Spreader, Sticker, Anti-drying
450
Spray droplet properties with Surfact-V
Victus Agricultural Surfactants
Without Surfact-V With Surfact-V(Surfact-V @ 35 ml/100 litre water)
Victus Agricultural Surfactants
Without Surfact-V With Surfact-V(Surfact-V @ 35 ml/100 litre water)
Victus labs does extensive field campaigns, educates farmers about improving soil organic matter, role of humus in crop productivity, importance of macro and micro nutrients in agriculture, stress and disease management.
Our field staffs undergo intensive training in improving soil fertility,
nutrient and disease management
Contact Us
Victus Laboratories India Private Limited,# 75 Gowtham Apartments, Sundaresa Layout (Opp-Rainbow Manor),Trichy Road, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, INDIA- 641018Phone : +91-422-4391916Fax : +91-422-4391915
www.victuslabs.com