Pemán Semillas launched Biocout, a bioproduct that makes nutrients such as phosphorus, copper and zinc available to the pasture to ensure more forage production.
Many of the Argentine agricultural soils suffer from phosphorus deficits, which is a key limitation for crop yields. This, added to the lack of other nutrients, means that the production of grains and fodder in some areas of the country is diminished. For both conditions, producers must incorporate the missing ones through fertilization.
Rosalba Peman, vice president and head of the research and development program at Peman Semillas.
For livestock producers in the NEA and the center of the country, where these soil conditions are more frequent, October and November are key months since, on the one hand, the regrowth of perennial pastures begins and, on the other, progress is being made in the implementation of some megathermal forage species.
"In the country, there are soils in many regions that have poor to medium fertility, especially phosphorus, copper and zinc," warns Rosalba Peman, vice president and head of the Research and Development program at Peman Semillas, a company specializing in fodder and technology applied to the seed, from the town of Sinsacate in Cordoba.
In this way, adds the directive and technique, the challenge arises to increase forage production in those regions and subregions, whose production is limited and depends on chemical fertilization to achieve good implantation and forage production.
In this regard, to deal with this deficiency condition, Peman Semillas thought of developing a biological technology applied to the seed that enhances the initial growth of pastures and quickly covers each square meter of soil.
"For this new forage campaign we already have Biocout available to livestock producers, a seed treatment based on a complex of growth-promoting microorganisms (PGPMs), whose objective is to increase forage production in soils with low or medium fertility, optimizing the use of the mineral elements present or provided by the fertilization, also being a friendly technology with the environment”, summarizes the technique, about this second product that they launch on the market.
Biocout is a bioproduct that makes nutrients such as phosphorus, copper and zinc available to the pasture in soils with poor chemical fertility.
“This novelty is recommended for grassy pastures of Panicum coloratum cv Nyasi and Brachiaria brizantha, and the legume, Melilotus alba cv Munay. In these cases, we achieved an average of 50% more initial growth of the pasture, compared to the condition without treatment, which allowed us to advance with grazing in advance”, explains Peman.
Also, she describes more attributes of this treatment with growth promoters.
"Other associated effects are the increase in the number of tillers and tolerance to different abiotic stresses, such as water and saline," he explains. Among other characteristics highlighted by Peman, in this case associated with the legume, is the synergy of the promoters with the microorganisms that fix atmospheric nitrogen.
“Between Rhizobium and Biocout there is a synergistic and enhancing effect since while some fix nitrogen, the others are providing key nutrients for the bacterial fixing machinery. It's very interesting," he says.
Treatment and dosage
Peman Semillas thinks about seeds with a lot of added value. Therefore, Biocout is designed as a professional treatment that provides all the benefits of "ready to sow".
This new product adds Ferticout Max, with dormancy breaking technology, which also incorporates the health protection of Syngenta products.
"With our technologies we seek to enhance the natural synergy that already exists between plants and microorganisms," concludes Peman.
Source;
Clarin Newspaper, 28/09/22.