The harvest of soybeans and early corn has started in most regions in Argentina. The general outlook is one of great uncertainty, with highly variable yields due to different climatic conditions and strong abiotic stresses.
Categories : Biostimulation, Field Crops
Smartfoil, a powerful ally in the 2021 Argentina’s soy and corn campaign marked by strong abiotic stresses
A 2021 campaign marked with strong abiotic stresses
Indeed 2021 campaign has been strongly delimited by abiotic stresses, namely water stress, followed by high temperatures and phytotoxicity resulting from the application of post-emergent herbicides.
These strong abiotic stresses caused a great loss of potential crop yields and explain the decline in yield at national level.
Smarftoil, a key tool when planning the campaign
In these difficult conditions, Smartfoil proved once again its efficacy. In the fields where Smartfoil has been applied over more than 400.000 hectares, the benefits are significant, with wide differences not only in performance but also in inter-row coverage.
Measuring the effect of Smartfoil in the concentration of Chlorophyll in leaves with a SPAD Chlorophyll meter
The application of this premium biostimulant with a unique dose of 2L/ha increased the performance (by 8% on average for corn and by 6% on average for soybeans), giving more stability and protection to the crop against abiotic stresses during critical stage, and achieving a leap in quality.
Measuring the effect of Smartfoil in Soybean, counting the number of pods and grains per pod per plant.
Measuring the effect of Smartfoil in Corn (field with Smartfoil application vs control field) showing less grain abortion on the top of the cobs in order to reach better yields.
