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Seed & Field – Making inputs work harder
Making inputs work harder
Levity Crop Science, one of agriculture’s most innovative companies, is expanding their range to be made available in New Zealand.
Levity managing director David Marks says “Levity is putting crop science at the heart of our product development. Our expertise is in understanding how plants use nutrients to grow, and then adapting the inputs so that the crop makes better use of them. It allows us to use very low inputs whilst achieving better results.”
“Our approach is to talk to growers, understand the challenges they face and then go back to the lab and create products that can help them. Our product range will help New Zealand growers address four key challenges: shelf life, maturity, increasing yield without reducing quality, and stress. Our job is to understand how science can help growers, and deliver easy to use products that solve their problems.” Levity products are already used extensively around the world and offer growers effective low-rate products that improve yield and quality. Roger Blyth from Seed & Field Services says, “after seeing improvements in our arable and vegetable crops, and the positive horticultural field trial results, we are excited to expand the benefits into other crops.” Seed & Field Services is looking forward to delivering Levity Crop Science’s technology to New Zealand growers. Levity’s product range relevant to orchard production include:
Lono – For increased yield and fruit size
A smart nitrogen fertiliser which focuses plants on reproductive growth (flowers fruit, and tubers) encouraging yield rather than the vegetative growth stimulated by conventional nitrogen fertilisers. Lono uses Levity’s LimiN™ chemistry to hold N in the amine form, which delivers better photosynthesis, root growth and yield.
Albina – For quality and shelf life
Albina is a pioneering calcium product which can reduce physiological disorders like bitter pit, improve flower set, fruit holding, fruit firmness and shelf life of fruit crops. Albina uses LoCal™ technology to help plants absorb calcium, a nutrient which can improve quality but is poorly absorbed by fruit.
Sulis – For improved quality, colour and brix
Sulis builds maturity (colour and brix) in fruit crops. It works by supplying molybdenum and boron in a special
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formulation which helps fruit maximise the production of the enzymes responsible for maturation. Sulis also helps stabilise cell walls, so whilst colour and sugars build, fruit maintains good firmness.
Zeme – For stronger, healthier crops
Zeme is a pioneering new silicon product which improves strength, health and vigour of crops and protects against stress. Zeme uses Si-X™ technology to help plants transport and distribute silicon, a nutrient which can improve quality but is poorly taken up and distributed by plants.
Indra – For improved stress tolerance
Indra improves growth and quality of crops by helping them cope with stress caused by heat, cold, salinity, drought and high ultraviolet (UV) light. Indra stimulates antioxidant production in crops, which protects crops from loss of quality and yield during stressful growing conditions.
For more information visit Levitycropscience.com or contact: Michelle Osgood – Business Development, Seed & Field Services SI Ltd Tel. 021 330 676
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