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Bioera, a biotechnology company specialized in products based on microorganisms beneficial to plants, focuses part of the efforts of its technical and research team on the development of innovative microbial programs for agriculture.
The company has a carefully selected range of products composed of different concentrations and combinations of mycorrhiza-forming fungi and PGP bacteria, whose biostimulant and growth-promoting activity also creates an unfavorable environment for the development of pathogenic microorganisms.
The numerous results obtained over time have been gathered by the biotechnological company in a collection of experiences initiated in the laboratory and confirmed in the field, which have provided a valuable know-how that allows the transfer of the studies to the achievement of new ‘Success Strategies‘. Bioera for new crops and targets.
Thus, the Microbial Rooting Program (PEM) was developed and tested during several seasons in the strawberry crop as a Transplant Survival Program , explained Bioera, becoming an effective solution to the problem of mortality that has been recurring in the plantations during the first months of cultivation, mainly in certain varieties.
The products from Bioera’s range of microbials used in its Microbial Rooting Program have been developed and tested over several seasons in strawberry cultivation.
As a result, the application of the PEM Program guarantees a significant decrease in plant mortality, reaching a reduction of more than 30% in cases of early inoculation. As an added effect, flowering and fruiting are brought forward and maintained throughout the crop cycle.
Subsequently, Bioera extended the PEM program with excellent results to the period from January to March, months of maximum demand by the plant, which usually results in a marked decline (if not death) due to the energy expenditure of vegetative development added to that of flowering and the high fruit load.
The same stimulating and protective bacterial cocktail composed of the selection and stable formulation of several Bacillus species with PGP action proved to be a highly effective microbial strategy. On the one hand, according to Bioera, a new radical promotion is enhanced by the induction of phytohormones (gibberellins, cytokinins and auxins) and, on the other hand, a nutritional balance of high assimilation is provided by the solubilization and mineralization caused by the effect of the radical exudates produced by the bacteria (organic acids, enzymes…). Not only does it avoid plant decline or “exhaustion“, but the PEM program achieves revitalization at all levels, allowing the plant to maintain a vigorous and balanced vegetation while carrying the full load of flower bunches and fruit.
Likewise, this sum of results and experiences has paved the way for the expansion of existing programs, which are currently being transferred to earlier or later stages of the growing period: seedbed, nursery or post-harvest.
Comparative table of results: the application of Bioera’s PEM program achieves a reduction in mortality from 40% to 7% and an advance and sustained increase in fruiting and flowering in the strawberry crop.