Corn School: Helping plants fix nitrogen

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3 жыл бұрын

What if corn, like soybeans, could fix its own nitrogen?
It's a question agronomist Dale Cowan and his team at AGRIS Co-operative are tackling this summer as they test a biological product that promises to help corn plants fix nitrogen, when applied directly on the seed, in pop-up fertilizer, and through foliar application between the V2 and V6 growth stage.
Cowan, with help from project manager intern Hannah Brooksbank, are testing Envita, a naturally occurring, food grade bacteria product from manufacturer Azotic North America, that enables plants to take atmospheric nitrogen and fix it in a form that the plant can use.
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@robertreznik9330 2 жыл бұрын

Would be very good if independent studies showed Nitrogen being fixed into proteins coming from free gaseous N2.

@MrMawnster 3 жыл бұрын

Nice, some good studies. I have a jug of that stuff this year I am trying on some stuff here in Sask.

@mikefoster7243 3 жыл бұрын

What happens to the bacteria after the plant dies

@msseedlady2587 3 жыл бұрын

It does. This bacteria requires a host. I've been testing this product for going on 3 years. It really does work and I've seen it give a positive ROI. Been using it in-furrow in water only (running starter fertilizer in a separate tank and down a split tail Keaton seed firmer in a different tube than the Envita) or foliarly with water only.

@jimparsons4312 4 ай бұрын

But you could put in with the starter fertilizer? How many more bushels per acre did you get?

@SkyDavis100 3 ай бұрын

@@msseedlady2587 do you think it would work In sorghum?