Spotlight on Biostimulant
Ornamentals Advisory Blog
What is a Biostimulant?
A substance or micro-organism that, when applied to seeds, plants, or on the rhizosphere stimulates natural processes to:
- Enhance nutrient uptake
- Better nutrient use efficiency
- Enhance tolerance to abiotic stress, crop quality and yield
NB: The purpose of Biostimulants is to stimulate plant growth and optimize plant health.
Key stresses that Biostimulants address
- Climatic stresses (Drought, Heat and Cold Stress) refer to an external stress upon a crop originating from a prolonged environmental condition outside of a reasonable normal.
- Successful Biostimulants will expand the adaptable range of a crop measured through yield quantity and quality.
- Soil health / Salinity refers to the maintenance and enrichment of soil to prevent and reverse soil degradation.
- Successful Biostimulants will increase the potential of soils to sustain growing crops through directly targeting soil environments.
- Crop quality refers to increasing a measurable aspect of crop growth or production resulting in an increased yield.
- Successful Biostimulants will produce a measurable, quantifiable change in crops following application and result in an increased marketable yield.
- Nutrient Use Efficiency / Uptake refers to increasing the uptake potential of crops by treating the crop directly to increase root absorption or by treating the soil to increase the efficiency of the process.
- Successful Biostimulants will maintain yield with reduced application of external nutrition.
Hicure contains a balanced mixture of free amino acids, short and long peptides.
- Free aminoacids are direct available for plants
- Short chain peptides stimulate plant physiological activities
- Long chain peptides play a role in improving the structure of a soil
