Evaluation on rice crops

Apayao - Philippines

Flora Leonetti \ August 9, 2019
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BOOSTER-Mag improves plant vitality at Apayao, Philippines.

Case Study summary

Challenges

When the chef of Apayao rice crops needed to improve plant vitality, it contacted Calix to conduct a trial of its BOOSTER-Mag technology. The successful trial demonstrated how the technology can dramatically improve the vitality and the growth of plants.

Objective
  • Demonstrate improvement in plant vitality.
Solution

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BOOSTER-Mag improves plant vitality at APAYAO, Philippines.

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Benefits of BOOSTER-Mag

Optimal yield and plant vitality.

Healthier plants with optimal natural resistance to diseases and pests.

Easy-to-apply foliar spray.

Non-toxic to humans, animals, fish and plants (non-phytotoxic).

Environmentally beneficial and poses no accumulative risk.

Safe and low cost.

Introduction

Two large fields were prepared in an identical manner using identical hybrid rice seedlings. At leaf 5 (5 weeks after transplant), BOOSTER-Mag was first sprayed (2% v/v, 1.7 kg/ha).

Five further treatments were applied at 14 day intervals over a 10 week period.

Observations – 40 days after planting.

Generally health plants. Scattered leaf browning and no flowering.

Visibly greener leaves and visibly denser canopy. 25% taller stems (40 & 30cm approx.). No browning, no wilting – robust and healthy plants with unusually early stage flowering.

Observations – 100 days after planting.

10 % loss on drying. Dry yield of 120 cavan* /ha (6,000 kg/ha). [* 1 cavan = 50 kg]

Harvested 10 days earlier.

2% loss on drying. Dry yield of 141 cavan / ha (7,050 kg/ha) – increase of 18%.

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BOOSTER-Mag is a safe, low cost, environmentally sustainable and easy-to-apply foliar spray that can improve productivity and natural resistance to pests and diseases.

BOOSTER-Mag has been manufactured using Calix’s proprietary “mineral honeycomb” magnesium oxide, a novel, nano-active material already demonstrating remarkable results in sewer and waste water, biogas, and aquaculture applications.

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