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. We are pleased to have recently executed a fourth Material Transfer Agreement (MTA) for BOOSTER-Mag with another multinational crop protection company.
We seek engagement with key opinion leaders (Australia & Overseas) with an interest in:
- Grower Productivity – developing compatible and complementary IPM methodology
- Grower Safety and Production Sustainability
- Collaboration, evaluation and early adoption of innovation
Calix is focussed on the achieving the following outcomes in parallel:
- Field evaluations to develop efficacy data and application know-how
- Introduction as a foliar treatment to improve on-farm productivity, simplicity, safety & sustainability
- Registration as a anti-fungal, anti-bacterial and insect pest control product – Australia
Calix continues to build the BOOSTER-Mag efficacy dossier necessary to achieve registration as a plant protection product in Australia.
A series of field tomato trials were completed over the 18/19 Australian summer to further quantify the effect of BOOSTER-Mag treatment on crop health and productivity.
The results show that relative to untreated controls, BOOSTER-Mag treatment coincided with statistically significant suppression for a range of damaging pests:
• Helicoverpa spp. (cotton bollworm): Victorian and Queensland trials yielded consistent and positive data with treatment in both trials reducing fruit damage at harvest by between 60 to 77%.
• Aleyrodidae (white Fly): Victorian trials indicate BOOSTER-Mag treatment coincided with a 65% reduction in pest pressure.
• Tetranychus urticae (two spotted mite). Queensland trials indicate BOOSTER-Mag treatment suppressed motiles (adults & nymphs) to greater extent than the grower standard chemical treatment.
