Why using Chelated MicroNutrients will bring you that record breaking yield

Crop Seminar Agenda 09-Jan-2012

Presented by :Mr. Purvish DiwanjiManaging DirectorSatyajit Chemicals Pvt Ltd

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Why, using ‘Chelated MicroNutrients’ will bring you that Record Breaking Yield ?


What are Plant Nutrients ?


What is the role of a Nutrient in plants ?


How to know when a plant needs Nutrients?


• Soil Analysis• Tissue Analysis• Reduced vegetative growth – dwarf plants• Leaves become Yellow or get curled• Increased Pest Attack• Yield drop Y-o-Y basis• Plant mortality rate is high after transplanting• Absence of earth-worms in soil


What is happening to the Indian soil ?


India’s food productivity has been ever increasing so

where is the problem ?


India's food productivity up 8% to 1921 kg/ha BUT ratio of Food Productivity to Nutrient Consumptiondown from 14.06% to 8.59%


Why MicroNutrients ?


1950 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 2000 2020 2050

N N

ZnPFeN

Fe

KZnPFeN

SK

ZnPFeN

MnSK

ZnPFeN

BMnSK

ZnPFeN

MoB

MnSK

ZnPFeN

CuMoB

MnSK

ZnPFeN

SiNiCuMoB

MnSK

ZnPFeN

Emerging Deficiencies


Food/ Crops Micronutrients Boron Copper Iron Manganese Molybdenum Zinc

Bananas M - - - - - Barley - H M M - M

Chick peas - - - - M - Coconuts M - - - -

Field beans - - H H M H Groundnuts H - H - M M

Maize M M - - M H Oats - H - H M -

Pigeon peas - - - - M - Potato M - - H - M Rice - - M M - H

Sorghum - M H H - H Soya Bean - - H H H H Sugar beet H M - H M

Wheat - H M H M M H – High Susceptibility M – Medium Susceptibility


Why Chelated MicroNutrients and What is Chelation ?


When Zinc is applied in soil, the following reaction may occur

Zn2+

+ P2O5

3- = Zn3(P2O5)2

-1

Zinc cation Phosphate Zinc Phosphate Precipitate (unavailable to plant)

Diagram below shows the ability of all chelates to resist chemical tie-up in the soil or fertilizer spray tank

--

-

-Zn

++

--

Zn+

+ -

- --

Zn+

+ -

-

P2O5

-- -

ChelatingAgent

Zinc cation

ChelatedZinc

Zinc Chelate and Phosphatedo not tie up


Chelated MicroNutrients

Pesticides

Active pH range 4.0 – 7.5

NPK Fertilize

rs

Sulphate Micronutrient

+ NPK

Chelated MicroNutrient + NPK


Avoids blocking metal to soil

Avoids precipitation of metal

Avoids interference with P ( in NPK) or in soil


Sulphates Chelates

Efficiency ratio 1:7


Soil application

to avoid blocking metal to soil

to avoid precipitation of metal

to avoid interference with P

Foliar application

Chelates promote transport in leaves after absorption

Chelates avoids metal precipitation in hard water

can be mixed with almost all pesticides except Cu products


Nutrient Mobility in Plants

Nutrient Mobility in Soils

• Nitrate Nitrogen• Sulfate Sulfur Boronvery mobile

• Ammonium Nitrogen• Calcium Molybdenum• Magnesium Potassium

moderately mobile

• Organic Nitrogen• Phosphorus Manganese• Copper Iron Zinc

*immobile

• Nitrogen Phosphorus• Potassium Magnesiumvery mobile

• Copper Iron• Manganese Molybdenum• Sulfur Zinc

moderately mobile

• Calcium• Boronimmobile

* Except in chelated form


How can I increase my Yield and get a Quality Output ?


What should I do ?


• Set realistic yield goals• Use a 3 to 5 year improvement program• Aim for annual increases of 10 to 20%• Improve weakest practice• Upgrade other management inputs• Use balanced fertilization


• Reduce yields per unit area

• Mine away soil nutrients

• Reduce crop resistance to drought, disease, insect, and other stresses

• Reduce farmer profits, thereby negatively affecting local economies

Using MicroNutrients below Optimum level, WILL :


• Timeliness• Variety, hybrid• Row width• Fertilizer placement• Scouting

• Tillage• Planting date• Seed drop• Record keeping• Plant population

Some Management Practices that cost Little or Nothing extra

Higher crop yields will require to focus on a

balanced nutrient management

Why using Chelated MicroNutrients will bring you that record breaking yield

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