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Inocucor biologicals deliver 38 percent yield increase in Clemson University's Packman broccoli trial


Montreal, Quebec, Canada
February 10, 2015

Packman Broccoli treated with Inocucor Garden Solution®, a proprietary biological plant accelerator, out-yielded untreated broccoli by 38 percent in a field study conducted by Clemson University's Sustainable Agriculture Program in Fall 2014.

Clemson is one of the first U.S. academic institutions to conduct field tests of Inocucor's Garden Solution, a fermented brew of naturally occurring beneficial yeasts and bacteria that acts as a natural growth optimizer for plants and enriches soil. It was developed by Montreal-based ag biotech company Inocucor Technologies, Inc. and is approved for use in 23 states. Inocucor™ Garden Solution is OMRI Listed® for use in organic production.

"The Student Organic Farm at Clemson is a valuable resource for us to evaluate and demonstrate farming methods that are approved for certified organic production, including microbial solutions to enhance soil quality and plant health," said Dr. Geoff Zehnder, coordinator of Clemson's Sustainable Agriculture Program. "The results of this study indicated that Garden Solution enhanced early growth of broccoli compared to untreated plants, and that the early growth promotion resulted in an increase in yield." 

In the study, Zehnder's students used a dilution of Garden Solution to treat broccoli seedlings that had been fertilized with cottonseed meal. They also applied a diluted Garden Solution soil drench to the base of the plant immediately after transplanting in the field.

Zehnder said his group at Clemson plans to further validate these findings by conducting additional field experiments in 2015. Clemson's study can be viewed at www.inocucor.com/science/field-studies/clemson-university-broccoli-study/  This study is part of a program measuring yields in a selection of field broccoli cultivars that is underway at Inocucor.

 

About Clemson University's Sustainable Agriculture Program

The Clemson University Sustainable Agriculture (SA) Program provides sustainable agriculture education and outreach programs to Cooperative Extension Service personnel, Natural Resources Conservation Service staff and other agriculture professionals, farmers, and landowners with an interest in sustainable agriculture. The program is managed by stakeholder input through an advisory committee consisting of farmers, agriculture professionals, Non-Government representatives and others with an interest in sustainable agriculture development.

About Inocucor Technologies, Inc.

Inocucor Technologies, Inc., based in Montreal, is an ag biotech company that develops sustainable biological products for agriculture targeting the phyto-microbiome—the seeds, plants, root systems and the soil surrounding them. Inocucor's first-generation product, Garden Solution®, employs live microbes to actively improve the health of the entire phyto-microbiome. Future generations of Inocucor products are powerful cell-free biological solutions for bio-stimulation and bio-protection in mainstream production agriculture. For more information, visit www.inocucor.com.



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Published: February 10, 2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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