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 ?

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What are Plant Nutrients ?

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What is the role of a Nutrient in plants ?

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How to know when a plant needs Nutrients?

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• 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

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What is happening to the Indian soil ?

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India’s food productivity has been ever increasing so

where is the problem ?

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

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Why MicroNutrients ?

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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

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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

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Why Chelated MicroNutrients and What is Chelation ?

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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

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-

-Zn

++

--

Zn+

+ -

- --

Zn+

+ -

-

P2O5

-- -

ChelatingAgent

Zinc cation

ChelatedZinc

Zinc Chelate and Phosphatedo not tie up

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Chelated MicroNutrients

Pesticides

Active pH range 4.0 – 7.5

NPK Fertilize

rs

Sulphate Micronutrient

+ NPK

Chelated MicroNutrient + NPK

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Avoids blocking metal to soil

Avoids precipitation of metal

Avoids interference with P ( in NPK) or in soil

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Sulphates Chelates

Efficiency ratio 1:7

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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

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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

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

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What should I do ?

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• 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

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• 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 :

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• 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