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Download PDF New research is shedding light on how exactly Ascophyllum seaweed products are affecting natural plant processes so that the potential of these biostimulants can be unlocked in modern crop production systems. CPM reviews the results. A significant helper to the plant’s own natural defences. By Lucy de la Pasture Seaweed products aren’t something new, they’ve been applied to crops for millennia because of their well-known beneficial effects. In the modern era of farming, seaweeds have been lumped into the category of biostimulants which is just ‘muck and mystery’ to many growers. That’s all changing as research begins to identify the specific effects these products can have. One of the big problems with farmer acceptance of the biostimulants concept at present is a fundamental lack of understanding about what they actually are, believes Charlie Bannister, technical manager for crop nutrition at FMC. Understanding how the biochemical mechanisms within the plant are affected by biostimulant products has to be carried out using pot experiments. “There’s some really good science attached to the concept of biostimulation now, and we’ve just carried out a large study on our Ascophyllum seaweed products, but before we can review the results it’s necessary to define…
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