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Download PDF Recent research has shed more light on the interaction seaweed extract has with crops and how it can bring best results. CPM explores the developments. During water stress periods like the summer of 2018 products containing seaweed kept the nutrient pump moving. By Andrew Blake Seaweed has long been applied to fields by farmers in coastal areas, who claim it has clear crop-enhancing properties. But pin-pointing exactly what those are and more significantly how they work has taken time. Now it seems researchers are homing in on their key function, namely countering so-called abiotic stress. Crop losses from abiotic stresses such as drought and extreme temperatures can far exceed those caused by biotic stresses such as insect and disease attacks, according to FMC Technical Manager Plant Health, Charlie Bannister. “A number of researchers have pointed out the effects of abiotic stress in terms of lost yield and quality.” One notable paper on the subject, authored by Elizabeth Bray and published in 2000, highlighted global yields for various crops and the losses from abiotic and biotic stresses. Up to 70% of global yield losses are due to abiotic stresses, such as heat, drought and cold. “In all cases losses…
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