THE EFFECT OF BIOTIC SUPPORT ON THE DECOMPOSITION OF POST-HARVEST PLANT RESIDUES IN SOIL ON WINTER WHEAT USING BIOSTIMULANTS AIKS® AND AISe®
The latest experiments and comprehensive research with AIKS® and AISe® have reliably demonstrated significant positive effects when using these plant biostimulants to promote the breakdown and transformation of straw and stubble plant residues
Main purpose of AIKS® and AISe®:
- AIKS® and AISe® enhance the supply of nutrients to plants by promoting the growth of beneficial soil microorganisms. These microorganisms help to release available nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium from the soil, which are essential for plant growth.
- The AIKS and AISe products promote the reproduction of these beneficial microorganisms on plant roots, helping them to thrive and perform their important functions. This process helps to break down plant residues and make nutrients more accessible to plants.
- Additionally, microorganisms living in the soil can fix nitrogen from the air, making it available for plant use. They also play a role in breaking down organic matter, releasing nutrients that are locked up in plant remains.
10 MAIN REASONS WHY AIKS® AND AISe® ARE GREAT HELPERS FOR FARMERS
Using AIKS® and AISe® helps:
- By improving the soil during the treatment of post-harvest residues with a soil conversion precursor, its cumulative effect on other crops of the sowing process is achieved.
- For sustainability, its use as microbiological support for the breakdown and transformation of straw, and in addition, the release of nitrogen from straw and soil, is not included in the nitrogen balance according to the nitrate directive.
- A positive effect on the nutrition and vegetative state of subsequent winter wheat crops is shown by using the precursor of decomposition and transformation AIKS® on soils with lower organic matter content and pH below 6.00.
- In soils with higher organic matter and above pH 6,00 AISe® shows a better effect on nutrient release, and consequently on winter wheat yields.
- With the possibility of application by soil-processing machines equipped with an applicator, small doses have a great advantage due to high working efficiency.
Economic benefits of AIKS® and AISe®
- Replacement of the use of a compensation dose up to 50 kg N/ha and reduction of its cost by 52-62 euro/ha.
- Improvement of nutritional and health status through increased nitrogen release from straw by 15-40 kg/ha, and immunization of plants against root and stem diseases.
- Savings not only in autumn in the cost of nitrification inhibitors in nitrogen fertilizers (including organic and livestock), by 31-62 euro/ha.
- Increase in winter wheat grain yield after treated corn straw, by an average of 10%, which brings a net profit increase of 104 euro/ha or more.
- Increase of winter wheat grain yields after treated rapeseed straw, on average, by 10%. This leads to an increase in net profits by 166 euro/ha
THE RECOMMENDED DOSE OF SOIL CONVERSION PRECURSOR FOR POST-HARVEST PLANT RESIDUES IS BETWEEN 100 ml/ha AND 250 ml/ha, DEPENDING ON THE AMOUNT OF RESIDUES.