Article Headline
Plant protection using UV stimulation
- November 25, 2024
A cutting-edge solution that enhances plant defenses through UV-C flashes, providing specialty crop growers with a sustainable alternative to traditional fungicides. By stimulating a preemptive self-defense mechanism in plants, UV Boosting technology helps increase resistance to pathogens, minimizing crop damage and reducing reliance on chemical inputs.
The Challenge
How to boost plants resistance to diseases and climate events like drought and frost?
Growers in the agricultural industry face challenges related to the dependence on fungicides for crop protection. Increasing regulatory restrictions and environmental concerns have highlighted the need for sustainable alternatives that minimize chemical inputs while effectively combating pathogens. How can specialty crop growers address these agricultural challenges today?
What are the benefits?
- Patented technology
- Prevent downy mildew impact on vine, fruits & other crops
- Secure yields
- Minimize damage caused by frost and drought
The Solution
A vision on plant protection though UV stimulation implement
UV Boosting offers a solution by stimulating plant natural defenses through UV-C flashes. This triggers a defense mechanism in plants, making them more resistant to pathogens even before their appearance.
By enhancing plant defenses, UV Boosting aims to reduce the reliance on fungicides and minimize damage caused by pathogens & other abiotic stresses like spring frost or drought.
UV Boosting’s equipment offers also a flexible treatment rate, allowing growers to adjust the intensity of UV-C flashes based on specific crop requirements and disease pressure.
Crops-agnostic application
In conjunctions with UV Boosting, Kubota is testing sustainable alternatives to chemicals and empowering growers to protect their crops effectively while promoting environmentally friendly farming practices
Nowadays UV Boosting offers the solution specialized for vineyards, which Kubota dealers and clients in Italy (Brescia area) and France (Anjou) are testing in 2024. However, the adaptable nature of the equipment allows it to be applied to various other crops where fungal pathogens pose a significant threat. Company has on its roadmap also prototypes for orchards, strawberries & greens (as golf courses).
UN Sustainable Development Goals
The Great Plains AccuShot contributes to the United Nations Sustainability Development Goals of achieving zero hunger, encouraging economic growth, promoting industry, ensuring sustainable development and protecting life on land.
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