Keep Your Crops Going Strong – Solutions that Maximise Potential in Dry Times
11 April 2025, UK: Despite limited rainfall, crops are still looking promising this season. However, in dry conditions, it’s crucial to maintain this promising start and ensure crops do not slow down. Every growing day counts and maximising crop potential means making the most of each day available for growth and development.
Some of Syngenta’s biological solutions, MAXICROP® and VIXERAN®, can support crop performance when moisture becomes limiting, ensuring that crops continue to make progress.
VIXERAN®: Boosting your crop resilience and nitrogen uptake
In many places, synthetic nitrogen applications have not yet washed in. As your crops grow and their demand for nutrients increases, it’s crucial to ensure that nitrogen is readily available.
VIXERAN® is a bacteria-based technology that allows your crop to fix nitrogen directly from the atmosphere. By utilising VIXERAN®, plants receive an additional source of nitrogen that can bridge the gap between how much the crop gets and how much the crop needs. This is particularly important before crops like winter wheat move into their peak demand for nitrogen.
Benefits of VIXERAN® in dry conditions – ensuring nitrogen availability
VIXERAN® helps by:
- Providing the crop with a reliable nitrogen source, compensating for lack of soil nitrogen uptake.
- Promoting stronger root development, allowing crops to access more soil nitrogen.
- Enhancing the efficiency of nitrogen uptake, making the most of available nutrients.
The ideal conditions to apply VIXERAN® are when the temperature is above 10-12°C and the crop is actively growing.
Read about application in cereals and see more data and recommendations here.
MAXICROP®: Enhancing crop resilience in dry conditions
In the dry conditions we are facing right now, MAXICROP® can buy you time by supporting root function and keep the plant going by optimising photosynthesis. Derived from the seaweed Ascophyllum Nodosum, MAXICROP® is a tried and trusted biostimulant in the UK.
MAXICROP® contains:
- Fucoidans: Stimulate root growth, increasing mass, depth, and fine root hair production.
- Osmo-protectants (betaines, mannitol): Maintain cell structure, minimise leaf moisture loss.
- Betaines: Boost chlorophyll production, preserving leaf health and carbohydrate synthesis.
Cereals recommendation: MAXICROP® can be applied as soon as growth starts, follow up 4-6 weeks later as required.
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