If you want to help your crops to become less susceptible to water stress, and obtain additional moisture and nutrients, you need mycorrhizae.
In this episode of Farmer’s Inside Track, Chris Hendriks, AECI Plant Health biological specialist for the international division, spills the beans on mycorrhizae and why crop farmers should care.
A collection of different species
Hendriks explains that mycorrhizae are a collection of different microorganisms. “They create the relationship between the plant roots and themselves, we refer to them as mycorrhizae.”
He also shares in the episode how mycorrhizae benefit plant crops. One of the main benefits is that “mycorrhizae form a secondary root system and therefore also expand the absorption zone around the roots”.
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Hendriks further explains how this contributes to healthier soil and helps increase the carbon content of the soil.
“Growers will also see the value they spent on fertiliser and irrigation. Because you have now increased the roots zone, a lot of the fertiliser that would usually just run past the roots and leach out, is now actually obtained by the mycorrhizae.”
While there are several products on the market that claim to have mycorrhizae, Hendriks unpacks the difference between AECI Plant Health’s Biocult and competitive products available on the market.
In this episode, Hendriks also discusses:
- The positive impact on the soil, crop and consumer.
- Why there’s no need for farmers to change farming practices when incorporating Biocult into a programme.
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