Quality improvement in table peaches
Through Agrology Success Stories in Greece and abroad, it is proven that the superior quality and integrated innovative technologies in Agrology’s Functional Crop Nutrition® products make a difference in crops from the very first applications!
Our goal is to demonstrate that application programs with Agrology’s Functional Crop Nutrition® products are an obvious investment for producers, as the financial benefits exceed the cost of supplemental applications!
Specifically, Agrology, in collaboration with Greek Research Organizations and Commercial Stores of Agricultural Supplies carried out a series of demonstrative applications in Peach cultivation. The field trials were carried out in different regions of Greece in the years 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022, with the objective of increasing the quality characteristics of table peaches.
The fields were divided into two equal plots, one was used as the Control, while Agrology’s Program was applied to the other plot. In both plots, the farmer used the same plant protection and plant nutrition-fertilization program, apart from the additional applications with Agrology’s Functional Crop Nutrition® products.
Identity of the Success Stories:
Success Stories’ Objectives:
By applying Agrology’s Functional Crop Nutrition® products at specific growth stages of table peaches, farmers have achieved significant agronomic benefits for their crops.
The objectives of Success Stories included:
- Fruit Size Increase
- Fruit Weight Increase
- Extending Fruits’ Shelf Life
Agrology’s Functional Crop Nutrition® Program:
Products:
Highly concentrated liquid Boron and Zinc in suspension concentrate form and reinforced with Molybdenum (Mo: 1% w/v, B: 15% w/v, Zn: 30% w/v)
- Flowering and fruit-setting Enhancement (Zn, B)
- Promotion of Vegetative Growth (Zn, Mo)
- Improved Fruit Development (B)
Application Timing
- Bud swelling
- Post-harvest
Recommended Dosage:
Foliar application- 100 cc/100 lt
Natural Metabolic Catalysts, Amino Acids, and Trace Elements, organically activated with the E2DA® Technology aiming at
- Cell Divisions Increase
- Increasing Fruit Size & Weight
- Increasing Fruit Size & Weight Uniformity
Application timing:
- Fruit set
- 10-15 days later
Recommended Dosage
Foliar application – 100 cc/100lt
Biostimulant of 20 plant-based L amino acids that achieves:
- Enhancement of plant metabolism
- Promotion of Vegetative Growth
- Enforcement of cell divisions
- Improving the Plant’s Resistance to Abiotic Stress
Application Timing
- 10-15 days after petals fall
Recommended Dosage
- Foliar application: 300 cc/100 lt
Silicium and Calcium biostimulant (35.0% w/v SiO2 & 35.0% w/v CaO) with a high percentage of available orthosilicic acid, which is the only absorbable and assimilable form of Silicium by plants:
- Improved N, P, K uptake (SiO2)
- Structural component of cell walls (CaO)
- Increased resistance to stress (SiO2)
- Improving Postharvest Life of Fruits (CaO)
Application Timing
- Petals fall.
- 10-15 days later.
- Fruit development.
- 10-15 days before harvest.
Recommended Dosage
Foliar application: 150-200 cc/100 lt
High-concentrated Plant Nutritional product rich in Potassium. Enriched with the bio-stimulating action of Bioavailable Silicium of E-perform® Technology and enhanced with E2DA® technology, which promotes the absorption and rapid translocation of nutrients.
- Fruit development promotion (N)
- Fruit Size & Weight Increase (K)
- Promoting fruit ripening (K)
- Improvement of quality characteristics (taste, flesh color) (K)
Application Timing
Fruit Development (1 month after petals fall).
Recommended Dosage
Foliar application: 300 cc/100 lt
Consolidated Results of the Success Stories
During field trials, several fruit samples of the Control and Agrology Program were collected, to evaluate the quality characteristics of table peaches in both plots. It was proven that Agrology’s Functional Crop Nutrition® Programs benefited the farmers as it exhibited impressive results in agronomic traits in table peaches.
In particular, the following results were achieved:
Average Fruit Weight Increase by 10,3% or 20,7 g per fruit
- Agrology: 244,6 g
- Control: 223,9 g
Fruit Size Increase by 4-4,4%
Fruit Flesh firmness Increase:
- Fruit Flesh Firmness Increase – harvest day: +5,2 %
- Fruit Flesh Firmness Increase -15 days after harvest at 5 oC: +12,3 %
“This experiment was conducted under specific field conditions and should not be applied as a standard without the guidance of an Agronomist or the Agrology Technical Department. In any case, Agrology Functional Crop Nutrition® products and programs must be applied according to the label or the instructions of the technician-agronomists.”