Agrology Success Stories: Eggplant Yield Increase and Quality Improvement
Through Agrology Success Stories in Greece and Abroad, it is proven that the superior quality and integrated innovative technologies of 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!
One such Success Story was carried out on Greenhouse Eggplant, var. Nadia (SS 2020_56_GR) in Ierapetra, Crete in collaboration with the agricultural store of Tzanis Emmanouil, during the agricultural season 2020-21. Throughout the process, the farmer benefited from the continuous guidance and support offered by Agrology’s Technical Department and the collaborating agricultural store.
The greenhouse was 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 Story
Agricultural Supplies Store: Tzanis Emmanouil
Farmer: Platakis Georgios
Location: Ierapetra, Crete
Cultivation Season: 2020-2021 Tsansplanting Oct. 9, Harvest: Dec. 4 -May 19)
Cultivation: Eggplant, var. Nadia
Success Story area: 0.3 ha
Plant protection: Same for the entire area
Success Story Goals
By applying Agrology’s Functional Crop Nutrition® products during specific growth stages, the farmer managed to achieve significant agronomic benefits for the crop.
The main Objectives of this Success Story were to Increase Eggplant Yield and improve Quality and more precisely:
- Eggplant Yield Increase
- Improvement of Quality Characteristics
- Increased Postharvest Life
Agrology’s Functional Crop Nutrition® Program
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 absorbable and assimilable form of silicon by plants:
- Improved N, P, K uptake (SiO2)
- Vital for cell wall strength (CaO)
- Increase resistance to stress (SiO2)
- Increased fruit firmness and Postharvest Life (CaO)
Application timing:
- 11 applications
- 1 application every 2-3 weeks
Recommended Dosage
- Fertigation – 15 L/ha
XGel® activ Sapphire is a balanced, highly concentrated, NPK gel fertilizer reinforced with Silicium. It is ideal for all growth stages and is further enhanced by the integration of the E2DA® Technology, which promotes the absorption and translocation of nutrients.
- Increase of Vegetative Growth
- Flowering Enhancement
- Yield Increase
Application timing:
- 5 applications
- 1 application every 2-3 weeks
Recommended Dosage
- Fertigation – 30 L/ha
Complex Highly Concentrated product of Functional Crop Nutrition®, in the form of a thixotropic Gel, rich in Potassium, with Bioavailable Silicon of E-PerForm® Technology and Magnesium.
- Sustaining of vegetative growth
- Fruit ripening boost
- Yield Increase
- Fruit weight increase
Fruit Quality ImprovementApplication timing:
- 10 applications
- 1 application every 2-3 weeks
Recommended Dosage
- Fertigation – 30 L/ha
Natural Metabolic Catalysts, Amino Acids, and Trace Elements, activated with the E2DA technology aiming at:
- Cell Divisions Increase
- Increase of Vegetative Growth
- Increasing Fruit Size & Weight
- Increasing Fruit Size & Weight Uniformity
Application timing:
- 2 applications (Feb. 7, March 14)
Recommended Dosage
- Foliar – 100 cc/ 100lt
Biostimulant of 20 – L amino acids of plant origin that achieves:
- Enhancement of plant metabolism
- Promotion of Vegetative Growth
- Increase in number, size and quality of fruits
- Enhancement of cell divisions
- Improvement of the Plant’s Resistance to Abiotic Stress
Application timing:
- 2 applications (Feb. 14, March 20)
Recommended Dοsage
- Foliar – 200 cc/ 100lt
Functional Crop Nutrition® product, in the form of a Concentrated liquid susposolution. It is abundant in Calcium and fortified with essential elements such as Boron, Magnesium, and Nitrogen. Additionally, it is enriched with bioactive Titanium through the innovative E-PerForm® Technology.
- Increase of fruit firmness
- Improvement in fruit Shelf-Life
- Ideal for promoting fruit growth
Application timing:
- 2 applications (Feb. 7, March 20)
Recommended Dosage
- Foliar – 400 cc/ 100lt
Success Stories Results
Measurements on both plots revealed impressive results in the Agrology treatment. Specifically, the results were as follows:
Flower Color Improvement
Fruit Color Improvement
Better Development and Size of Secondary Fruits
Limiting Postharvest Sepsis (fruits maintained at room temperature)
14 days post-harvest:
- Agrology: 10% non-marketable fruits
- Control: 20% non-marketable fruits
21 days post-harvest:
- Agrology: 65% non-marketable fruits
- Control: Total non-marketable fruits
Fruit Firmness (fruits maintained at room temperature)
14 days post-harvest:
- Small Increase in the firmness of marketable fruits in Agrology treatment compared to the Control (estimated only on fruits without postharvest sepsis)
21 days post-harvest:
- Agrology: Satisfactory flesh firmness of fruits that did not show post-harvest sepsis (76.7 Shore Units)
- Control: all fruits were non-marketable due to post-harvest sepsis
Eggplant Yield Increase by 10.3 t/ha (+ 11.2%)
- Agrology: 102.5 t/ha
- Control: 92.16 t/ha
Results’ Synopsis – Conclusions
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“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 by Agrology’s Agronomic R&D specialists.