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Agrology Success Story: Cherry Yield Increase

Consolidated Results related to Cherry Yield Increase

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!

A series of such Success Stories were carried out in cherry cultivation for 4 consecutive years in different regions of Greece, in collaboration with Commercial Stores of Agricultural Supplies. Throughout the process, the farmers benefited from the continuous guidance and support offered by Agrology’s Technical Department and the collaborating agricultural stores.

The crop area of each trial 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 Stories

From 2019 to 2022, 17 Trials in Cherry were conducted in different Regions of Northern Greece.

Table 1. Success Stories ID
Table 1. Success Stories ID

Success Stories Objectives 

By applying Agrology’s Functional Crop Nutrition® products during specific growth stages, farmers managed to achieve significant agronomic benefits for their crop.

The objectives of the Cherry Success Story were to Increase Fruit Weight and Total Yield.

Agrology’s Functional Crop Nutrition® Program

Supplementary Applications with Agrology’s Functional Crop Nutrition® products

Cherries Plant Nutrition Program
 Picture 1. 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

  • Before Flowering

Recommended Dosage:

Foliar application – 100 cc/100 lt

Nodius F-Kin

Natural Metabolic Catalysts, Amino Acids, and Trace Elements, activated with the E2DA technology aiming at:

  • Cell Divisions Increase
  • Increasing Fruit Size & Weight
  • Increasing Fruit Size & Weight Uniformity

Application timings:

  • Petals fall, Sepals fall

Recommended Dosage

Foliar application – 100 cc/100lt

Complex Highly Concentrated Functional Crop Nutrition® product in the form of a thixotropic Gel, with Bioavailable Silicon of E-PerForm® Technology, rich in Phosphorus (15-65-15+8SiO2+TE).

  • Fruit set Enhancement
  • Fruit size Increase
  • Fruit Weight Increase

Application timing:

  • Petals fall

Recommended Dosage Foliar application – 300 cc/100lt

Biostimulant of 20 – L amino acids of plant origin that achieves:

  • Enhancement of plant metabolism
  • Increase of size of newly formed fruits
  • Promotion of Vegetative Growth
  • Enhancement of cell divisions
  • Improvement of the Plant’s Resistance to Abiotic Stress

Application Timing:

  • Sepals fall

Recommended Dosage

Foliar application – 300 cc/100lt

Silicon 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:

  • Fruit size 20 mm

Recommended Dosage

  • Foliar application – 200 cc/100lt

Functional Crop Nutrition® product, in the form of a concentrated Gel, is abundant in Phosphorus and Calcium, and enriched with the bioactive Titanium of the E-PerForm® Technology (4% N, 32% P2O5, 6% CaO + Ti):

  • Improvement of fruit color and fruit quality
  • Promotion of Early Harvesting
  • Increased fruit firmness and Postharvest Life (CaO)

Application timing:

  • Color Change

Recommended Dosage

Foliar application – 500 cc/100lt

Success Stories Results

Measurements on both plots revealed impressive results in the Agrology treatment. Specifically, the results were as follows:

Increase of Total Yield: 19.4%

  • Agrology: 9.02 t/ha
  • Control: 7.55 t/ha
Picture 2. Total Cherry Yield in Control and Agrology Program
Picture 2. Total Cherry Yield in Control and Agrology Program

Increase of Average Fruit Weight: 17.1%

  • Agrology: 9.5 g
  • Control: 8.1 g
Picture 3. Average Fruit Weight in Control and Agrology Program
Picture 3. Average Fruit Weight in Control and Agrology Program
Picture 4. Fruit Weight (gr) Sample of 30 fruits of the Early Bigi variety of the Agrology Program (right) and Control (left).
Picture 6. Fruit weight (gr). Sample of 30 fruits of the Grace Star variety of the Agrology Program (right) and Control (left).
Picture 8. Fruit weight (gr). Sample of 30 fruits of the Sweet Aryana variety of the Agrology Program (right) and Control (left).

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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’s Functional Crop Nutrition® products and programs must be applied according to the label or the instructions by Agrology’s Agronomic R&D specialists.