Of all the essential nutrients, nitrogen (N) is the nutrient that normally produces the greatest yield response in crop plants, promoting rapid vegetative growth and giving the plant a healthy green color. And yet it is also the nutrient that most often limits crop growth. Choosing the right nitrogen fertilizer will reward your crops with better growth, and reward growers with better returns.
Role of Nitrogen
Nitrogen is an important component of many essential structural, genetic, and metabolic compounds in plant cells. It is also an elementary constituent of numerous important organic compounds including amino acids, proteins, nucleic acids, enzymes, and the chlorophyll molecule. It is clear to see why it is essential to ensure crops have access to sufficient nitrogen.
Plant roots take up nitrogen in its inorganic forms, nitrate (NO3–) and ammonium (NH4+) ions. Once inside the plant, NO3 is reduced to the NH2 form and is assimilated to form the organic compounds.
Nitrogen is not recommended for legume crops such as soybean, since they manufacture their own nitrogen supply. Nitrogen-fixing soil organisms (rhizobium) associated with the roots of legumes capture atmospheric nitrogen and make it available to the plant.
Symptoms of Nitrogen Deficiency
Plants lacking nitrogen have very slow growth and look weak and stunted. Older leaves have a light green or yellow color. As nitrogen is mobile in the plant and moves to where it is needed, these older and lower leaves are always first to show symptoms of deficiency.
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The perfect controlled release solution for the establishment of young plants
Agroblen® provides a continuous supply of nutrients throughout your chosen longevity. As every single NPK granule is coated, it’s safe for early crop cycle stages and promotes uniform growth – ideal for young plants. Agroblen® comes in different longevities, from 2-3 up to 16-18 months, to cover the nutritional needs of a wide range of crops – from fruits such as strawberries, to perennials such as vineyards, orchards, forestry and tropical crops. Agroblen® uses ICL’s patented Resin Release Technology that precisely controls the release of nutrients. The release is regulated by soil temperature and ensures that the nutrient availability closely matches plant demand. This reduces the excess of nutrients that is lost into the atmosphere or soil, which means it minimizes the fertilizer’s environmental impact. As a result, this technology maximizes your crops’ uptake and nutrition use.
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State-of-the-art nutrition giving you higher Nutrient Use Efficiency (NUE) with fewer applications.
Agrocote® sets the standard in efficient precision fertilization. The 100% individually N, P or K coated granules give you a continuous release of nutrients in a controlled manner. You’ll see the benefits of this breakthrough in precision nutrition reflected in higher crop yields. It’s both highly effective and exceptionally practical to use and easy to apply. Agrocote® also helps you reduce your environmental impact by limiting nutrient losses due to leaching, volatilization, denitrification and P-fixation. Agrocote® brings all the benefits of controlled-release plant nutrition to agriculture.
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Agrolution pHLow is your one-stop fruit and vegetable fertilizer solution
We produce Agrolution pHLow from the purest natural ingredients and chelate all trace elements. Thanks to the acidifying effects of our formulations, more nutrients become available to your crops. And because it’s acidic, all Agrolution pHLow’s nutritional elements dissolve more efficiently, even in hard water.
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The only fruit and vegetable fertilizer solution you’ll ever need
Agrolution Special products are developed for soft water, setting a new standard in fertigation for all substrate and soil grown crops. As Agrolution Special products are acidifying, they bring you another step towards optimal crop quality for vegetable and fruit crops.
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Master your crop nutrition in any condition
No matter how challenging your growing conditions, you can count on Agromaster® for top performance. It combines our advanced coating with specially selected conventional granules to give you optimum ease of use and outstanding results. You’re in control of nutrient supply every step of the way and this pays off in high yields and lower environmental impact. Ideal in spring and fall when heavy rainfall can lessen other fertilizers impact. Agromaster® products contain our E-Max Release Technology and in some formulations also our Resin Release Technology is included; E-Max release technology is a polymer coating that brings about much more efficient nutrient use. Nutrients are released according to soil temperature, which results in predictable longevities. Influenced by the temperature, the semi-permeable coating regulates the daily release of nutrients. Our Resin Release Technology raises precision nutrition to a new level. We use this versatile technology to coat different high-quality raw materials, including NPK compounds enriched with trace elements and NP or K-based ones. This innovative protective resin coating enables a controlled nutrient release that is initiated and regulated by soil temperature.
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The groundbreaking total range of water-soluble straight fertilizers
You need pure, clean fertilizers to grow your crops safely. Nova provides the solution. It’s derived from an unrivalled quality source, and you can mix it with other straight or compound fertilizers, such as Agrolution or Solinure, for maximum performance.
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