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The power of biostimulants: A key to climate-smart agriculture

The farming landscape constantly evolves, presenting new challenges each year. Erratic weather conditions especially impact farming and plant health. Growers must explore effective crop management methods to weatherproof crops, enhance production, and meet market demands.

Climate-smart agriculture provides innovative strategies to boost productivity while tackling crop stress and other climate-related challenges. Climate-smart agriculture focuses on three pillars: increasing productivity, enhancing resilience to climate change, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. This approach helps create sustainable agricultural systems that adapt to challenges posed by shifting weather patterns.

Acadian Plant Health™ (APH) biostimulants play a role in this plant health strategy by stimulating growth, improving nutrient uptake, enhancing tolerance to abiotic crop stress and boosting soil health.

Pursuing climate-smart agriculture
Acadian Plant Health’s biostimulant research reveals positive effects on plants’ nutrient use and efficiency, root absorptive function, and dissolved macro and micro-nutrient uptake.

“Our studies have shown that applications of our Ascophyllum nodosum biostimulants lead to enhanced root development, increased root mass, and a stronger root system. We’ve seen changes in gene expression that affect nutrient uptake and movement within the plant, so plants grow better and are more productive under limited nutrition. When treated with Acadian’s biostimulants, plants exhibit increased nitrogen absorption, enhancing growth and productivity even with reduced fertilizer application.” – Dr. Holly Little, Director of Research and Development with APH.

Improving growth and resiliency
Environmental stress impacts yield 7-10 times more than diseases and pests. As crops confront greater abiotic stresses, the implementation of Ascophyllum nodosum biostimulants in crop management grows.

“With our unique extraction process, we can liberate numerous bioactive compounds such as mannitol, polysaccharides, and betaines. These compounds improve plant tolerance to stressful growing conditions, including, but not limited to, heat stress and drought.” – Dr. Holly Little

APH biostimulants work with plants’ internal systems to help maintain productivity and growth through abiotic stress by…
• Reducing plant cell damage
• Enhancing stress tolerance
• Increasing antioxidant production
• Promoting root growth and branching
• Supporting water retention through heat, drought, or salinity

Supporting healthy soils
Climate-proofing crops begins with regenerative agriculture and improving soil health. Acadian’s biostimulants support the microbiome, soil structure, and overall contributions to soil organic carbon.

Extensive research shows Acadian’s biostimulants support soil health by…
• Increasing arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) growth
• Strengthening plant-microbe relationships
• Optimizing nutrient availability
• Improving soil aggregation and structure
• Improving CO2 absorption and carbohydrate production
• Increasing nodulation on the roots and root biomass

Boosting sustainability and productivity
“Adaptability is crucial for farmers facing unpredictable weather patterns. Ascophyllum nodosum biostimulants are a valuable tool to allow growers to maintain consistent yields despite environmental challenges.” – Dr. Holly Little

Start building a climate-smart strategy and enhancing crop performance with Acadian Plant Health.

Find out how at www.acadianplanthealth-na.com