ProtoPlus

A breakthrough in agricultural soil life’s possibilities.

Improved nutrient uptake by crop

Improved tuber setting

Stimulants of the beneficial soil microbiome

Higher yield and better size grading

How the product works

ProtoPlus is ECOstyle’s new development for the agricultural sector. The active ingredient of ProtoPlus are protozoa. Protozoa are robust micro-organisms that are a great added value to your crop. Protozoa graze on particular bacteria and bye that have a major impact on soil biodiversity. The actions of the protozoa in ProtoPlus are responsible for a broad microbial community in the soils rhizosphere. Keeping certain microbes from dominating the microbiome. This not only creates a vital and robust soil life, but also makes minerals available for plants in a way that can be easily taken up and distributed in the plants tissue.
ProtoPlus significantly improves the uptake of nutritional elements (amongst others particular Iron (Fe), and Magnesium (Mg)) in the crop. This ensures higher yields for your crop, particular under stressful growing conditions. With the addition of ProtoPlus to the soil, the crop needs less energy to absorb these nutrients so more energy can be used to add biomass to the crop, for example more starch in potatoes.

ECOstyle Rosculus
ECOstyle Cercomonas

Impact of selective predation by protists on bacterial community

Bacteria that cannot express anti-predator strategies are consumed by protists and release nutrients. Conversely, bacteria that are able to express anti-predator strategies, for instance changing surface properties, increasing motility and release toxin, will gain a competitive advantage at the cost of sensitive bacterial populations. (Gao, 2020)

ProtoPlus creates a stronger soil life

Application

Recommended dose / time of application
1l/ha. during plantation. Liquid application via spraying equipment on planter.
2 l/ha Spray together with other liquids, shortly before planting or shortly after planting. ProtoPlus can be mixed in with herbicides and insecticides and with most fungicides and bactericides.

Active substances
Cercomonas lenta ECO-P-01, Rosculus terrestris ECO-P-02 (ECOstyle protozoa): 108 CFUs per ha

Scope
All soil bound agricultural crops, pasture etc.

Mode of action
Protozoa graze on bacteria and thus have a major impact on soil biodiversity. Protozoa provide an improvement in the absorbability of the nutritional elements (nitrogen, iron, calcium, magnesium, potassium) in the crop. This ensures a higher yield of your crop, even under stressful growing conditions.

Application in potatoes
Liquid application via spraying equipment on planter. In general liquid application over the soil.
Mixable with regular fertilizers and most plant protection products.
Protozoa-based biostimulant for fertilization optimization.

Benefits
- Applicable in organic agriculture
- Resistant to fungicides and herbicides
- Mixable with fertilizer solvents (pH, EC and pressure irrelevant)
- Higher yields, also in stressful growing seasons

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