Whenever I have the opportunity to travel with Paul Syltie, the Research Director for the manufacturer I learn something new. Usually many things! One of the most interesting things I learned in Ukraine with Paul was at a dinner conversation speaking about brassinosteroids.
Brassinosteroids are a new class of growth regulator and found in optimum levels of application within Vitazyme. There once applied to the growing plant, brassinosteroids perform many functions. The first quick reactions are to the cell membranes and the tissue itself. Secondary reactions are the effects on nucleic acids and their creation of secondary and tertiary enzymatic messengers signaling the plant.
Immediately there is an increase in chlorophyll production. An increase in chlorophyll as you know will allow the plant to better harness energy from the sun and convert that energy into the carbohydrates and sugars that power the cells and tissue growth.
Enhanced cell reproduction and tissue enhancement follows effecting to increase tissue structure, cell wall strength, root development and stem and leaf growth rate.
One mode of action the plant can use is to reduce drought stress. By increasing the plants capacity to pull water from the soil through better tissue structure there will be less drought stress when compared to a non-Vitazyme plant. This tissue strengthening effect also helps reduce lodging in cereal grains. And will allow vegetable plants to have better structures, reducing loss from plant failure.
Brassinosteroids possess disease-repelling properties, are effective against fungal diseases and will increase the plant’s immunity when applied at the right stage. They cause a complex sequence of biochemical shifts, involving the activation or inhibition of key enzymatic reactions, and the induction of protein synthesis or the synthesis of anti-stress agents.
Typically faster maturation will occur. Plants will increase their flowering capacity, increasing seed yield. Plants will have delayed senescence, especially important for perennial tree crops and grapes, as the delay allows the plant to longer fix carbohydrates into the tissue for better winter survivability and better re-emergence from dormancy.
While much of that I had already learned, the fascinating part in terms of practical applications was this… brassinosteroids work best when the application rate per hectare (+/- 2.5 acres) is 20-50 micrograms! Micrograms per hectare! What an amazing molecular substance to be able to effect growth of a plant with such a small amount of metabolic activator actually in contact with the plant cellular structure.
Then the best part… Vitazyme’s liter per hectare application rate provides approximately 30 micrograms of brassinosteroids! Perfectly optimum application rate. This in a substance formed through a fermentation process where the brassinosteroids are generated naturally as part of creating Vitazyme. Just one reason why Vitazyme is the very best and most effective biostimulant on the market today.
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