This summer, Agricen conducted a rhizobox study near our Texas headquarters to evaluate the effects of treating MicroEssentials® SZ, the Mosaic Company’s 12-40-0-10(S)-1(Zn) fertilizer, with Titan Powered by Accomplish (Titan PBA), a fertilizer catalyst from Loveland Products.
Corn, wheat and soybean seeds were planted in rhizoboxes in field soil with either MicroEssentials SZ fertilizer treated with Titan PBA (treated) or a standard monoammonium phosphate (MAP) 11-52-0 fertilizer (control). Root and shoot growth were observed over a four-week period. This was during a particularly hot time in the Texas summer, with temperatures regularly exceeding 100 degrees.
As you can see from the comparisons at Day 24, treated crops had noticeably better lateral root development and shoot growth compared to controls:
Corn
Improved lateral root development at Day 24 for
treated vs. untreated.
Improved shoot growth at Day 24 for treated vs.
untreated.
Wheat
Improved lateral root development at Day 24 for
treated vs. untreated.
Improved shoot growth at Day 24 for treated vs.
untreated.
Soybean
Improved lateral root development at Day 24 for
treated vs. untreated.
Improved shoot growth at Day 24 for treated vs.
untreated.
Plants in the treated boxes also had earlier lateral root development compared to controls throughout the four-week growing period. Watch the root growth day-by-day in our video, below:
Titan makes use of Agricen’s biologically sourced technology to increase fertilizer availability and improve overall plant health.
Learn more by downloading the Titan product booklet.
