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What is Abiotic Stress?

Abiotic stress is the negative effects of non-living environmental factors. On plants, abiotic stress can have a negative impact on growth, development, and yield.

Common stressors include drought, extreme temperatures (hot/cold), high soil salinity, flooding, and nutrient deficiencies.

Common Practices to Manage Abiotic Stress

Strategic Hybrid/Variety Selection

• Matching hybrids/varieties to soil types, drainage, and water-holding capacity

• Diversifying genetics and maturities for weather risk avoidance

Optimize Nutrient Management

• Balanced soil nutrition program for stress resilience

• Incorporate foliar feed nutrition at peak uptake, during stress periods or part of the total nutrition plan

Biostimulants

• Stimulates natural defense mechanisms, leading to better growth and yield under challenging conditions

• Improves plant nutrient use efficiency

Best Practices

Abiotic stress cannot be eliminated but it can be managed. A proactive approach that combines hybrid selection, balanced nutrition, foliar feeding, and biostimulant helps crops withstand stress, recover faster, and protect yield potential.

Foliar Nutrition + Biostimulant

A superior highly soluble formulation for faster nutrient uptake by crops and visible results. CropLift increases crop tolerance to abiotic stress to enhance overall plant performance.

SRN in NitroEdge Boron increases nitrogen absorption by the crop and foliar feeds nitrogen and boron during peak uptake, during a stress period and/or is part of the nutritional plan. Increases crop tolerance to abiotic stress.

Premium source of K, S and slow-release N for improved nutrient use efficiency, and uptakes by crops. Increases crop tolerance to abiotic stress.

Corn

Post Herbicide Application

• Apply CropLift at 1 quart/acre to mitigate early season stresses.

• CropPWR Technology targeted to promote crop health, CropLift enhances nutrient uptake, crop performance, and crop resilience for higher yield potential.

Nitrogen Powers Yield Potential

• From emergence to about the V6 stage, the plant’s need is low, but it rapidly increases afterward, with the most critical period for uptake being from V10 to V14.

• Apply NitroEdge Boron at 1—2 gallon/acre with fungicide program

• NitroEdge Boron with a unique blend of slow-release Nitrogen (SRN) and Boron (B), it provides an optimum solution for in-season Nitrogen (N) applications for crops. Increases crop tolerance to abiotic stressors like cold temperatures and drought.

Soybeans

Post Herbicide Application

• Apply CropLift at 1 quart/acre to mitigate early season stresses.

• CropPWR Technology targeted to promote crop health, CropLift enhances nutrient uptake, crop performance, and crop resilience for higher yield potential.

Fungicide Application

• Apply Rise N+K 2-3 quart/acre with fungicide program

• Rise N+K with a unique blend of slow-release Nitrogen (SRN), Potassium (K), and Sulfur (S) in the Potassium Thiosulfate form (KTS), Rise N+K provides a premium source of N-K-S nutrition for crops.

• Rise N+K enhances crop growth and quality. Increases crop tolerance to abiotic stressors like cold temperatures and drought.