Materials used in this chapter are published in book Biopesticide Albit for increasing yields and protection of agricultures against diseases, A.K. Zlotnikov, Ed. Prof. À. Melkumova. All-Russia Institute of Plant Protection, Russia, 2006. Albit is multipurpose biopesticide, which combines properties of plant growth regulator, biofungicide, antistress agent (antidote), fertilizer and promoter of drought resistance. In most cases, Albit increases yields by 10-30%. Biological efficiency of Albit against plant diseases is 40-80%. Albit increases gluten content in wheat averagely by 2.3% and drought resistance by 10-60%. Albit can be used for presowing seed treatment and foliar sprayings; the most significant way of Albit application is its combination with chemical pesticides (fungicides, herbicides and insecticides) for increasing their activity. List of agricultures treated with Albit includes all main crops, vegetables, technical cultures and horticultures: winter and spring wheat, barley, rye, oats, rice, sugar beet, sunflower, maize, flax, potato, millet, buckwheat, soybean, pea, canola, chick-pea, vetch, galega, fodder and french beans, lupine, alfalfa, lentil, vine, apple, white and chinese cabbage, onion, carrot, tomato, cucumber, pepper, lettuce, eggplants, vegetable marrow, table beet, strawberry, currant, cherry, gooseberry, dog rose, different flowers, amaranth, decorative and forest breeds, lawn and fodder grasses. Albit has been tested by different state scientific institutions on 47 cultures and used on more than 50 cultures. Since mechanisms of Albit action are universal for all plants, one can assume positive influence of Albit on cultures still not tested yet. High efficiency of Albit was confirmed in long-term trials carried out by leading scientific institutions of Russia in all soil and climatic zones of the country: North-West, Central, Central-‘Black-earth’, North-Caucasian, Volga and Vyatka, Privolzhye, Ural, East-Siberian, and Primorye (Far-East). During 1997-2004, the high efficiency of Albit was demonstrated in more than 250 field trials on 50 cultures in 45 regions of Russia. Efficiency of Albit was examined in trials performed by All-Russia Institute of Plant Protection, Moscow State University, Central Institute of Agrochemical Service (Pryanishnikov All-Russia Institute of Agrochemistry), All-Russia Institute of Biological Plant Protection, All-Russia Institute of Grain Crops, All-Russia Institute of Leguminous and Groat Crops, Institute of Plant Physiology RAS, All-Russia Flax Institute, Soil Institute, All-Russia Institute of Vegetable Selection and Seed Breeding, All-Russia Institute of Horticulture, All-Russia Institute of Viticulture and Vine Processing, Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms RAS, Far-East Institute of Plant Protection, Kurgan Institute of Grain Growing, Agricultural Scientific Institute of South-East, North-Caucasian Institute of Horticulture and Viticulture, All-Russia Institute of Rice, Kursk Scientific Research Institute of Agroindustry, Bashkortostan State Agrarian University, Ryazan State Agricultural Academy, Buryatia, Vladimir, Voronezh, Kemerovo, Kirov, Krasnodar, Kurgan, Kursk, Leningrad, Lipetsk, Penza, Primorye, Pskov, Saratov, Tuva, Tula, Yaroslavl Regional Plant Protection Stations, Aleysk and Bagan Agrochemical Service Stations, Lipetsk and Stavropol State Cultivar Testing Stations, Prikumsk Experimental Breeding Station, farmers of Krasnodar, Stavropol, Bryansk, Rostov, Tula and other oblasts. Detailed list of scientific institutions performed tests with Albit see here. In details, the main functions of Albit are described in following chapters: Yield increase
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