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Combination with fertilizers

High agricultural efficiency might be obtained with joint application of Albit with fertilizers and means of leaf feeding (foliar liquid fertilizers).

Firstly, Albit increases the utilization efficiency of fertilizers. In field trials carried out by Department of Agrochemistry of Moscow State University on spring barley and wheat, Albit was used in combination with various mineral soil applied fertilizers. In result, it was found that under conditions of averagely cultivated soil Albit is able to replace up to 18.7 kg/hectare of a.i. nitrogen (N₂O₅) and 14.2 kg/hectare of phosphorus (P₂O₅).

In other words, this corresponds to:

• 49 kg/hectare of ammonium nitrate,
• 40 kg/hectare of urea,
• 65 kg/hectare of superphosphate,
• 39 kg/hectare of triple superphosphate.

Thus, application of Albit over one hectare makes possible reduction of mineral fertilizers application approximatelly by 10-30 % of normal rates without losses of their efficiency.

Addition of Albit (1 ml/10 L) to solution of fertilisers used for watering of greenhouse and field-grown vegetables established a good reputation in agricultural practice of vegetable growing farms of Krasnodar krai, Saratov and Moscow oblasts. In this case, Albit not only increases efficiency of fertilizers, but also immunizes plants against diseases.

In details, the agrochemical properties of Albit are described here.

Secondly, mineral fertilizers (basically urea) are used sometimes for leaf feeding during vegetation period. Application of urea on wheat provides both supplying of plants with additional nitrogen for yield formation and increased gluten content in seeds. To increase winter wheat grain quality, leaf feeding with urea (30-40 kg of active ingredient per 1 hectare applied through spraying) in EC stages 50-69 is generally used. Application of such rates requires concentration of urea in working solution of 10-15%, or even 30% in case of aerial application. However, it is known that urea concentrations over 1% cause plant burns. Usage of effective antistressor, such as Albit, can solve this problem. Joint application of Albit with urea provides full relieve of stress effect of urea fertilizing. All this urea-relating information can be used in cases of leaf feeding with ammonium nitrate, with mixture of urea and ammonium nitrate and with other means of leaf feeding.

Albit has been successfully used in combination with urea (leaf feeding in vegetation period) in practice of farms of Rostov, Tambov, Voronezh and Oryol oblasts of Russia over several years. Also, high efficiency of three-component solution of urea, Albit and insecticide has been demonstrated.

Nowadays, besides the standard mineral fertilizers, providing plants with necessary macroelements (nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium), farmers in their practice are using microelement fertilizers more and more. As it was established by numerous scientists, microelements are more efficient being used in form of complex salts with chelating organic acids, such as diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid (DTPA), ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) and oxyethylidendiphosphon acid (ОEDP). In trials carried out by Bashkortostan State University (2001-2007).