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Legumes

According to conducted field trials, application of Albit on legume crops (pea, soybeans, fodder beans, french beans, lentil, chick-pea) increases:

• yield of beans by 0.9–7.5 centners/hectare;
• number of pods per one plant by 12.3–30.9%;
• weight of beans from one plant by 32.7–36.6%.

Biological efficiency of Albit against root rots of legume crops, fusarium wilt, septoria and ascochita pod and leaf spots is 17–73%, 27–80%, 48–58% and 47–60% respectively.

Application recommendations:

For legume crops, presowing seed treatment is the most significant one. It increases:

• germination by 3-15%;
• development of rootage by 11-41%;
• amount of green biomass;
• stem length by 3–36%;
• number of productive nodes by 13.7–16.8%,

and provides immunization of plants against main diseases. Presowing seed treatment provides 60-80% of total Albit effect; its growth stimulating action can be seen through all vegetation.

Effect of presowing treatment can be improved with foliar spraying. It increases growth of green biomass, provides synchronous blossoming, accelerates pod formation and maturation, immunizes plants against air infections. It is very promising to combine Albit foliar spraying with herbicidal treatment, because legumes (especially soybean and pea) are very sensitive to herbicidal stress. Being an active anitode (antistressant), Albit relieves herbicidal stress that considerably increases herbicidal treatment effectiveness.

For presowing seed treatrment, it is recommended to use 50 ml of Albit (that corresponds to 10-15 liters of working solution) per tonne of seeds; foliar spraying takes 30-40 ml of Albit/hectare, or 300-400L of working solution/hectare. Cost of presowing treatment and foliar spraying is 110 roubles (4.4 USD)/tonne and 66-88 roubles(2.64-3.52 USD)/hectare respectively.

Presented recommendations are universal for all legume crops.

Pea
Soybean
Fodder beans
French beans
Lentil
Lupine