Author: Nattalia Gil

NEW BIOSTIMULANT Boron & Amino acids: FORTACELL

Current year 2018 is being a great and very important season for MAFA Vegetal Ecobiology, due to we are seeing how the efforts and time invested in research and development is bringing excellent results.

Thanks to our agricultural engineers team and technical laboratory staff, added to the different test made into our particular crops to optimize any new formulation, we have developed new successful compounds in several categories.

That is the case of our new product placed into BIOSTIMULANTS section, a complex calcium-calcium acetate solution – which we have called FortaCell

Fortacell is a fertilizer based on calcium acetate with Boron and Amino Acids

It is a fertilizer that provides a dose of Calcium irreplaceable by other essential elements.

With the action of this element the organic compounds and the mineral salts are retained by the membranes in the most convenient way

It is also fundamental for the development of the roots, in which it has a triple function:

  1. Cell multiplication
  2. Cell growth
  3. Neutralization of hydrogenations

roots development

It contains Boron, which is very important since it is essential to mobilize the hydrocarbon reserves of the leafs towards the flowering points. This type of complex is able to traverse semipermeable cell membranes and where such a micro-nutrient is not present into the cells, sugars are immobilized in the plant.

Boron contribution comes from the boron-ethanolamine complex which gives to the compound a greater solubility.

It is a product that can be used both in foliar applications and in fertigation, also suitable for organic farming

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It is especially recommended for:

  • Fruit trees of bone and nugget
  • Citrus
  • Vineyards and table grape
  • Horticultural

To know more details regarding recommended dosage and working parameters, you can get all the technical information in its Technical Data Sheet just clicking here

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What is Biotechnology? Definition and its application

Nowadays, biotechnology concept is an increasingly popular term due to it is a scientific field with multiple applications in different sectors.

Benefits and uses resulting from the research are found daily in the markets in the form of improved harvests, in pharmaceutical industry and in the fight against climate change among other varied utilities.

DEFINITION OF BIOTECHNOLOGY

If we stick to the internationally accepted definition:

Biotechnology refers to any technological application that uses biological systems and living organisms or their derivatives for the creation or modification of products or processes for specific uses (Convention on Biological Diversity, Article 2. Use of Terms, United Nations, 1992).

Biotechnology is understood as a multidisciplinary area by employing both biology, chemistry together with various processes to provide different uses in areas such as agriculture, pharmacy, food science and health.

Thanks to this and the result of research we get healthier foods, improved medicines, more resistant or less polluting materials, more productive crops, renewable energy sources and even systems to eliminate pollution are obtained.

In other words, biotechnology consists precisely in the use of the biological machinery for the benefit of the human being. Possibly, the first person who has evidence in using this term was the agricultural engineer Karl Ereky of Hungarian nationality, in 1917.

APPLICATIONS OF BIOTECHNOLOGY

There are multiple applications for this area of science but the main ones are:

  • Agricultural: for the development of crops and improvement of crops and food, resistance to pests and diseases.
  • Environmental: with applications for biofeedback, resistance to contamination, conservation of species.
  • Biosanitary: for the obtaining of drugs, genetic therapies, obtaining vaccines, monoclonal antibodies and cellular therapies are some examples.
  • Industrial processes: for cosmetics, food, chemical substances, fuels.

TYPES OF BIOTECHNOLOGY

Biotechnology can be classified into different types according to its applications:

  • Red biotechnology: that refers to the use of bio-organisms in medicine, such as the creation of antibiotics, the cultivation of bacteria ..
  • White biotechnology: also known as industrial biotechnology, since it is applied to industrial processes.
  • Green biotechnology: that applied to agricultural processes, for example, obtaining solutions to control diseases and improve crops.
  • Blue biotechnology: in charge of biotechnological processes related to the sea.
  • Gray biotechnology: focused exclusively on finding solutions to environmental problems such as climate change.

FUTURE OF BIOTECHNOLOGY IN THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR

The research that is carried out in the biotechnological area of crops, focuses on the study of nature and the perfect balance that each plant, microorganism or insects.

Biotechnology applied to agriculture is a tool that uses living organisms or substances obtained from these organisms to create or modify a product for practical purposes.

Through biotechnology applied to agriculture, biopesticides are obtained based on biological origin, where organisms or substances are synthesized. With a high degree of effectiveness, they only attack pests and do not affect other organisms that are beneficial or the fruits of crops.

In the case of biofertilizers, are products made from a biological process with the aim of providing nutrients to crops without altering natural conditions and maintaining a natural microbiological environment.

This is the premise of the whole catalog of MAFA Vegetal Ecobiology. We work with the objective of helping farmers, take care of the health of the field and make crops more profitable and healthy.

Ask us for more information on any of our references.