Projects/ R&D
To create biostimulants and innovative fertilizers for agriculture
Meet the expectations of customers and the nutritional needs of different crops around the world, pursue minimum environmental impact: with these objectives, GreenGold has always invested in research and development, developing processes and solutions that are highly innovative.
The best ideas born from GreenGold's research become prototypes. Formulated in the laboratory, they are tested by careful experimentation and are subjected to strict testing in the open field, in different areas and environmental conditions. A long and challenging process that exploits the agronomic know-how acquired by GreenGold in more than 12 years of experience.
Using this approach, GreenGold created the Ce-Force technology platform: raw vegetable materials of excellence are selected to locate and extract natural active ingredients, which are cleverly combined in specific products for crop nutrition. The use of selective investigations and cutting-edge technologies, combined with responsible and targeted application of genomics, proteomics and phenomics, make the realisation of innovative solutions possible for the processes of growth of different crops.
PROJECTS/R&D
Biostimulants
a tool for the improvement of production quality
What are they?
Agricultural biostimulants include different substance formulas that are applied to plants or soil in order to adjust and improve the physiological processes of crops, thus making them more efficient. The biostimulants act on the physiology of plants through other means than the nutrients, enhancing the vigour, yield and quality, as well as contribute to the conservation of the soil after cultivation.
Biostimulants are increasingly used in worldwide agricultural production and can effectively contribute to overcome the challenge posed by the increasing demand for food by the world's population in continuous growth.
If initially the biostimulants were mainly used in organic farming and for fruit and vegetable crops with higher added-value, now they play an increasingly important role in traditional agriculture, as a complement to fertilisers and crop protection products as well as agronomic practices in general. They are in fact perfectly compatible with the most advanced farming techniques that characterise the ICM (Integrated Crop Management) that is the cornerstone of sustainable agriculture.
What are they used for?
According to the EBIC (European Biostimulants Industry Council) the function of the substances and/or micro-organisms contained in the biostimulants is to stimulate the natural processes to:
- improve absorption and efficient use of nutrients,
- improve tolerance to abiotic stresses,
- improve crop quality.
How do biostimulants differ from other technical agricultural products?
The biostimulants act through different mechanisms than fertilisers, regardless of the presence of nutrients in the products. In addition, biostimulants are distinguished from agrochemicals because they only influence the vigour of plants and have no direct action against pests or diseases. Bio-stimulation of plants is therefore complementary to the use of fertilisers and crop protection products.