The Science
Systemic Nitrogen Fixation
In the Right Place at the Right Time.
Now your corn can fix nitrogen too
The use of fertilizers and particularly nitrogen fertilizer is necessary for crop yield and quality. Soybeans and other legume crops have a natural ability to fix nitrogen through their root system, a process supported by rhizobia, which allows inoculated plants to create nodules that fix additional nitrogen in the soil. This practice is commonplace in soybean, but until now there has not been a similar solution for non-legume crops – now there is.
Envita® is a naturally occurring, food-grade bacteria - Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus, that was originally discovered in sugarcane. Envita forms a symbiotic relationship with the host plant and provides nitrogen to cells throughout the plant, both above and below ground, all season long.
Envita fills the Nitrogen Gap
- The way nitrogen fertiliser is applied is inefficient. Applied nitrogen fertilizer is lost due to environmental factors before peak demand.
- The available nitrogen that remains in the soil then has to be translocated into the plant where it is need for growth. Efficient nutrient translocation can be slowed in a plant due to drought conditions and other stressors – available N does not necessarily equal accessible N.
- Envita provides a constant, season long supply of nitrogen from within the cells of the plant – exactly where nitrogen is needed – filling the gap between available N and accessible N.
How Does Envita Work?
