We’re Elkay Silicones, thrilled to introduce product LK-AG100, a revolutionary silicone surfactant engineered to elevate your agricultural practices. By enhancing the performance of herbicides, fungicides, insecticides, and plant growth regulators, LK-AG100 improves the efficiency of these treatments when used as an additive in NPK, herbicides, and fertilizers.
This breakthrough formulation helps farmers boost productivity, reduce time, labor, and chemical costs, and achieve superior results at lower dosages (0.01-0.05%) in solutions. LK-AG100 provides a cost-efficient, high-performance solution for modern farming.
This innovative, silicone-based surfactant is engineered to improve efficiency, offering unmatched performance through:
- Superior Spreading & Penetration: LK-AG100 reduces surface tension, allowing for even coverage and deeper penetration of plant tissues, help to make effective use of fertilizer
- Rainfastness: With enhanced nutrient and pesticide absorption, LK-AG100 minimizes wash-off during rainfall, boosting the effectiveness of your treatments.
- Versatility Across Applications: Ideal for a wide range of foliar sprays, including herbicides, fungicides, insecticides, and plant growth regulators.
Marigold Crop Trials: A Case Study
Elkay Silicones conducted trials In house farm location in Pune district, to assess the performance of LK-AG100 used as additive in nutrient during the foliar spray on marigold crops.
Wherein single treatments done at dosage 0.01% and three replications control, LK-AG 100, and market sample(Non silicone adjuvant) are used in a Randomized Block Design (RBD). The detail information as follows:
- T1: Nutrient water spray at 15 and 45 days after plantation (DAP)
- T2: 0.05% LK-AG100 in nutrient water solution at 15 and 45 DAP
- T3: 0.05% Market sample in nutrient water solution at 15 and 45 DAP.
Used Promicrobes Bio-NPK solition used as nutrient and apply dosage 5 ml per liter of water. This is a blend of agriculturally important microbial strains of nitrogen fixing, phosphate solubilising and potash mobilising bacteria.
Key Findings:
Over a 6-8-week period, significant differences in flower yield were observed between the three sections. The total yield and revenue comparison are summarized below:
Observations & Benefits:
The use of LK-AG 100 Adjuvant in foliar spray (Dosage: 0.05%) has led to exceptional results, driven by both a significant increase in flower weight and enhanced nutrient uptake. The silicone superspreader’s unique ability to effectively drive NPK into the plant and maintain its presence has maximized nutrient absorption, boosting plant performance. This key factor has directly contributed to a 38% higher yield compared to control and 13% higher yield compared to market samples. As a result, farmers can expect significantly increased revenue per acre, maximizing both crop quality and profitability. LK-AG 100 Adjuvant proves to be an invaluable solution for achieving superior agricultural performance.
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