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Omni Crop Care effectively works as a delivery system for nutrients and crop protection. Fueled by an Aqua-Yield® Technology, Omni Crop Care protects your input investments from environmental losses by quickly and efficiently improving plant absorption. Improved absorption at the cellular level leads to higher concentrations of inputs inside the plant, stimulating plant health and yield potential. This process is called endocytosis, once the package is delivered to the plant cell, the “payload” is emptied.
Aqua-Yield® Technology
Aqua-Yield® Technology is a proven, patented technology that encapsulates the inputs you already use. This technology is relatively new in agriculture but is being studied and used across multiple fields including science, mechanics, electronics, biology, and medicine.
Loading and Unloading Particles
Particles can be loaded in a couple ways:
- Electrical charges play a role where opposites attract. Some particles can be negatively or positively charged to attract desired nutrients. For example, a negative charged particle will attract potassium or calcium.
- Diffusion happens when ions move from areas of high concentration to areas of low concentration. This process “loads” the particles, which are now ready for delivery to the crop.
Aqua-Yield® technology allows for thousands of ions, whether nutrient ions or crop protection ions to load inside the particles. The particles protect the ions and deliver them to plants at the cellular level. Now thousands of ions are efficiently deployed inside the cell for a low application rate of 2-6 oz. This is why Aqua-Yield® Technology is the most efficient technology on the market.
Diffusion vs Endocytosis 101
Typically plants process inputs through various forms of passive transport by diffusion. Passive transport does not require energy to move substances across plant cell membranes, relying on the second law of thermodynamics to drive the movement of substances across cell membranes.
Aqua-Yield® uses a different process called endocytosis to bring the loaded particles into the cell where the “payload” is delivered. Endocytosis is a means of bulk transport in which the cell uses energy (ATP) for substances that cannot be diffused across the plant membrane. More specifically, pinocytosis is the way a cell processes incoming fluids, known as “cell drinking”. The cell membrane receives the product liquid by engulfing it, creating a cavity filled with extracellular fluid and then forming a vesicle. The vesicle then breaks off and is transported within the cell.
When soil applied, the particles stay in solution or loosely cling to soil colloids, remaining available to deliver nutrients to the plant. Electrostatic forces draw the particles forward, and through the lightly negative-charged cellulose-rich cell wall of crop tissues. When foliar applied, the particles adhere to the plant surface in preparation of crossing through the cuticle, cell wall, and plasma membrane.
The most notable difference is that through the process of endocytosis, one particle can deliver a thousand nutrient ions, whereas in the process of diffusion each nutrient ion must individually pass through the cell membrane. It is for this reason that the concentrated nature of the Omni Crop Care products allow for much low application rates (ounces).
Soil Health = Plant Health
Omni Crop Care is specifically designed to be a regenerative driver to help foster the cycling of resources and promote a harmonious ecological system each growing season. By incorporating Omni Crop Care into an organic production system, the soil rhizosphere increases biological activity and organic matter. This in turn allows for better storage of nutrients such as nitrogen and a healthy biodiversity required for optimum plant growth.
Especially in times of drought, studies show that an organic production system provides crops a better environment to handle the stress. Omni Crop Care is a tool for growers to help improve on their current management practices.
