Victus Agriculture Brochure

Victus Laboratories India Private Limited

About Us

Victus is a Latin word meaning ‘to nourish’

Victus Labs core competency is nutrition, disease and pest management

We offer specialized products for agriculture

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Working towards food security

The world population was 2 billion during 1950’s

World population during 2009 is 6.5 billion

“We should use organic agriculture and promote it, but you cannot feed six billion people today and nine

billion in 2050 without judicious use of chemical fertilizers.”

- Jacques Diouf, FAO Director-General, Dec 2007

Working towards food security

Crop productivity in India

Let’s take the example of paddy cultivation in India

Highest productivity – PunjabAverage Yield - 3.69 Tonnes/Hectare

Lowest productivity – Madhya PradeshAverage Yield - 1.00 Tonnes/Hectare

World’s Highest – 8-10 Tonnes/Hectare

Crop productivity in India

Maize cultivation in India

Highest productivity – Andhra PradeshAverage Yield - 3.44 Tonnes/Hectare

Lowest productivity – Uttar PradeshAverage Yield - 1.39 Tonnes/Hectare

World’s Highest – 10 Tonnes/Hectare

Request our Project Maize 2009 Brochure for additional information

Crop productivity in India

Groundnut cultivation in India

Highest productivity – GujaratAverage Yield - 2.23 Tonnes/Hectare

Lowest productivity – KarnatakaAverage Yield - 0.58 Tonnes/Hectare

World’s Highest – 3.5 Tonnes/Hectare

Crop productivity in India

Factors needing attention

Soil health and nutrient management Water management Seed management Farm mechanization

Soil health and nutrient management

Soil health depends on Physical fertility Chemical fertility Biological fertility

Soil health and nutrient management

Food demand is driven by population growth and land scarcity

People fed per hectare

1960 – 2 people1995 – 4 people2025 – 5 people

Agricultural production at present is roughly 90% dependent on oil inputs; Farming inputs are literally petroleum based.

Petroleum geologists say that the world is facing peak world oil production.

Did you know this?

If all the countries in the world ate the way the American eats, humanity would exhaust all known global fossil-fuel reserves in just seven years.

- Harpers Magazine, February 2004. www.harpers.org/Theoilweeat.html.

Food grain production in India is becoming stagnant

Up to 1997-1998: Fertilizer consumption (N,P, K) = Food grain production

From 1998-Now: Fertilizer consumption (N,P, K) ≠ Food grain production

50% of soil samples analyzed have high Potassium deficiency

25% of soil samples analyzed have highSulphur deficiency

49% of soil samples analyzed are deficientin Zinc, 33% in Boron and 12% in Iron

Extent of nutrient deficiency in Indian Soils

Micronutrient deficiency in Indian soils is increasing

Many experiments have proven significant increase in yields byproviding secondary and micronutrients along with NPK nutrients

Fertilizer Use in India in comparison to other countries

Fertilizer Usage

India: 105 Kg/Ha

China: 275 Kg/Ha

Egypt: 471 Kg/Ha

Average yield of food grains

India: 2100 Kg/Ha

China: 4800 Kg/Ha

Egypt: 7250 kg/Ha

Improving productivity by Integrated Nutrient Management

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Closing the nutrient gap through balanced fertilization

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Improving productivity by Integrated Nutrient Management

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Closing the nutrient gap through balanced fertilization

+N P K Ca SMg Cu Fe Mn Zn MoB

Role of balanced nutrition in pest and disease resistance

Most important nutrients for disease resistance

K Ca S Cu MnB

Indirectly involved in disease resistance

Zn

Some facts

involved in mobilization of plant defense systemincreases cuticle thickness

fortifies middle lamellaslows the degradation by pathogens

involved in metabolism of phenolics

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Products for improving soil fertility

TeraBase Teracare RootStim

Concentrated humic acid (40%) and amino acids for efficient root establishment

Role of RootStim during germination and establishment

Increase germination rate

Uniform plant emergence

Improved seedling vigor

Improved transplant vigor and stress tolerance

Increase root biomass, establish healthy roots

Counteracts adverse soil conditions

Increase insect and disease resistance

Victus Specialty Crop Care

Victus Soil Fertility Program

Soil health and nutrient management

Foliar Products for improving crop nutrient status

CalJet MicroJet

MicroJet spray droplets optimized for foliar uptake

specialized micronutrient mix for enhanced foliar uptake and translocation of micronutrients

Uniform suspension of micronutrients unlike conventional foliar micronutrients. Fully soluble in water

prevents evaporation promotes leaf adhesion

promotes spreading efficient absorption

Surfactant based delivery system

Victus Specialty Crop Care

Role of CalJet and MicroJet during flowering and reproduction

Shorten time to flowering

Increase number of reproductive buds ( flowers / fruiting positions)

Increase bud strength/viability

Increase pollination (pollen tube growth, transfer of pollen into stigma)

Reduce flower and fruit abortion

Foliar Products for improving crop productivity under stress

Stress Biotechnology

Abiotic Stress

Celer is a specialized product for abiotic stress management in crops. Celer contains amino acids in a concentrated formulation unlike other diluted liquid formulations, providing easy to assimilate building blocks for protein synthesis. Celer enhances the protein synthesis and promotes cell division and cell expansion. It improves plant vigor and helps to withstand stress conditions. Celer improves shelf life and yield of fruits and vegetables.

Foliar Products for improving crop productivity under stress

Stress Biotechnology

Biotic Stress

Fortress is a elicitor based product for biotic stress management.Fortress improves the uptake and utilization of plant nutrients and assists in the process of photosynthesis. Fortress improves the overall plant rigidity by enriching the cell wall. Fortress enhances resistance to infiltration by fungal pathogens and sap sucking pests.

Agricultural SurfactantsUltraWet Surfact-V

Agricultural Surfactants

Adjuvant (Definition)‏A material added to a tank mix solution to aidor modify the action of an agrichemical or the

physical characteristics of the mixture

Adjuvant may be a surfactant, drift control agent, water conditioner, etc

SurfactantSurface Active Agents; usually lowers the surface tension

of spray solution

Contact angle

• “Contact angle” (CA) is a profile measurement of a drop of water in contact with a solid surface.

• When a surfactant (wetting agent) is introduced into the solution, the surface tension is reduced and the water droplet becomes flatter.

• Lower the CA, the greater the spreading and coverage properties

• Water has a CA of 93 degrees. A typical surfactant influences the contact angle 30-45 degrees, and UltraWet can reduce contact angles to 25 degrees or less.

Effective spray depends on

Spray retention

Spreading

Uptake

Spray droplets Repellence Adhesion

Lower surface tension lower repellence characteristics

Spray retention

Qualities required for a superior foliar surfactant system

Non ionic nature:

contains no charge, does not react with active ingredient

Superior retention:

The spray droplet has to transfer its flight energy to the surface within milliseconds

Superior spreading:

Increases wettability of foliar surface ensuringbetter coverage

Factors influencing the foliar uptake:

Plant cuticle (e.g. species, growth stage, growing conditions)‏

Active ingredient (e.g. size and solubility)‏

Environmental conditions (e.g. temperature, relative humidity, wind, rain)‏

Formulation system

Qualities required for a superior foliar surfactant system

Cuticle

Upper epidermis

Palisade mesophyll cells

Bundle sheath cells

Xylem

Phloem

Lower epidermis

Spongy mesophyll cells

Guard cells

Stomata

Cuticle

Exploring inside the leaf

Waxy coating (hydrophobic) on the leaf surface makes it difficult to retain the spray droplets

Note:Cuticle is presenton both sides ofthe leaf surface

Stomata when open, size = 50-100 μm ; cuticular pore sizes are in nanometers

Point to note: 1 cm = 10 mm 1mm= 1/1000 μm (micron)‏1 μm = 1/1000 nm (nano)‏

Spray droplet properties without surfactant

Spray droplet properties with sticking agent

Foliar sprays without high quality surfactants mostly enter into the leaf through stomatal opening.

Our surfactants help the foliar spray droplets to be retained in the leaf surface and get in through cuticular pores

UltraWet Product Profile

Lower surface tension than conventional non-ionic surfactants

Lower spray volume and lower active ingredients usage rates

Greater coverage over the leaf surface

Increased plant penetration

Enhanced cohesion

Shorter drying time

Reduced rainfall degradation

UltraWet superior non-ionic surfactant

UltraWet Challenge

To visualize the spreading effect of UltraWet we recommend you to place a drop of water on a leaf surface and add a small droplet of UltraWet to the water drop. The spreading also results in penetration of the foliar spray into the leaf.

To know more request video demonstration CD of foliar spreadingand penetration demo.

Can your surfactant spread water dropletson any foliar surface?

Water droplet Water droplet + Surfact-V

Displaces air molecules over leaf surface

Enhances

water wettability

Reduces the

contact angle

Even spreading

over leaf surface

Surfact-V multi component surfactant system

Spreader, Sticker, Anti-drying

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Spray droplet properties with Surfact-V

Victus Agricultural Surfactants

Without Surfact-V With Surfact-V(Surfact-V @ 35 ml/100 litre water)‏

Victus Agricultural Surfactants

Without Surfact-V With Surfact-V(Surfact-V @ 35 ml/100 litre water)‏

Victus labs does extensive field campaigns, educates farmers about improving soil organic matter, role of humus in crop productivity, importance of macro and micro nutrients in agriculture, stress and disease management.

Our field staffs undergo intensive training in improving soil fertility,

nutrient and disease management

Contact Us

Victus Laboratories India Private Limited,# 75 Gowtham Apartments, Sundaresa Layout (Opp-Rainbow Manor),Trichy Road, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, INDIA- 641018Phone : +91-422-4391916Fax : +91-422-4391915

www.victuslabs.com