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Our Technology

Research and Development are at the heart of what we do and what we care for at Biofactor.
In a world where scientific knowledge evolves daily, Biofactor is driven to keep pace through ongoing research and development. We work in collaboration with world-class research organisations and universities, and our research and development team keep up-to-date with their knowledge and research skills to serve the ever-changing needs of the agricultural industry. We are dedicated to providing advanced, science-based solutions which assist our growers to achieve a greater return on investment.
We are developing sustainable technologies and practices based on solid scientific principles and extensive field experience and observations with our highly skilled agronomy team. Our experienced and qualified researchers design and formulate new products and technologies based on rigorous laboratory procedures and replicated scientific field trials. We perform studies on our products to test: efficacy, crop yield and quality; crop stress tolerance; nutrition levels; crop vigour; early crop establishment; long term effects; and sustainability. We also provide Research and Development services that are tailored to our clients’ unique needs.

Nitrogen

Healthy plants have a lot of nitrogen in their above-ground parts, usually around 3 to 4 percent. This is much more than other nutrients like carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. Nitrogen is very important for plants because it helps them make chlorophyll, which is how they use sunlight to make sugar from water and carbon dioxide. Nitrogen is also a key part of proteins, which are like the building blocks for plants. Without proteins, plants can’t survive. Nitrogen is also used to make compounds that help transfer energy in cells and to make DNA, which is what allows plants (and all living things) to grow and reproduce. In short, nitrogen is essential for life as we know it.
Atmospheric nitrogen is a major source of nitrogen in soils. In the atmosphere, it exists in the very inert N₂ form and must be converted before it becomes useful in the soil. The quantity of nitrogen added to the soil in this manner is directly related to thunderstorm activity, but most areas probably receive no more than 20 lb nitrogen/acre per year from this source.
Bacteria such as Rhizobia that infect (nodulate) the roots of, and receive much food energy from, legume plants can fix much more nitrogen per year (some well over 100 lb nitrogen/acre). When the quantity of nitrogen fixed by Rhizobia exceeds that needed by the microbes themselves, it is released for use by the host legume plant. This is why well-nodulated legumes do not often respond to additions of nitrogen fertilizer. They are already receiving enough from the bacteria.

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