Biostimulant definition
Andermatt’s Plant Vitality range consists of a comprehensive basket of biostimulant solutions.
“Biostimulants can assist growers to ‘produce more with less’. Biostimulants target specific natural growth processes within plants. Increasing or decreasing these specific functions unlocks more significant potential for growth, yield, quality, stress tolerance and more.”
Dr Brendon Neumann,
Andermatt Global Product Portfolio Manager
Biostimulant definition
Andermatt’s Plant Vitality range consists of a comprehensive basket of biostimulant solutions.
“Biostimulants can assist growers to ‘produce more with less’. Biostimulants target specific natural growth processes within plants. Increasing or decreasing these specific functions unlocks more significant potential for growth, yield, quality, stress tolerance and more.”
Dr Brendon Neumann,
Andermatt Global Product Portfolio Manager
Biostimulant solutions
On a global level, the biostimulant sector is one of the fastest growing agricultural sectors as growers look for new ways to ‘grow more with less’. The demand for food production is increasing with a growing global population. At the same time, resources in the form of arable land, quality water supply, etc. are limited.
Biostimulant Plant Health
At Andermatt, we view soil and root health as the foundation of sustainable agriculture. Once this foundation is laid, crop care and plant health is needed to build healthy, nutrient-dense, high quality yields.
Biostimulants impact plants on a molecular level. They interact with the plant’s internal signalling cascade reactions, reducing the plants’ negative response to biotic and abiotic stress. Biostimulants act in low concentrations, optimising plant growth and yields. Indirectly, biostimulants also stimulate the natural microbial food web to benefit the plant. Highly productive plants produce exudates into the environment. In soil, this increases the microbial diversity which will drive further release of minerals from the soil for uptake by the plant.
Therefore, biostimulants drive the whole ecosystem that supports plant health, and do not just supply an individual nutrient or component to fill a single specific need.
Andermatt Sustainability Pyramid
Biostimulant products
The Biostimulant range contains natural plant growth stimulants, often in combination with key nutritional supplementation. They improve the overall health of the crop, improve stress tolerance, support and stimulate various stages of plant growth.
These can be further classified as:
Mineral Biostimulants
Derived from natural minerals & elements
Microbial Biostimulants
Containing bacteria or fungal active ingredients
V12 Biostimulant range
Containing the 12 ESSENTIAL COMPONENTS (8 ELEMENTS and 4 DRIVERS) of plant vitality
UPP Biostimulant range
Contains stand-alone biostimulants