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Better Phosphate Uptake With Inoculation

JumpStart, the phosphate inoculant, contains the naturally occurring soil fungus Penicillium bilaii, discovered by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. It colonizes plant roots and makes the ‘fixed’ mineral forms of less available soil phosphate immediately available for crop use.

JumpStart promotes greater phosphate use efficiency, which results in quick emergence, early vigour, greater stress tolerance, and more even maturity. JumpStart delivers a safe method of supplying phosphate to growing plants and reduces the need to seed-place high rates of fertilizer phosphate with sensitive seed like canola, pea and lentil.

Quick Emergence and Early Vigor
Cool soil, common under direct seeding or early seeding, means phosphate is less available to plants. If early season phosphate availability is limited, it can reduce early season growth and ultimately crop yield.

JumpStart increased crop growth by 7% at 3 to 4 weeks after emergence

Summary of 13 wheat, 4 pea/lentil, 5 canola, and 6 alfalfa field trials. Phosphate fertilizer applied to control and Penicillium bilaii treatments at 20 kg P₂O₅/ha in wheat, pulse and canola trials, and at 60 kg P₂O₅/ha in alfalfa trials.

JumpStart is active in cool soils (as low as 4°C), and supplies an immediately available source of phosphate to emerging seedlings.

Greater Stress Tolerance
Plants with larger root systems have the ability to better withstand a variety of stresses like drought, disease, salinity, weeds and pests. Larger root systems help plants access moisture and nutrients better.

JumpStart increased crop overall root volume and root length by 30%

Summary of growth chamber research. Phosphate fertilizer applied to the control and
Penicillium bilaii treatments at 18 mg P/kg soil.

Unlike nitrogen inoculants, JumpStart is not crop specific. JumpStart colonizes the root system rather than infecting it, so there is not the same specific relation between phosphate inoculant species and crop.

JumpStart is registered for use on:

Alfalfa
Canola
Chickpea
Dry Bean
Lentil
Mustard
Pea
Sweetclover
Wheat

(Pending registration on soybean and corn)

Uniform Maturity
Uneven crop development is often caused by variability in soil nutrients. Available phosphate can vary from 2 to 4 times the average within very short distances across a field.

Using JumpStart helps ensure every plant can utilize phosphate better. This results in increased uniformity of crop emergence, development and maturity. Earlier, more uniform maturity often means earlier harvests and better grades.

JumpStart increased yield by 6% compared to applying 15 lbs P₂O₅ per acre of extra phosphate fertilizer

57 JumpStart split-field trials by farmers since 1988.

JumpStart is More Profitable Than More Phosphate Fertilizer
JumpStart is more efficient than using more phosphate fertilizer to compensate for fertilizer inefficiency. Using JumpStart with your normal phosphate fertilizer rate produces a 6% higher yield than adding an extra 15 pounds of P₂O₅ fertilizer per acre.

$9.89 More Profit Per Acre
Farmer field trials show that JumpStart gives an average of 7% higher yield and $9.89 more profit per acre. That is a 3 to 1 net return on your investment in JumpStart.

JumpStart delivers higher yields

Summary of 142 wheat, 117 canola, 8 alfalfa and 44 pea/lentil field trials done since 1988.

Breaking the Bonds
JumpStart works by secreting organic acids into the soil, which breaks the bond that phosphate forms with other elements — releasing the phosphate so it can be taken up by the plant — just like the clearing in the jar.

See and hear explanation of how phosphate becomes bound and how JumpStart breaks the bonds that tie.

Bonds that tie

Breaking the Bonds

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