Inoculant by Crop - TagTeam - Alfalfa/Sweetclover
TagTeam Alfalfa and Sweetclover contains a patented Rhizobia strain (NRG34) plus our patented phosphate solubilizing organism in JumpStart which creates 1 + 1 = 3 performance.
Alfalfa/Sweetclover production facts
Alfalfa is generally a very high user of phosphate - 10 lbs of phosphate per tonne of hay. Good phosphate nutrition is also important for nodule development and function. However, surface applied phosphorus fertilizer to alfalfa stands is inefficient and often ineffective as it takes a long period of time for the fertilizer to reach the root zone.
The NRG 34 strain of Rhizobia is a highly effective at forming nodules and has a high degree of tolerance for cold and acidic soils that are found in many areas of Western Canada.
TagTeam alfalfa is a sterilized self sticking peat based inoculant. Conveniently packaged in 490 gram bags that will inoculate 4 - 25 Kg bags of alfalfa seed.
TagTeam Performance
In a test with 16 other Rhizobia strains, including current commercial strains, NRG 34 out performed in all 3 categories measured: number of effective nodules, fresh shoot weight and dry shoot weight.
In field trials, alfalfa inoculated with NRG 34 showed a 16% increase in forage yield over two years and also showed higher levels of nitrogen and protein in the alfalfa, compared to current commercial strains.
When JumpStart (the phosphate solubilizing technology) was applied to alfalfa, forage yield was increase by approximately 10%*. This was in addition to yield benefits from the rhizobia strain.
* Summary of 10 site-years of field research published by Agriculture Canada and Philom Bios in the proceedings of the Soils and Crops Workshop, University of Saskatchewan, 1996. Phosphate fertilizer applied to the control and Provide treatments at 40 kg P2O5/ha.
TagTeam Alfalfa/Sweetcover is available in a peat formulation.
| Name | Town | Prov/ State | Crop | Year | Yield tonnes/ac | Year | Yield % | |
| TagTeam | Other* | |||||||
| Legault, Bernie | Eaglesham | AB | Alfalfa | 2001 | 0.18 | 0.15 | establishment | 123% |
| Legault, Bernie | Eaglesham | AB | Alfalfa | 2002 | 1.66 | 1.51 | 2nd | 109% |
| Hartz, Brent | Spirit River | AB | Alfalfa | 2001 | 0.24 | 0.17 | establishment | 140% |
| Hartz, Brent | Spirit River | AB | Alfalfa | 2001 | 1.19 | 1.14 | 2nd | 104% |
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