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 corn, soybean, 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.
Source: Joint trials conducted by Agriculture Agri Food Canada, Saskatchewan Wheat Pool, WESTCO, Philom Bios.
JumpStart is active in cool soils (as low as 40°F), 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 promotes more root growth and is able to increase phosphate uptake in all areas of the soil that the root explores, not just around the fertilizer band.
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.
Source: Trials conducted by University of Manitoba.
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:
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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, Philom Bios.
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.
$5.52 More Profit Per Acre
Farmer field trials show that JumpStart gives an average of 7% higher yield and $5.52 more profit per acre. That is a 3 to 1 net return on your investment in JumpStart.
JumpStart delivers higher yields
In 318 farmer applied split-field demonstrations, JumpStart increased yields of wheat, canola, mustard, pea, and lentil by an average of 7%. Summary of 152 wheat, 117 canola, 8 alfalfa, 41 pea/lentil demonstrations done on split-fields since 1988.
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