As with all growers, greenkeepers and groundsmen use a variety of tools to ensure that their plants have adequate nutrition. This includes regularly sending off both soil and tissue samples to accredited labs for analysis to indicate the nutrient concentrations, or in the case of soil samples their availability. They will also make use of […]
Manganese is an essential plant micronutrient which is a key component of many important metabolic processes. In particularly, it is crucial as an enzyme co-factor for the catalysis of many redox reactions in photosystem II and nitrogen assimilation. It is also essential for many reactions that allow plants to tolerate environmental stresses. Some typical symptoms of […]
No-till cultivation involves preventing/minimising soil disturbance by eliminating ploughing and drilling seeds directly into the seed bed left by the previous crop. Once considered the preserve of hippies by mainstream agriculture, no-till agriculture has now gained widespread acceptance in the US and Europe. This acceptance is down to farmers appreciating the less intense nature of […]
A germination bioassay is probably the most basic experiment a plant scientist can conduct; you simply get a chemical and apply it to some seeds and see what happens! As such, a wide range of chemicals have been found to promote germination. Below I have put together a non-exhaustive list of the chemicals that I […]
Plater Bio’s focus is on innovation and combining this with quality manufacturing. This will ensure that our new products go significantly beyond what is currently on the market and address real needs/gaps in the market. A key product area is centred around manufacturing active ingredients from plants, algae and fungi, rather than crude extracts. Plater Bio are […]
by Dr Russell G. Sharp, Technical Director and founder of Plater Bio Welcome to the brand new Plater Bio blog! The aim for the blog is to keep customers up-to-date with the latest developments in the company and made aware of interesting scientific discoveries in applied plant biochemistry. I also hope to summarize the latest […]
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