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BioAksxter® Benefits and Usage Modalities

BENEFITS IN BERRY CROPS

• The plant rebalance optimises the vegetative development favouring fruiting, anticipating the production and prolonging the harvesting period. The productions are distinguished by size uniformity, fruit colouring and reduction of fruit waste. The thickening and elasticity of fruit tissues reduces cracks and improves its consistency which is maintained over time.
• The removal of chemical and polluting residues determines a greater shelf life, improving taste, sugar content and increasing the vitamins and antioxidants content.
  
• The increase in plant self-defences prevents and reduces pathogenic attacks and facilitate the overcoming of temperature shocks. In addition, with adverse weather conditions, BioAksxter® is crucial for preventing and containing diseases (e.g. botrytis), particularly during harvesting when crop protection products with a long residual period can not be used.
• The soil regeneration and revitalisation rebalances the microorganic fauna, restores fertility and humification capacity. The soil exhaustion issues and excessive salinity are progressively solved. Furthermore, the crop residues from the previous cultivation degrade rapidly without encouraging the onset of diseases. The productions are constant and homogeneous.

USAGE IN BERRY CROPS

Following new tests and evaluations carried out by the AXS M31 Research Sector — which have highlighted a greater incidence of diseases in agricultural fields (due to increased virulence, toxicity and invasiveness of pathogens, as well as other adversities such as problematic soil conditions, higher pollution levels, and worsening climatic and environmental conditions) — the intervention levels with BioAksxter® M31 Agriculture during the first cultivation cycles of berry crops are: 

1st INTERVENTION LEVEL: CROPS WITHOUT DISEASES / ISSUES
standard dose: 4.5 liters per hectare per 120-day cycle 

2nd INTERVENTION LEVEL: PREVENTION (in affected areas)
increased dose

3rd INTERVENTION LEVEL: CONTAINMENT (maximum incidence 20%)
double dose

4th INTERVENTION LEVEL: REHABILITATION
triple dose 

From subsequent cycles onwards, based on technical evaluation, application is gradually reduced to the 1st level (standard dose).

The technical evaluation also takes into account crop conditions and the agronomic goals of the farm.

BioAksxter® M31 Agriculture in berry cultivation should be applied every 7 to 15 days (depending on greenhouse or open field), starting from vegetative regrowth (bud swelling) or transplanting, up to harvest + 1 pre-winter treatment. The pre-winter treatment is essential to safeguard the plant’s vitality during the dormant period — when it is most vulnerable — and to maintain maximum energy for bud break.

Shake well before use. Dilute in any volume of water and apply via root or foliar treatment as instructed, using any available equipment and under any weather conditions. BioAksxter® is compatible with all other products and can be used at any phenological or cultivation stage, including flowering and harvest. Higher-than-indicated doses never damage berry crops. 

Application during flowering promotes pollination, as bees are attracted to it. 

For soil preparation in new berry crop plantings, apply a treatment 10–15 days before transplanting. Soil-preparation treatment performed before incorporating crop residues further improves their degradation and humification.

Wetting the plants before transplanting with 50 ml per hectoliter further reduces transplant stress and improves establishment.

For fertigation, BioAksxter® M31 Agriculture should be added to the nutrient tank on a weekly basis.