Video: Silicon, A Valuable Fungicide
Canadian Wollastonite isn’t the only organization doing research on the value of plant-available silicon in agriculture. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, in partnership with Laval University, and Les Fraises de l”Ile-d’Orléans is investigating how supplying soluble silicon to strawberry plants can increase resistance to diseases like powdery mildew and reduce the application of fungicides.
Watch the 5-minute video below to learn more about the role of silicon in promoting resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses and the current research project in organic strawberry production. A text summary of the project can be found here.
More News
Wollastonite brings big ecosystem benefits at a landscape scale January 12, 2023
The most soluble natural source of silicon with the best pH buffering capacity goes to…. January 10, 2023
Calcium Magnesium Silicate releases faster and increases P in crop in a notill system December 20, 2022
All about biogenic silicon and trees (it is good news) April 13, 2022