The negative effects of environmental stresses during ontogenesis, are important factors determining the productivity of cultivated plants. While it is well recognised that extreme temperatures, drought, salinity, excess or lack of light, contamination by heavy metals and infections are some of the factors which classify as abiotic stresses, these factors causes stress in plants and prevents essentially all crop systems from achieving their yield potential.

Abiotic stresses may be prevented by optimising plant growth conditions and through provision of water, nutrients and plant growth regulators (PGRs—auxins, cytokinins, gibberellins, strigolactones, brassinosteroids). In addition to these traditional approaches, biostimulants are increasingly being integrated into production systems with the goal of modifying physiological processes in plants to optimise productivity.

Crop IQ Technology has developed “IQ BIOSTIM” a unique portfolio of world-class bio stimulants include a wide range of products, based on natural stimulants, favouring the mechanisms plants have to overcome these stress factors

IQ BIOSTIM offers a potentially novel approach for the regulation/modification of physiological processes in plants to stimulate growth, to mitigate stress-induced limitations, and to increase yield.

IQ BIOSTIM have been used at all stages of agricultural production including seed treatments during germination, fruit set during flowering, ripening stage and on harvested stages.

The mode/mechanisms action of IQ BIOSTIM are equally diverse and may include the following:

The activation of nitrogen metabolism or phosphorus release from soils.
Generic stimulation of soil microbial activity or stimulation of root growth and enhanced plant establishment.
Stimulate plant growth by increasing plant metabolism, stimulating germination, enhancing photosynthesis, and increasing the absorption of nutrients from the soil thereby increasing plant productivity.
IQ BIOSTIM also mitigate the negative effects of abiotic stress factors on plants such as drought, heat, salinity, chilling, frost, oxidative, mechanical and chemical stress.