Syngenta Biologicals launches ERGER in Brazil to break dormancy in fruits

Syngenta Biologicals revealed to AgroPages the launch of the biostimulant ERGER, formulated based on inorganic nitrogen.

The biosolution is especially important for the production of temperate fruits in Brazilian soil, which require dormancy breaking and sprouting deficiency.

These recurrent problems in mild winter conditions and temperature fluctuations are frequent characteristics in the southern region of Brazil.

According to Syngenta, this is the only effective biological technology on the Brazilian market that breaks the dormancy of growing apples, pears, grapes, and other fruit trees with stones, such as peaches and plums.

ERGER is a biostimulant that supports, says the manufacturer, the metabolic processes that accompany the interruption of dormancy in temperate fruit trees, offering conditions for more uniform and vigorous sprouting in crops.
 
″If the winter season is not long or cold enough, the buds continue their dormancy, leading to a series of anomalies such as delayed leaf growth and premature nutrient depletion, which increases the risk of early fruit drop. or it leads to a great lack of uniformity in production″, explains Ana Paula Neto, Market Development Manager at Syngenta Biologicals.

According to her, when climatic conditions become unfavorable, the metabolic activity of the plants is paralyzed and directly interferes with the productivity and quality of the harvest.

It is at this point that ERGER acts as a natural and safe biological stimulant that brings ″efficiency to the sprouting process, harmoniously meeting environmental needs″.

″Breaking fruit dormancy in these climatic conditions is one of the most relevant steps to promote the productivity of cold climate fruit trees and it is in this context that ERGER operates″, points out Ana Paula Neto.

″By providing a support solution for the beginning of the fruiting cycle, without causing phytotoxicity to the sprouts and the environment, the product supports the farmer in solving one of the main challenges of these crops″, she contextualizes.

Brazil is the third largest fruit producer in the world, harvesting around 58 million tons a year, according to data from Embrapa (Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation).

The area of fruit trees in the country is distributed among tropical, subtropical, and temperate climate species.

For the latter, grapes, apples, peaches, plums and nectarines stand out; crops that have great socioeconomic importance in the states of Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, and Paraná.

(Editing by Leonardo Gottems, reporter for AgroPages)