Victus Agriculture Brochure

Victus Laboratories India Private Limited

About Us

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 Victus is a Latin word meaning ‘to nourish’

 Victus Labs core competency is nutrition, disease and pest management

 We offer specialized products for agriculture

Working towards food security

 The world population was 2 billion during 1950’s

 World population during 2009 is 6.5 billion

 Working towards food security

“We should use organic agriculture and promote it,

but you cannot feed six billion people today and nine
billion in 2050 without judicious use of chemical fertilizers.”

- Jacques Diouf, FAO Director-General, Dec 2007

Crop productivity in India

Let’s take the example of paddy cultivation in India

Highest productivity – Punjab

Average Yield - 3.69 Tonnes/Hectare

Lowest productivity – Madhya Pradesh

Average Yield - 1.00 Tonnes/Hectare

World’s Highest – 8-10 Tonnes/Hectare

 Crop productivity in India

Maize cultivation in India

Highest productivity – Andhra Pradesh

Average Yield - 3.44 Tonnes/Hectare

Lowest productivity – Uttar Pradesh

Average Yield - 1.39 Tonnes/Hectare

World’s Highest – 10 Tonnes/Hectare

Request our Project Maize 2009 Brochure for additional information

Crop productivity in India

Groundnut cultivation in India

Highest productivity – Gujarat

Average Yield - 2.23 Tonnes/Hectare

Lowest productivity – Karnataka

Average Yield - 0.58 Tonnes/Hectare

World’s Highest – 3.5 Tonnes/Hectare

Crop productivity in India

Factors needing attention

 Soil health and nutrient management

 Water management
 Seed management
 Farm mechanization
Soil health and nutrient management

Soil health depends on

 Physical fertility
 Chemical fertility
 Biological fertility
Soil health and nutrient management
Food demand is driven by population growth and land scarcity

People fed per hectare

1960 – 2 people
1995 – 4 people
2025 – 5 people
Agricultural production at present is roughly 90% dependent
on oil inputs; Farming inputs are literally petroleum based.

Petroleum geologists say that the world is facing

peak world oil production.

Did you know this?

If all the countries in the world ate the way the

American eats, humanity would exhaust all known
global fossil-fuel reserves in just seven years.

- Harpers Magazine, February 2004.

www.harpers.org/Theoilweeat.html.
Food grain production in India is becoming stagnant

Up to 1997-1998:
Fertilizer consumption (N,P, K) = Food grain production

From 1998-Now:
Fertilizer consumption (N,P, K) ≠ Food grain production
Extent of nutrient deficiency in Indian Soils

50% of soil samples analyzed have high

Potassium deficiency

25% of soil samples analyzed have high

Sulphur deficiency

49% of soil samples analyzed are deficient

in Zinc, 33% in Boron and 12% in Iron
Micronutrient deficiency in Indian soils is increasing

Many experiments have proven significant increase in yields by

providing secondary and micronutrients along with NPK nutrients
Fertilizer Use in India in comparison to other countries

Fertilizer Usage Average yield of food grains

India: 105 Kg/Ha India: 2100 Kg/Ha

China: 275 Kg/Ha China: 4800 Kg/Ha

Egypt: 471 Kg/Ha Egypt: 7250 kg/Ha

 Improving productivity by Integrated Nutrient Management

N P K + Ca Mg S + B Cu Fe Mn Zn Mo

Closing the nutrient gap through balanced fertilization

 Improving productivity by Integrated Nutrient Management

N P K + Ca Mg S + B Cu Fe Mn Zn Mo

Closing the nutrient gap through balanced fertilization

Role of balanced nutrition in pest and disease resistance

Most important nutrients for disease resistance

K Ca S B Cu Mn

Indirectly involved in disease resistance

Zn

Some facts
K involved in mobilization of plant defense system
increases cuticle thickness

Ca fortifies middle lamella

slows the degradation by pathogens

B involved in metabolism of phenolics

Products for improving soil fertility

TeraBase Teracare RootStim

 Victus Specialty Crop Care

Role of RootStim during

germination and establishment

 Increase germination rate

 Uniform plant emergence

 Improved seedling vigor

 Improved transplant vigor and stress tolerance

Concentrated humic acid (40%) and  Increase root biomass, establish healthy roots
amino acids for efficient root establishment
 Counteracts adverse soil conditions

 Increase insect and disease resistance

Soil health and nutrient management

Victus Soil Fertility Program

Foliar Products for improving crop nutrient status

CalJet MicroJet
specialized micronutrient mix for enhanced foliar uptake
and translocation of micronutrients

MicroJet spray droplets

optimized for foliar uptake
Surfactant based delivery system

Uniform suspension of micronutrients

unlike conventional foliar micronutrients.
Fully soluble in water

prevents evaporation promotes leaf adhesion

promotes spreading efficient absorption

 Victus Specialty Crop Care

Role of CalJet and MicroJet during flowering and reproduction

 Shorten time to flowering

 Increase number of reproductive buds ( flowers / fruiting positions)

 Increase bud strength/viability

 Increase pollination (pollen tube growth, transfer of pollen into stigma)

 Reduce flower and fruit abortion

Foliar Products for improving crop productivity under stress

Stress Biotechnology
Abiotic Stress
Celer is a specialized product for abiotic stress
management in crops. Celer contains amino acids in a
concentrated formulation unlike other diluted liquid
formulations, providing easy to assimilate building blocks
for protein synthesis.
Celer enhances the protein synthesis and promotes cell
division and cell expansion. It improves plant vigor and
helps to withstand stress conditions. Celer improves shelf
life and yield of fruits and vegetables.
Foliar Products for improving crop productivity under stress

Stress Biotechnology

Biotic Stress
Fortis is a elicitor based product for biotic stress management.
Fortis improves the uptake and utilization of plant nutrients
and assists in the process of photosynthesis. Fortis improves
the overall plant rigidity by enriching the cell wall. Fortis
enhances resistance to infiltration by fungal pathogens
and sap sucking pests.
 Agricultural Surfactants
UltraWet Surfact-V
 Agricultural Surfactants

Adjuvant (Definition)‫‏‬
A material added to a tank mix solution to aid
or modify the action of an agrichemical or the
physical characteristics of the mixture

Adjuvant may be a surfactant, drift control agent, water conditioner, etc

Surfactant
Surface Active Agents; usually lowers the surface tension
of spray solution
 Contact angle

• “Contact angle” (CA) is a profile measurement of a drop of water in contact with a solid surface.
• When a surfactant (wetting agent) is introduced into the solution, the surface tension is reduced
and the water droplet becomes flatter.
• Lower the CA, the greater the spreading and coverage properties

• Water has a CA of 93 degrees. A typical surfactant influences the contact angle 30-45 degrees, and
UltraWet can reduce contact angles to 25 degrees or less.
 Effective spray depends on

Spray droplets Repellence Adhesion

 Spray retention

 Spreading

 Uptake

Spray retention
Lower surface tension
lower repellence characteristics
Qualities required for a superior foliar surfactant system

Non ionic nature:

contains no charge, does not react with active ingredient

Superior retention:
The spray droplet has to transfer its flight energy
to the surface within milliseconds

Superior spreading:
Increases wettability of foliar surface ensuring
better coverage
Qualities required for a superior foliar surfactant system

Factors influencing the foliar uptake:

 Plant cuticle
(e.g. species, growth stage, growing conditions)‫‏‬

 Active ingredient
(e.g. size and solubility)‫‏‬

 Environmental conditions
(e.g. temperature, relative humidity, wind, rain)‫‏‬

 Formulation system
 Surfact-V multi component surfactant system
Spreader, Sticker, Anti-drying

Water droplet Water droplet + Surfact-V

Enhances
water wettability

450 Reduces the

contact angle

Even spreading
over leaf surface

Displaces air molecules over leaf surface

 Exploring inside the leaf
Waxy coating (hydrophobic) on the leaf surface makes it difficult to retain the spray droplets

Cuticle
Upper epidermis

Palisade
Note: mesophyll cells
Cuticle is present
on both sides of
Bundle sheath cells
the leaf surface
Xylem

Phloem

Lower epidermis

Spongy mesophyll cells

Guard cells
Stomata
Point to note:
Cuticle 1 cm = 10 mm
1mm= 1/1000 μm (micron)‫‏‬
1 μm = 1/1000 nm (nano)‫‏‬

Stomata when open, size = 50-100 μm ; cuticular pore sizes are in nanometers
 Foliar sprays without high quality surfactants mostly enter
into the leaf through stomatal opening.

 Our surfactants help the foliar spray droplets to be retained in

the leaf surface and get in through cuticular pores
Spray droplet properties without surfactant
Spray droplet properties with sticking agent
Spray droplet properties with Surfact-V
 Victus Agricultural Surfactants

Without Surfact-V With Surfact-V

(Surfact-V @ 35 ml/100 litre water)‫‏‬
 Victus Agricultural Surfactants

Without Surfact-V With Surfact-V

(Surfact-V @ 35 ml/100 litre water)‫‏‬
UltraWet Product Profile
 UltraWet superior non-ionic surfactant
 Lower surface tension than conventional non-ionic surfactants
 Lower spray volume and lower active ingredients usage rates
 Greater coverage over the leaf surface
 Increased plant penetration
 Enhanced cohesion
 Shorter drying time
 Reduced rainfall degradation
 UltraWet Challenge

Can your surfactant spread water droplets

on any foliar surface?

To visualize the spreading effect of

UltraWet we recommend you to place a
drop of water on a leaf surface and add
a small droplet of UltraWet to the water
drop. The spreading also results in
penetration of the foliar spray into the
leaf.

To know more request video

demonstration CD of foliar spreading
and penetration demo.
Contact Us

Victus Laboratories India Private Limited,

# 75 Gowtham Apartments,
Sundaresa Layout (Opp-Rainbow Manor),
Trichy Road, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu,
INDIA- 641018
Phone : +91-422-4391916
Fax : +91-422-4391915

www.victuslabs.com