Root Nutrition

What is Ab Sano roots?
Ab Sano roots is based on three important argricultural products:
1. Seaweed Extracts – important nutrients
2. A wide variety of beneficial micro-organisms – improving nutrient uptake
3. Silicon – as biostimulant

1. Seaweed extracts
   Application of bio-fertilizers like liquid seaweed extracts could be at least as effective if not superior to conventional chemical fertilizers if correctly applied.Seaweed belongs to the group of Algae, a very large and diverse group of simple organisms, distinct from plants. They lack many of the cell structures (like roots or leaves) found in land plants. Algae range from microscopic single-celled microalgae to larger more complex multi-cellular macroalgae like seaweeds.Micro- and macro-algae can be found worldwide in both freshwater and marine habitats across a wide range of environments. Like plants, the majority of algae use photosynthesis to capture light energy to convert inorganic substances into sugars and then other molecules.Most algae are safe and have been used for decades as food supplement (e.g. spirulina) and as feedstock for animals.Liquid bio-fertilizers derived from seaweeds are environmentally safe, effective and profitable.

2. Beneficialmicro-organisms
   It is the living micro-organisms in our formula that makes the difference between AB Sano Roots and other organic fertilizers. AB Sano Roots contains beneficial micro-organisms that are responsible for enhanced soil biological fertility. Thanks to the biodiversity of its biotic components, AB Sano Roots soil amendment is recommended to enhance plant growth and to mitigate cultivation problems caused by poor soil quality. Moreover, AB Sano Roots can reverse the damage caused by soil pathogens which restrict crop yields.The beneficial micro-organisms in AB Sano Roots play a vital role in producing bioactive substances such as hormones and enzymes, controlling soil diseases and accelerating decomposition of lignin materials in the soil. Beneficial micro-organisms improve the uptake of nutrients to the crop and due to this enhanced uptake the photosynthesis as well.This technology will become even more effective through repeated applications of these micro-organisms over several years. Moreover, the results will be enhanced by the combined (integrated) usage of organic matter like seaweed extract

3. Silicon
   The importance of silicon in agricultural systems is generally underestimated and largely ignored.For example, in the Rice Knowledge Bank of the IRRI (International Rice Research Institute) the symptoms and effects of silicon deficiency are described as: “not very common in irrigated rice” and “common in old and degraded paddy soils, organic soils with small mineral Si reserves, and in highly weathered and leached tropical soils in the rainfed lowland and upland areas”.This concept is an example of the general idea that silicon deficiency in plants seems to be ‘a limited problem’, because in almost all soils there is plenty of silicon (such as silicates and SiO₂ compounds).Nevertheless, there is a ‘silicon deficiency’ in the plant

About AB Sano Roots
In the last decade, the market for organic products has doubled as a result of increased recognition and appreciation of the benefits of natural bio-fertilizers. The increasing demand also stems from the desire of safe products based on sustainable and organic agriculture.

AB Sano Roots is a bio-fertilizer, which is especially recommended for sustainable agriculture and organic farming. AB Sano Roots is the mainstay to overcome the tradeoff between organic farming and competitive agriculture agrochemicals. AB Sano Roots is an agricultural innovation for high quality crop and food security.

Production
AB Sano Roots is based on a proprietary mixture of seaweed extracts, among others brown seaweed, Ascophyllum nodosum. During a 3 month two-phase fermentation process involving beneficial microorganisms like Lactobacillus, the seaweed extracts are transformed into a liquid and stable bio-fertilizer: AB Sano Roots.

Reasons for implementing  AB Sano Roots:
• Stimulate the roots and root mass development for the plant
• Stimulant growth, flowering and setting
• Improved resistance to biotic and abiotic stress
• Speeds up the nutrient recycling by activating soil microbes responsible for decomposition
• Improves the germination of seeds
• Longer shelf life for especially fruits and vegetables