Application regulations

Albit combines properties of a plant growth regulator, biofungicide, fertilizer and an antidote (antistress agent). Now, Albit has already registered as a plant growth regulator (Nr 09-00496-0378-1), and as a fungicide (Nr 0470-06-107-150-1-1-3-1). As a pesticide, it demonstrates a wide spectrum of action, its positive properties are shown for all basic agricultural crops (it is confirmed in 250 field trials on 50 crops in 45 regions of Russia). Besides increase of productivity, Albit considerably increases germination, accelerates maturing on 3-12 days, improves parameters of plant vegetative growth (tillering, formation of powerful root system) and characteristics of a yield (number of grains in an ear, weight of grains, number of seeds in a basket of sunflower, etc.). Detailed effects of the Albit on each separate crop see in the table of rules.

Responsiveness of crops. The most sympathetic to the Albit crops (which demonstrate increase of productivity over 23%) are millet, sunflower, buckwheat, some berryes (a gooseberry, a currant, strawberry) and vegetables (tomatoes, cucumbers, eggplants). The least significant responsiveness to Albit is shown for horticultural crops (apple and a cherry), and for lentil, carrots, corn and cabbage (increase of productivity is less than 12%). The majority of the crops, stably demonstrating an increase of a yield by 12-23% forms the third group. It is all cereals ( eared and paniculated), sugar beet, flax, soybean, pea, vine, main vegetable and forage cultures. In this group, the most pronounced responsiveness to Albit has sugar beet (average increase of productivity is 22,9%).

The main ways of using Albit are:

• As an antidote, Albit is used with herbicides, increasing yields of cereals, sugar beet, sunflower, buckwheat, soybean, and flax averagely by 16.6% (up to 68%). Addition of Albit to herbicides (just 88 roubles/hectare of additional expenses) provides 1.2–9.9 centners/hectare of average extra yield of cereals, 25.7 centners/hectare of sugar beet, 6.8 centners/hectare of buckwheat. Treatment with Albit also protects plants from drought and leaf diseases.
• Presowing seed treatment of cereals, sunflower, soybean, millet, pea č buckwheat. t is possible to use combinations of Albit with the minimal recommended doses of fungicides, or (depending on the infection level) to replace them partially or completely with Albit. Since for the majority of crops the cost of treatment with Albit is less than 50 roubles/tonne of seeds, the total cost of seed treatment might be reduced by 25–90%. Seed treatment with Albit provides additionally 3.8 centners/hectare of winter wheat, 3.7 centners/hectare of spring barley, 3.0 centners/hectare of sunflower, 4.7 centners/hectare of soybean, 2.4 centners/hectare of pea. Protection of plants against root rots and advancing immunization against soil and leaf infections are also provided.
• Joint use of Albit with insecticides is capable to increase productivity of cereals, potato, vegetables by 36.1% on average (in case of (canola up to 93%) in comparison with pure insecticides. Spraying of wheat with combination of Albit and insectoacarycides against chinch increases gluten content in grain by 1.2–4.6%.
• Application of Albit together with mineral fertilizers makes possible reduction of fertilizer application rates averagely by 10-30%. Addition of Albit to solution of urea or to other liquid nitric fertilizers, helps to avoid stress (burns) of plants.
• Protection of apple and vine, that makes possible 2-3 fold reduction of chemical fungicide amounts, and harvesting of ecologically pure organic production through partial replacement of scheduled chemical fungicide treatments with Albit.
• Pre-planting treatment of tubers and foliar spraying of potato with Albit in alternation with chemical fungicides partially replaces the chemical treatments.
• Treatment of vegetables, which makes possible partial or entire replacement of growth promoters, fungicides, and fertilizers.
• Stimulation of fodder grasses (galega, alfalfa, clover, vetch) regrowth after skewing.
• Induction of flowering of decorative plants and increasing its duration.

Preparative form. Liquid paste, can be easily mixed with water in all proportions.

Operation time. Stimulation of plant growth – from one month till all period of vegetation. The period of protective action of the Albit against diseases and a drought (stresses) makes depending on crop from 15 days to about one month on the average from the moment of treatment. Appearance of the first attributes of stimulation of growth and immunization is exhibited by plants in several hours after treatment.

Method of application. Albit is used for pre-sowing treatment of seeds (as a seed treatment agent) and foliar spraying. The solution of a pesticide can be introduced in soil with watering. In case of cereals, buckwheat, corn and flax, pre-sowing treatment is most significant and forms approximately 50-60% of the total effect of the pesticide, the rest (40-50%) can be reached by foliar sprayings. Value of pre-sowing treatment for sunflower, soybean, pea and others leguminous even higher (60-80%). For sugar beet, corn, millet, cabbage, vegetable, fruit and decorative plants foliar spray is more important (it forms about 75-100% of effect). In some cases, for the given crops the treatment is expedient only during vegetation.

The maximal increase of a yield under the influence of Albit for all tested crops was observed at combination of seed treatment and application of the pesticide foliar spray.

Toxicity and safety. The pesticide is not phytotoxic. Class of danger: Albit belongs to IV class of danger (it is practically nontoxic for humans and animals), contact with eyes can cause irritation. In recommended dozes Albit practically is not toxic for animals, plants, soil organisms. The pesticide is nonflammable, nonexplosive and low-volatile.

Combination with chemical fungicides. Albit itself can be used for stimulation of plant growth and protection against stresses (droughts). Biological efficiency of Albit against diseases is about 40-80%. Its pesticide action against root rots of cereals and leguminous, diseases of vine and flax is especially effective. At the same time, fungicide properties of Albit, as well as for the majority of biological pesticide, are considered to be sufficient only for plants slightly or averagely defeat by diseases. At affection of plants by complex of infections over 30% (or in presence of internal infections) Albit can be used in mixes with chemical fungicides, since Albit increases effectiveness of fungicides (see more in chapter 2.03.01). Therefore, combined use of Albit together with chemical fungicides (for fungicide seed treatment agents) in most of cases let decrease their application rate up to 50% without loss of protective effect. At the treatment of gardens and vineyards, vegetables and a potato, consumption of the fungicides can be reduced also by partial replacement of a fungicide treatment to Albit treatment. Thanks to Albit, saving of fungicides allows to reduce the cost of treatment by 20–45%. At high affection degree (over 50%) and at the presence of smut infections Albit should be applied with the full recommended dozes of fungicides, though it is possible to use minimal recommended dozes. Fungicides in combination with Albit start to work with their full capacity, i.e., to provide 100% of the effect declared by producer . Thus, joint use of Albit and standard recommended means of plant protection allows to provide guaranteedly their high reliability and effectiveness.

Combination to other pesticides. Besides fungicides, Albit is also compatible with pesticides of all main groups ( herbicides, insecticticides, regulators of growth) and with fertilizers. Both chemical and biological pesticides can be used in mixes with Albit, there was no cases of incompatibility observed. The only restriction of combined use is acidity of a working solution of the pesticide (pH should be less than 8,5). Well proved in practice:

• combination of Albit wuith the lowered rates of fungicidal seed treatment agents (pre-sowing treatment of cereal seeds, leguminous, sunflower, sugar beet);
• joint treatment of cereals with herbicides in EC stages 20-30;
• use of the Albit together with herbicides or after their entering on flax, soybean and a sugar beet;
• use of the Albit in system of treatment of potato plantations, apple gardens and the vineyards, which allows to reduce up to 3 times the application rates of chemical fungicides;
• combination of the Albit with urea and insecticides at spraying of cereal crops, etc.

It is possible to apply Albit together with herbicides, that well proved on cereals, flax, sugar beet, sunflower. The Albit abolishes the stressogenic effect of herbicides for the main crop, saving from 5 up to 38% of a yield. According to economic calculations All-Russia Institute of Plant Protection (2004), that each rouble spent to Atlbit treatment in combination with herbecides brings 5 roubles of profit. It is especially effective to use Albit with the mixes of several herbicides that create especially strong stress for plants. Opportuned treatment with Albit can save crops,"burned" by overdose of herbicide. Albit does not reduce efficiency of herbicidal treatment and it is capable to stimulate growth only the herbicide resistant weeds, see more.

The Albit can be effectivelly used together with insecticides against Colorado beetle (on a potato) and other insect pests of vegetables and cabbage, with insecticticidal seed treatment agents when pelleting of sugar beet seeds, with insectoacaricides when treatment of crops against cereal plant louse, leaf beetle, Swedish fly, chinch. Under this conditions, due to antistress effect of Albit, productivity will be by 8–32% higher, than when insecticticide being used alone. Also, use of Albit together with standard insectecide treatment allows to increase the content of gluten in wheat by 1,2–4,6%.

The Albit is most compatible from among the biological pesticides and plant growth regulators with humates, especially with Lingohumate (synergism, mutual increasing of effect is observed) It is combination of Albit and Lingohumate which provide maximal fixed increase of a cereal yield (15 centners/hectare). Biological pesticides based on living bacteria are less compatible with Albit, but they can be applied separately. Albit immunize the plants against diseases and therefore its application should precede the infection. If the disease has already developed, cure requires additional treatment with biological pesticide directed against fungi, for example, highly effective biofungicide «Psevdobakterin»-2. Albit is badly compatible with pesticides based on coniferous triterpene acids since it already contains this substances, and excess of coniferous triterpene acids leads to reduction of effectiveness.

Due to intensification of natural mechanisms of nutrient uptake, Albit is partially capable to replace mineral fertilizers. Therefore when they being used together with Albit, it is possible to reduce consumption of nitric and phosphoric fertilizers approximately by 10-30% from standard without reduction of effectiveness. Moreover, the Albit contains all macro- and microelements (N, P, K, Mg, S, Fe, Mn, Cu, Zn, Mo, Na, B, Co, Ni, Cl, Ca, I, Se, Si) that are necessary for a plant. Due to small doze, Albit can not be a satisfactory source of the listed elements for complete period of life, but it can serve as a good starting doze for stimulation of early stages of growth.

Transportation and storage. The Albit should be stored in the dark, dry, isolated place in temperature from–20°C to +25°C. The Warranty storage: 3 years from the date of manufacturing. A pesticide can be transported by all means of transportation with obligatory protection against atmospheric precipitation.

From the point of view of economy of technical resources, Albit is recommended to use together with the scheduled treatment with seed treatment agents, fungicides, herbicides, liquid fertilizers. In this case dates for treatment with Albit can even be shifted a bit regarding to recommended ones, since in any case use of the Albit in first half of vegetation guarantees the positive result. Terms of use of Albit and frequency rate (number of treatments) are less important, than observance of application rates. Doses from 30 up to 50 ml of the Albit per ton of seeds or per hectare of crops are optimal for the majority of crops (Table 30). Reduction in a dose will result in reduction of effectiveness. Excess over application rates does not give a visible increase of effectiveness for the majority of crops (and, therefore, it is sensless from the economic point of view). Moreover, in case of vegetable crops significant excess of the Albit decrease its effect of due to superfluous stimulation.

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