A new biostimulant that Syngenta says will boost yield for row crops is slated for release in time for the 2025 growing season.
“YieldON amplifies the grain-filling processes that crops naturally do when they transition from the vegetative stage to the reproductive stage of their life cycle,” Chris Dumigan, biologicals technical lead with Syngenta Canada, explains. “It improves plant cell division and the flow of nutrients from leaf tissue to seeds, which, in turn, can increase crop yields.”
According to Syngenta’s announcement, YieldON is enriched by naturally derived ingredients meant to improve uptake and transportation of sugars throughout the plant and ultimately improve crop productivity.
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The liquid foliar application combines plant- and seaweed-derived molecules with trace elements of micronutrients manganese, zinc, and molybdenum. Syngenta says the combination of ingredients will also help improve plant cell division and expansion.
Syngenta recommends YieldON for use on corn, wheat and other row crops. However, it is registered for use on a much wider variety of crops, including barley, canola, pulses and sunflowers.
The product is used on a broader array of crops in other countries, Dumigan said via email, but Syngenta’s research in Canada has primarily focused on corn in Ontario and Quebec, and on wheat/durum in the Prairie provinces.
“We have chosen to be specific with the crops we recommend. These are the crops that we have confidence in here in Canada,” he says. “We will continue to investigate other crops relevant to Canadian growers in the coming years.”
Syngenta has already had strong preliminary performance data from soy and canola, he adds.
While YieldOn could offer a yield boost for growers, Dumigan cautions the product isn’t intended to save a bad crop or even improve a mediocre one.
“YieldON is really for a grower who is already doing things right, has a good crop, and is looking to get those next few bushels by mixing it with their planned fungicide application,” he said. “For growers with a crop under stress, I would instead recommend our abiotic stress biostimulant Megafol.”
YieldON can be tank mixed with a wide variety of fertilizer and registered foliar pesticides and will be sold in a 2 x 10 L case and 450 L tote.
