12th Jun 2008 07:00
12 June 2006
Plant Health Care plc
("Plant Health Care" or "the Company")
OUTSTANDING YIELD GAINS IN WHEAT FOR MYCONATE
Results of field trials in Mexico
Significant sales of N-Hibit in South Africa
Plant Health Care (AIM: PHC), a leading provider of natural products for plants and soil, is pleased to report the independent results of its second significant grower field trials of Myconate with wheat in Mexico. The results provide further compelling evidence of yield stimulation in this crop.
These large scale trials conducted by local growers on areas varying from 3.4 to 6.25 hectares showed an average yield increase, over the control, of 20% with a range of 8% to 31% increases. The Myconate was seed applied using normal seed coating applications for Mexican agriculture.
Importantly, the largest yield increases recorded were on fields that were treated with Myconate in the trials a year prior, providing evidence that the effect of Myconate is repeatable when used annually.
John Brady, Chief Executive of Plant Health Care commented: "These results are again outstanding and provide further validation of the benefits of Myconate technology for cereal grains, taking us another step closer to commercialisation of the product".
Plant Health Care also announces a further advance with the launch of its Harpin based N-Hibit product, which has been sold for grain application onto some 40,000 acres of cereal in South Africa. This opens a new front for the sale of Harpin which has traditionally been linked to the corn, soya bean and cotton markets.
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