3.    AGRICULTURE:  TWINN 

REDUCING NITROGEN APPLICATIONS IN CROPPING SYSTEMS

Using TwinN Nitrogen Fixing Bacteria and specifically formulated microbial formulations for recycling nutrients in the soil, Farmers now have a viable and very cost effective options.

Nitrogen Fixation in plants (Biological Nitrogen Fixation referred as BNF) occurs when atmospheric nitrogen is converted to ammonia by an enzyme called nitrogenase working in conjunction with nitrogen fixing bacteria.   This enables plants to utilize naturally available atmospheric nitrogen.  Legumes are well known to have this ability once inoculated with specific rhizobium spp; which have been identified to work with specific legume spp; for instance Soyabeans and Chickpeas which have different inoculants.   These rhizobium spp; are symbiotic bacteria and form nodules in the roots, slightly different to how TwinN works.

TwinN Nitrogen Fixing Bacteria, the result of a decade of Research, this technology now enables non legume crops to be inoculated to utilize naturally available atmospheric Nitrogen, in effect assimilating legumes.

How does the product TwinN work? TwinN bacteria produce nitrogen compounds and have other bacterial effects on plants and the soil. As the name implies, TwinN contains both endophytic microbes, which live within the plant in between the plant cell walls, in the leaf or stem, and microbes functioning in the root zone.

The application of TwinN, as in all Microbes, to crops is important. In horticulture - TwinN should be applied to a crop as soon crop is out of ground. In broadacre and tree crops, TwinN should be applied early in the new season. Not applying early in the season will mean that the crop will miss out on the benefits of microbial action, mineralization, ;nutrients etc, ;and these actions will not translate into flowers/fruiting and productive plant functioning.