SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE
The company is committed to developing sustainable agriculture through research and innovative technologies; it therefore strives for excellence in its products and solutions for farmers and the food supply chain, with a clear and transparent commitment to its customers, employees and communities.
Our research has led to the development of cutting-edge products designed to ensure balanced nutrition for all plants by stimulating agronomically beneficial microbial activity in the rhizosphere (soil) and phyllosphere (foliar system).
The use of our techniques and products stimulates and strengthens the immune system and the active and passive defence mechanisms in plants, resulting in a reduction in the use of plant protection products and, consequently, a lower risk of their residues remaining on crops.
This also results in better absorption of the raw materials contained in our products; this enables B.E.A. S.r.l to produce its formulations by focusing not on the quantity of the substances contained – substances which, in traditional use, are generally dispersed and not absorbed by the plants – but on their quality.
B.E.A. S.r.l. manufactures its own formulations using raw materials of the very highest quality – raw materials which command a high market price – whilst still keeping the prices of its products competitive
The rhizosphere is the area where a plant’s roots are found, and is obviously vital to the plant’s health.
The rhizosphere consists of symbiotic fungi (mycorrhizae), rhizosphere bacteria (Pseudomonas spp., Bacillus spp., actinomycetes) and saprophytic fungi (Trichoderma spp.). This microbial community in the rhizosphere is essential for plant health.
In fact, the plant releases root exudates into the rhizosphere; these are the waste products that the plant produces as a result of chlorophyll-based photosynthesis – in other words, its ‘excrement’. Root exudates, which are harmful to the plant, serve as food for the microorganisms in the rhizosphere, which feed on them and convert them into nutrients for the plant (by composting them).
Chemical fertilisers, particularly urea, lead to the mineralisation of humus, which is home to the bacteria in the rhizosphere. The resulting decline in rhizosphere bacteria leads to an accumulation of toxins and, consequently, to the poisoning of the rhizosphere microhabitat. This broadly explains why conventional fertilisation proves to be insufficiently effective, whilst also incurring additional costs that are difficult to recoup.
In fact, if the plant is not in balance with the soil, it does not absorb what it needs properly; it is therefore economically unwise to continue with conventional fertilisation, which does not take into account the rhizosphere and its bacteria.
To conclude, what is lacking in the soil is not nutrients, but what the plant needs to absorb them.
ERGOFERT Through its formulations, it provides the microorganisms that plants find in rich humus (Pseudomonas spp., Bacillus spp., actinomycetes, saprophytic fungi).
Consequently, we see the proper ‘disposal’ and transformation of root exudates from waste into nutrients for the plant, which leads to a visible increase in the number of capillaries; the roots carry out their function in a habitat free from root exudates and therefore do not need to grow deeper in search of less depleted soil; in fact, the bacteria in the ‘ERGOFERT’ break them down by bioconverting them into nutrients. This creates a rhizosphere similar to the humus-rich one found in woodlands.
This results in healthier, more vigorous and higher-yielding crops, with significant financial and time savings.
ERGOFERT It is easy to use because, thanks to careful testing and production processes, it contains everything a plant needs in a liquid formulation that is easy to dilute in water.