The 1st BioDea 2022 workshop – Informazioneonline.it – took place in Siena on Friday 21 January
The central theme of the first appointment of this new year was the use of BioDea Wood Distillate on vegetables and vegetable crops, in particular salad and basil.
The conference opened with the institutional greetings of the Accademia dei Fisiocritici, Francesco Frati Magnifico Rector of the University of Siena and then Sen. Mino Taricco Vice President of the Agriculture Commission in the Senate who reiterated the need to try to build solutions for “a challenging world” followed by the national President of the Order of Agricultural Experts and Graduates Mr. Mario Braga.
The professors, who spoke after the institutional greetings, resumed the directives proposed by the political framework and then introduced their research. Nitrogen, explained professors Cardelli and Loppi, helps the plant to grow and be vigorous. Important element for the production of chlorophyll, for faster growth. Phosphorus gives strength to the plant, helps root development and seed production. In the absence of phosphorus the plants are fragile, small and the stem remains very thin.
Potassium is essential to help the absorption of water and also helps the formation of the rigid and woody part of plants, bulbs and tubers in the garden. They also explained that the continuous and constant use of these components leads to a strong impoverishment of the soil therefore it is necessary to find natural compounds that improve the acquisition of these elements by plants and the BioDea Wood Distillate fully fulfills this function.
The BioDea Wood Distillate given on the soil mobilizes the phosphorus ion and makes it available for plants, the University of Pisa explained to us and this makes the distillate an alternative to synthetic fertilizers.
“It is now known that the constant increase in the price of fossil fuels weighs more and more on farmers’ pockets every year. Many raw materials used for fertilization and for plant protection are of chemical derivation and therefore their price depends on the costs of methane gas and electricity ”explained the founder Francesco Barbagli of BioDea.
This explains why these fertilizers have recently undergone a considerable increase in prices (even by + 200%), weighing on the pockets and lives of farmers.
BioDea products, on the other hand, being natural with a sustainable brand and using energy of renewable origin, not being from the change in the price of fossil fuels.
This means that the cost of BioDea brand products is constant, in the trend of the energy market.
Following a research by the University of Pisa, it was found that the BioDea Wood Distillate given in the soil makes up to 20% of phosphorus available for the plant. This important action therefore allows a considerable saving on expensive fertilization interventions.
Another peculiarity of BioDea Wood Distillate, proven by another scientific research published in Soil Research, is that of favoring useful microorganisms.
By increasing the fertility of its seeds, BioDea products promote plant growth by improving the absorption of nutrients and enhancing the plant’s defense systems through the secretion of metabolites.
Cultivating with BioDea Wood Distillate, therefore, a balance is re-established in the soil and in the plant, reducing the fertilization and irrigation interventions in full respect of the environment and satisfying the principles of economic and social sustainability.
Prof. Stefano Loppi and his team of researchers from the University of Siena spoke on the benefits of BioDea wood distillate on plant defense such as an increase in starches, sugars and pectins on salads, chickpeas and basil.
Basil treated with wood distillate showed, unwittingly, extraordinary responses against the lack of water. In fact, some basil plants had been left in the laboratory, by mistake, without being irrigated for weeks. Those treated with distillate resisted water stress remarkably to those of control. This opens up new study scenarios for the product.
Finally, the testimony of the Rampi farm was important, where the owner Pietro Rampi spoke about his experience on Tomatoes, pumpkins and watermelon. He too reiterated the need to do agriculture bearing in mind the need to make income, and therefore economic sustainability, and to apply agronomic techniques that are compatible with the environment.
For those who could not follow the workshop live, they can review everything at the following link:
https://fb.watch/aGpZ5N-ka4/
Numerous were connected via streaming, more than one hundred and fifty. The next workshop will always be held in the frame of the Accademia dei Fisiocritici in Siena on the last Friday of February and will deal with viticulture and olive growing.