Seniphos Continues To Produce Results
Seniphos, Phosyn²s phosphate and calcium liquid product, was developed in the late 1970²s and was launched in 1980 after field trials testing on apple crops in Kent, England.
Plenty of replicated field trials evidence has been generated from the 1980²s onwards showing that Seniphos boosts the level of phosphorus in harvested fruit, leading to increased fruit quality, fruit firmness, storage potential and shelf-life. For example, Market Information Sheets summarising these treatment responses to Seniphos application programmes with apple test crops, include trials from such diverse parts of the world as Canada, France, Korea, New Zealand and the U.K. A large database also exists for other crops.
Further research throughout the 1990²s demonstrated the additional benefits of applying 10 l/ha Seniphos alone, typically in 1000 l/ha water, once the fruit has started to change colour, in terms of increasing the red colouration in bicolour apple varieties. Replicated trials data were summarised in Market Information Sheets from Belgium, France, Korea, Poland, Spain, Sweden, the U.K. and the USA. Furthermore, the approach was tested on other crops during this period. A long history of producing responses to timely Seniphos treatment applications in apple and other fruit crops, and in arable crops, in replicated field trials conducted around the world, has been mirrored by consistently good commercial activity.
Therefore Seniphos has a long established pedigree, but it is always refreshing to find new evidence for its continuing benefits to growers the world over. Yet another report was recently received showing independent field trials studies with Seniphos and this time the test crop was plum, variety Amers.
Improvement in fruit storage
Improvement in fruit colour
The above research was conducted by the Institute of Pomology at Skierniewice in Poland in 2002 and 2003 and demonstrated yet again that Seniphos continues to produce results.
Author: David Bilsborough, Global
Published: April 2005