2017 ASHS Annual Conference

JRX’s Biostimulant is derived from macadamia nut oil and has been used in the cosmetics industry as a superfatting agent. We conducted a series of greenhouse experiments with field, nursery crops and turf to determine if JRX’s Biostimulant application would reduce crop water requirements. Initial experiments with cowpea, sudangrass, and alfalfa found a curvilinear response between drought tolerance and JRX Biostimulant application rate, with increasing drought tolerance at lower rates but reduced plant productivity at high rates of JRX Biostimulant. Subsequent experiments with pansy, tall fescue, and petunia found that a 1% dose of JRX Biostimulant reduced water requirement by over 40 percent