Conventional
Conventional
The emergis® range of seed priming treatments help to improve speed of germination, provide a more uniform emergence, and promote earlier and stronger plant establishment. The emergis range includes emergis XL, emergis XT, emergis XV, and emergis classic.
Species availability:
Carrot, Celery, Chard, Coriander, Corn Salad, Eggplant, Fennel, Leek, Melon, Onion, Parsley, Parsnip, Pepper, Red Beet, Salad / Bunching Onion, Spinach, Sweet Pepper, Tobacco, Tomatoes, Wild Rocket
Emergis® XV is a seed technology for spinach that induces earlier bolting and flowering while increasing the speed of germination and improving uniformity for the parental line.
Species availability:
Spinach
Exilis is a seed hygiene process that removes or reduces seed-borne contaminants from Swiss chard, red beet, celery, and multiple brassica species.
Seed hygiene for Swiss chard and red beet:
Product benefits:
- Pseudomonas syringae pv. aptata reduced below 500 CFU in the standard test with 30.000 seeds
- Positive effect on removal of Alternaria spp., Phoma betae
- Minimal impact on seed vitality
- Excellent shelf life tested to 6 months +
Seed hygiene for Brassica:
Product benefits:
- Removes Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris / Xanthomonas campestris pv. amoraciae (Xcc/Xca) bacteria from brassica seeds
- Minimal impact on seed vitality
- Excellent shelf life tested to 6 months +
Species availability:
Broccoli, Cabbage, Cauliflower, Red Beet, Swiss Chard
Preferred by organic growers producing carrots, onions and turnips, Oxykote® is a tan, heavy, split pellet offering excellent plantability and uniform placement.
Species availability:
Carrot, Leek, Onion, Salad / Bunching Onion, Turnip
Oxylight® is a lightweight, high-quality seed pellet.
Species availability:
Fennel, Tomatoes
Oxymelt® is a seed pellet that improves the handling and plantability of small seed. The pellet melts away from the seed rapidly on contact with moisture, giving the seed access to oxygen and light. This is beneficial for the quick germination of sensitive seeds.
Species availability:
Flowers, Tobacco
Oxypil® is an easy-to-handle split pellet for cultivating crops in protected greenhouse environments.
Species availability:
Broccoli, Cabbage, Cauliflower, Celery, Endive, Fennel, Green Hearted Chicory, Leek, Lettuce, Treviso, Turnip
Polycote® is a precision application of fungicides, insecticides, and other beneficial microorganisms, often adding a coloured layer to the seed. This also enables improved handling and produces dust-free, cosmetically pleasing seed.
Species availability:
Broccoli, Cabbage, Carrot, Cauliflower, Chard, Coriander, Corn Salad, Courgette, Cucumber, Eggplant, Endive, Gherkin, Kale, Leek, Lettuce, Melon, Onion, Parsley, Parsnip, Pepper, Pumpkin, Radish, Red Beet, Salad / Bunching Onion, Spinach, Sweet Pepper, Tomatoes, Turnip, Watermelon, Wild Rocket
Procoat® is a minimum build-up pellet/encrustment used for precision planting in open field crops.
Species availability:
Carrot, Onion, Parsnip, Tomatoes, Wild Rocket
Prodrill® direct is a field pellet that allows the seed to be directly drilled using precision planters. The pellet also enables the seed to be tolerant of adverse field conditions that would otherwise affect the seed.
Species availability:
Lettuce
Propell® is a lightweight field pellet that splits rapidly and neatly when placed in moist growing conditions, allowing access to the seed for oxygen and light uptake for germination. The pellet is designed for direct-drilled crops and is precisely graded to improve the seed’s singulation and plantability.
Species availability:
Leek, Lettuce, Onion, Salad / Bunching Onion
Propill is a seed pellet for plant raiser use.
Species availability:
Celery, Lettuce
Propill select® is a plant raiser pellet that is suitable for transplant production in trays and peat blocks.
Species availability:
Celery, Radicchio
Tempo® is a priming process to combat abiotic stresses linked to temperature and light, enabling seed to germinate in the dark and under temperature stress. Tempo raises the upper-temperature limit and reduces the requirement for light that is required for the germination process, improving both speed and uniformity.
Species availability:
Lettuce
Tempo® hr delivers a high range seed priming and generates a broader germination temperature range and extended shelf-life. Continuing to build on the strengths of the existing tempo seed priming product, tempo hr further enables flexibility of longer storage and increased performance under warmer and colder conditions. Tempo hr is compatible with Germains lettuce oxypil® and polycote® solutions and is offered with the same product range as the existing tempo.
Species availability:
Lettuce
Stimulating the plant’s natural defences
Xbeet® enrich100 is a combination of innovative pellet and an elicitor treatment that promotes stronger plants and boosts their natural defence mechanisms. The pesticide-free formula promotes healthy soil and improves plant vitality, ultimately leading to more yield from your crop.
What is an elicitor?
An elicitor is a compound that enhances the plant’s natural defence. The elicitor found in the Xbeet® enrich series sets off chain reactions that trigger enhanced responses to biotic and abiotic stressors, including pathogenic fungi, bacteria and adverse weather conditions.
Key Benefits
Promotes plant emergence
More even canopy cover
Helps deliver consistent, higher-yielding crops
Trialled and tested for UK climate
Independently verified results
Xbeet® enrich100 trial results
Small plot trials
Xbeet® enrich100 demonstrated an average increased in yield of 1.5% over the control sample (graph 1). Germains performed small plot trials over four years, with six replications of the treatment across six trial sites.
Trial design: Small randomised blocks
Xbeet® enrich100 achieved an average yield increase of 1.5% in comparison to Xbeet® plus, across 5 years of trials
Strip trials
The strip trials studied the performance of Xbeet® enrich100 in large replicated strips across the field. This helped measure results in variable field conditions. The trials achieved a 4.4% increase in yield (graph 2) under conditions that were as close to normal farming practices as possible.
Trial design:Pellets are planted with a commercial drill, fields are managed using standard agronomic practice and roots are harvested with a commercial six-row harvester.
Xbeet® enrich100 Strip Trial % Improvement in Adj Yield(t/ha), in comparison to Xbeet Plus®
Species availability:
Sugar Beet
Accelerating growth from seed to maturity
We are proud to offer our new and improved product in the Xbeet® enrich series. Using cutting-edge seed technology, Xbeet® enrich200 promotes early plant growth and crop development. Independent verified testing* shows that Xbeet® enrich200outperforms its market-leading predecessor Xbeet® enrich100.
What is Xbeet® enrich200?
Xbeet® enrich200 helps young plants reach the critical 12-leaf stage as quickly as possible. This ensures sugar beets have the natural defences needed to cope with later stressors, such as suboptimal environments and unpredictable weather conditions.
How is it different from Xbeet® enrich100?
Xbeet® enrich200 includes all the effective ingredients of Xbeet® enrich100, with the added benefit of an innovative plant-derived biostimulant. In combination with the elicitor, this boosts early plant growth, helping crops deal with pressures of pest, diseases and competitive weed situations.
What is biostimulant?
Biostimulants are defined as “materials, other than fertilisers, that promote plant growth when applied in small quantities”. Using a biostimulant has been proven to boost early growth, helping plants during the most vulnerable stage of development.
Key Benefits
Uses biostimulants for improved early crop growth
Increases the promotion of plant emergence
Further enhances uniformity of canopy cover
Helps deliver more consistent, higher-yielding crops
Trialled and tested for UK climate
Independently verified results
Xbeet® enrich200 trial results
Plant weight (controlled environment test)
Xbeet® enrich200 has shown an increase in plant weight, demonstrating the impact of biostimulant in boosting early plant growth (graph 3). This has direct influence on the final sugar yields and profits.
Plant weight
Small plot trials
Small plot trials have shown an average yield benefit of 1.4% over Xbeet® enrich100 during 3 years of trials.
This yield increase results in an additional yield of 1.1 tonnes per hectare.
Small plot trials have shown an significant yield benefit of 1.4% fromXbeet® enrich200 vs Xbeet® enrich100 during 3 years of trials.
Strip trials
Strip trial data from 2018 highlighted an average of 2.5% increase in yield (graph 4) across three trial sites.
This yield increase resulted in 1.9 additional tonnes per hectare.
Commercial scale strip trials in 2018 & 2019 have given an average of 2.5% increase in yield across three trial sites in the UK.Xbeet® enrich200 yield benefit over Xbeet® enrich100.
Species availability:
Sugar Beet
