BlueN offers a unique way to facilitate plants to capture nitrogen throughout the season.
BlueN is a foliar applied biostimulant composed of an exclusive strain of naturally occurring endophytic bacteria, Methylobacterium symbioticum. This bacterium uses methanol given off by the plant during metabolic processes as an energy source to acquire atmospheric nitrogen and convert it to ammonium inside the plant. Ammonium is used to make essential amino acids fundamental for plant growth.
When applied, BlueN enters the plant through the stomata. BlueN concentrates mainly in areas of growth in and around plant leaf cells. Broadly, BlueN will take about 1 week to colonise a plant and will acquire the equivalent to 3 kg/ha of applied nitrogen per week thereafter, usually about 30 kg/ha per season (10-week crop). Therefore, once colonised, BlueN provides the plant with a sustainable supplemental source of nitrogen throughout the season.
