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As Harvest Harmonics is a new technology that is completely revolutionizing the way we do agriculture, many scientists have become interested in the completely new understanding of exactly how plants work and how we can make them perform their functions at their highest level all the time with this organic and sustainable solution. 

Harvest Harmonics is on a mission to revitalize and revolutionize the agriculture industry with new technology that increases nutrient absorption, yield, and reduces the use of chemicals and pesticides in all farming operations. The result is greater profit for the hard work of our farmers and better quality of fruits and vegetables so that everyone can eat. 

The basis of this technology starts from the principle of biophysics, we apply physics directly to the biology of plants. All living things on this planet have a kind of biology and plants are no different. In fact, plants operate according to a specific pattern of signals that allow them to produce all the fruits and vegetables we enjoy eating. We studied about thousands of varieties of plants and discovered that in all types of plants: grass, grass, fruit trees, no matter what it is, all those that perform the process of photosynthesis operate with a set of ordered signals that allows them to produce fruits and vegetables. And we noticed that stressed plants of the same variety have an altered signal pattern and, as a result, are not able to produce the energy they need to grow, be healthy, and generate fruits and vegetables. And we can mention that using biophysical equipment there is a positive change in this pattern of signals. 

So what we do is reinforce the metabolism of the plant using a set of frequencies that allows the plant to grow resistant, healthy and fast, operating according to its optimal potential. This technology has never been seen, they are not magnets or magnets, it is a completely new technology. What we do is program our microtransmitters with these 3000 healthy photosynthesis signals and install it in the irrigation system, so that every moment the farmer waters his plants is essentially reinforcing the ideal metabolism of that plant and that plant will be able to produce more energy for longer periods of time, which previously could not have been possible. In fact, it has been studied that most plants cannot absorb and use all the amount of fertilizer, for example, that we give to plants, on average they use 20 to 30% in a good field. Our technology helps to increase to a probable value of 40-50% allowing them to use the nutrition we give you. In fact, in many cases, we found that we were able to completely eliminate the use of fertilizers because the plants absorb what they need and produce good crops without needing to add an extra amount of fertilizer. And improving microbial activity in the soil is also helping to produce the nitrogen that plants need to survive and grow healthy. 

That is why today, in this blog, we want to share one of our results with universities that participate in our program of 1000 scientific trials around the world with Kyminasi Plant Crop Booster technology. If you are interested in doing a scientific essay at a University with our technology, please contact us.  

Thesis in Corn: Universidad Francisco de Paula Santander 

Date: March 2022. 

Place: Ocaña, Colombia. 

Details: Kyminasi Plant Booster was installed at Universidad Francisco de Paula Santander, Colombia. 

Some Results: The pH of the soil was stabilized from slightly acidic to neutral and the EC of the soil solution was reduced by 50% in the treatment field, while in the control field the acidity of the soil increased and the EC remained the same. 

• The average height in the treatment field was 2.80m and in the control field 1m.
• The stem thickness in the control field was 1.78cm and in the treatment it was 2.76cm.
• In average width of the blade was 9.08cm in the treatment and in the control it was 6.89cm
• The average number of leaves in the treatment was 11.64 and in the control was 9.16

• The Green Forage Yield (RFV) in the treatment was 125 while the RFV in the control was 115. 

• The linear yield of maize in the treatment was 7.59kg/m and in the control it was 1.58kg/m.
• The raw fodder obtained in the treatment field was 79,664kg and in the control field it was 11,672kg.
• Water consumption in the treatment field was 94,770L and in the control it was 189,540L.
• Brix degrees in the treatment were 11.5% and in the control 8.5%.
• Titratable acidity (probability of rot) is lower in treatment with 2.5% and the control has on average 3.75%.
• The average maturity index in the treatment is 4.6 (post-harvest durability) and the control is 2.3.
• The beneficial microbiota in the treatment field is 7.92% higher than in the control with 4.47%.
• Final average of cobs per plant was 2 in the treatment and 1 in the control.

Created By: Mariangel Rodriguez

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Chili Thrips

Scirtothrips dorsalis or also known as Chilli thrips is a harmful organism listed as a quarantine pest. It is an insect with a wide spectrum of host plants (more than 150 species), including crops of commercial interest such as: beans, tomato, eggplant, cucumber, onion, pepper, peanut, soybean, strawberry, corn, citrus, cocoa, banana, fig, grape, kiwi, mango, peach, rose, pear, chrysanthemum, tea, cotton, tobacco, etc. Likewise, it can be found in numerous ornamental or spontaneous species (Plant Health Service Murcia, 2017).

It is an extremely voracious invasive pest, widely distributed worldwide, first described in India in 1919. Currently, its distribution is mainly located in Southeast Asia, China, Japan, the Middle East, Oceania, Africa, the Caribbean and some countries. South America and, in more detail, in the United States (Florida, Texas, Georgia and Hawaii), Israel, New Guinea, South Africa and Uganda (Plant Health Service Murcia, 2017)

Its small size (2mm) and its rapid movement make it difficult to detect this insect in fresh vegetation. Eggs of up to 0.2 mm are inserted into the soft tissues of the plant, so these characteristics increase the chances of spreading Scirtothrips dorsalis through fresh plant materials (Agricola et al., n.d.)

This insect, with its mouthparts, extracts the contents of the epidermal cells, generating necrosis of the tissue, which changes the color turning it brown or black. It causes scars where it fed, distortion of the leaves, discoloration of the buds, as well as of the flowers and young fruits. It has not been recorded that it has feeding habits on mature tissues. Infested plants are stunted, and in severe cases total defoliation can occur, generating great losses. In addition, it is a transmitter of viruses that affect crops such as tobacco, peppers, peanuts and melons. S. dorsalis is a free-living organism that spreads to other locations through the flow of infested plant material (young leaves, apical parts of plants, flowers and fruits), as well as by air currents (Agricola et al., n.d.).

Apart from the direct damage, another of the problems that this pest can cause to some important crops is the fact that, by having to carry out specific chemical treatments for its control during the flowering-fruiting season, they can negatively affect numerous species of fauna. auxiliary that in turn keeps other pests of these crops controlled, causing their subsequent emergence (Rodríguez Tapia et al., 2016).

Due to the speed of its spread and the difficulty of detecting it, strategies for its control have been developed over the years, such as:

a) Biological fight: for the control of this plague, the literature shows the existence of several species that can exert a certain interaction with S. dorsalis, such as, for example; Orius spp. or Amblyseius swirskii, so it is to be assumed that in this case something similar will happen with some of the auxiliary species that already control other species of thrips that inhabit various orchards.

b) Technological fight: The placement of yellow gummed chronotropic plates has been shown to be a useful tool for their capture. In principle, this system could be suitable for use in population monitoring or mass capture (in the case of greenhouse crops). Another technology that would significantly help control it is Kyminasi Plant Crop Booster, which has been shown to significantly optimize the immune system of plants, so the incidence of plants is lower.

c) Chemical fight: The most suitable moment for its control is in the initial larval stage. The products that have been most effective in other countries where this pest is present would be pyrethroids, although there may be other active substances of interest such as imidacloprid, azadirachtin, spinosad or spirotetramat. However, the affected crop must be studied to determine, according to authorizations, which products would be used in each case (Plant Health Service Murcia, 2017).

Sources:

129620-SERVICIO DE SANIDAD VEGETAL MURCIA_FICHA SCIRTOTHRIPS DORSALIS_Enero 2017. (n.d.).

Agrícola, P., Servicio, G., & Vegetal, S. (n.d.). Scirtothrips dorsalis CONSEJERÍA DE AGRICULTURA, PESCA Y DESARROLLO RURAL INTRODUCCIÓN PRINCIPALES HUÉSPEDES, DESCRIPCIÓN Y CICLO BIOLÓGICO.

Rodríguez Tapia, J. L., Hernández Espinosa, D., Zamora Rodríguez, V., Pérez Castro, J. M., & Fortes Ponce, H. (2016). Primer informe de la presencia de Scirtothrips dorsalis Hood (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) en Cuba first report of the presence of Scirtothrips dorsalis Hood (Thysa-noptera: Thripidae) in Cuba. In Hoddel & Mound (Vol. 20, Issue 1).

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Sustainable Urban Agriculture

Sustainable urban agriculture seeks to provide safe food through the sustainable intensification of space and biodiversity, soil and water resources to obtain higher yields in the short, medium and long term. 

Around 15 percent of the world’s food is now grown in urban areas. According to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), urban farms already supply food to about 700 million residents of cities, representing about a quarter of the world’s urban population. And by 2050, almost 80 percent of the world’s population is projected to reside in urban areas (Nick, 2022). 

It involves the use of appropriate management practices and technologies, applying production methods and systems that optimize yields, maintaining and developing the locally available resource base. 

For this, it develops technologies appropriate to the agroclimatic, social, cultural and economic conditions of intra and peri-urban farmers, promoting good practices that include the fair and equitable distribution of the costs and benefits associated with production. In this way, it contributes to reducing inequalities in access to resources and inputs that tend to limit the development of many farmers, especially the poorest. 

Agriculture in the cities is practiced by intra-urban farmers, generally people with limited resources who produce for self-consumption and the commercialization of small surpluses obtained by cultivating and raising animals in small plots or spaces (in their homes or in community or group gardens) that do not exceed a few square meters, and who are located within cities. It is also practiced by peri-urban farmers, often family members and with a certain agricultural tradition, who produce for the market in larger plots located on the urban periphery that are usually measured in hectares. 

Nowadays there are agreements for sustainable urban agriculture practices, one of which is The Milan Pact.  

The Milan Urban Food Policy Pact is an international agreement of Mayors. It is more than a declaration; it is a concrete working tool for cities. It is composed of a preamble and a Framework for Action listing 37 recommended actions, clustered in 6 categories. For each recommended action, there are specific indicators to monitor progress in implementing the Pact. The Milan Pact Awards offer concrete examples of the food policies that cities are implementing in each of the 6 Pact categories. Actually, there are more than 240 signatory cities worldwide (MUFPP, 2022). 

One of the main limitations that both intra- and peri-urban farmers must overcome is the sustainable management of pests and diseases that cause losses in yields and product quality, before, during and after the harvest. Therefore, a timely management of pests and diseases will benefit them with a more efficient production, at a lower cost, safer for their health and that of their families and respectful of the environment, urban environments and their communities. 

A great way to continue contributing to sustainable agriculture is with Kyminasi Plants Crop Booster technology, which has a small size device designed for gardens that can work perfectly for sustainable urban agriculture. With our technology, the production and quality of fruits and vegetables will increase, in addition to improving plant resistance to pests, producing healthy fruits and vegetables and healthy plants. 

If you would like to know more about our technology, contact us on our website www.harvestharmonics.com   

Sources:  

Millan Urban Food Policy Pact (MUFPP). (2022). Local solutions for global issues. Website: https://www.milanurbanfoodpolicypact.org/ 

Nick, E. (2022). 26 Inspiring Urban Agriculture Projects. Foodtank: the think tank for food. Website: https://foodtank.com/news/2015/07/urban-farms-and-gardens-are-feeding-cities-around-the-world/ 

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Which countries are regulating the use of water for agriculture?

Mars looks scary. For some people, the red planet is the object of study, some others even want to go and live there. The main requirement to make that adventure possible is not to find gold, oil, or oxygen. The major concern is finding water. This molecule has many characteristics that make it not only unique but necessary to life.  

The search for enough water is one of the challenges in Mars’ expeditions plans 

Philosophy aside, water plays a major role in agriculture, as it is a primally resource, together with sunlight, of a good part of the crops grown worldwide (for example: hydroponics doesn’t need sunlight). Approximately, only 1 in every 5 farmers around the globe use irrigation systems. This might seem like a small number, but the World Bank (2022) disagrees:  

Water is a critical input for agricultural production and plays an important role in food security.  Irrigated agriculture represents 20 percent of the total cultivated land and contributes 40 percent of the total food produced worldwide. 

                          Farms that use irrigation can be more productive

Furthermost, irrigation plays a significant part in mechanized farming operations’ efficiency: 

Irrigated agriculture is, on average, at least twice as productive per unit of land as rainfed agriculture, thereby allowing for more production intensification and crop diversification. (Ibid) 

This efficiency that allows all of us to eat comes with a cost:  

Currently, agriculture accounts (on average) for 70 percent of all freshwater withdrawals globally (and an even higher share of “consumptive water use” due to the evapotranspiration of crops). (Ibid) 

The direct consequence of this water usage volume is that farmers are struggling to find reliable water sources, increasing the cost of producing food. Also, authorities in many countries are imposing laws and regulations to reduce the amount of water used in agriculture.  

Production of the national food supply represents one critical use for water in the U.S.  

(California Department of Water Resources, 2020)  

Countries regulating the use of water for agriculture:  

• Italy: authorities ordered that fruit trees and poplars no longer be watered in the region around the Sesia river. The saved water will be used to irrigate rice crops.  

• Portugal: several towns in southern Portugal have already activated an emergency plan to reduce the irrigation of crops in 1800 farms.  
• Spain: the water demand keeps growing in the third-largest European agricultural producer. At least one-fifth of the land is still irrigated using unsustainable methods.  

How can farmers stay productive? 

Fresh water is a limited resource, it’s needed for plenty of industrial processes. Agtech plays an important role in aiding farmers to increase efficiency and lower costs. Markets show an increase in alternatives to save water and keep farms profitable.  

• Knowledge is key: a careful reading of the regulations will provide farmers with tools to understand and play by the rules without jeopardizing their operations success.  
• Search for help: sharing experiences with other farmers, especially when it comes to technology, can give solutions according to each case’s needs. Harvest Harmonics offers a free cost-benefit analysis service to the readers of this post. 
• R&D: some governments offer grants to those farms that use new technologies or strategies to reduce water usage. If you are in California, you can read about funding agricultural water use efficiency projects in the section “Cool resources” 👇🏻. 

We are living changing times. The most important thing is to take care of those that matter and keep them safe, so no one would have to think of Mars as their new home.  What do you think about these regulations? Are they being fair to farmers? We would love to read your opinion!  

Harvest Harmonics with their Kyminasi Plants Crop Booster can help you, our farmers and our world in different kind of manners: Faster Soil Water Infiltration, Reduction of Excessive Soil Electrical Conductivity, Reduction or Savings in water and at the same time, Increase in Yields, Savings in Fertilizer, Increase in Brix Levels and Pest Resistance, all together. Connect with Harvest Harmonics’ social networks. 

Cool resources:  

• World Bank Infographic about irrigation 
• Harvest Harmonics Cost – benefit analysis 
• Agriculture Water Use Efficiency (ca.gov)  

Sources and more to reed:  

OECD_Food_Ag_Fisheris_Paper.pdf (fao.org) 

Agricultural Water Use, EnviroAtlas National Data Fact Sheet, January 2014 (epa.gov) 

Water scarcity: EU countries forced to restrict drinking water access | Environment | All topics from climate change to conservation | DW | 07.07.2022 

Water in Agriculture (worldbank.org) 

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What if you had to cut your nitrogen by 50%?

Nitrogen is the main limiting nutrient after carbon, hydrogen and oxygen for photosynthetic process, phyto-hormonal, proteomic changes and growth-development of plants to complete its lifecycle. Excessive and inefficient use of N fertilizer results in enhanced crop production costs and atmospheric pollution. Atmospheric nitrogen (71%) in the molecular form is not available for plants. For the world’s sustainable food production and atmospheric benefits, there is an urgent need to upgrade nitrogen use efficiency in agricultural farming system. Nitrogen use efficiency is the product of nitrogen uptake and utilization efficiency, it varies from 30.2 to 53.2%. Nitrogen losses are too high due to excess amount, low plant population, poor application methods etc., which can go up to 70% of total available nitrogen (Anas et al., 2020). 

Frink et al. (1999) stated that nitrogen (N) plays an important role in crop plants. It is involved in various critical processes such as growth, leaf area-expansion and biomass-yield production. Various plant molecules such as amino acids, chlorophyll, nucleic acids, ATP and phyto-hormones, that contains nitrogen as a structural part, are necessary to complete the biological processes, involving carbon and nitrogen metabolisms, photosynthesis and protein production. 

Anas et al. (2020) mentioned that insufficient amount of N available to plants can hinder the growth and development. Nitrogen can also improve root growth, increase the volume, area, diameter, total and main root length, dry mass and subsequently increase nutrient uptake and enhance nutrient balance and dry mass production. 

Worldwide high nitrogen fertilizer application results in economic loss and ecological hazardous due to extra consumption of resources, water eutrophication, and high rate of greenhouse gas emissions along with potential leaching. The inefficient N utilization with poor transformation of provided N results in unintentional fertilizer loss in soil, atmosphere and promoting contamination of groundwater, distort connecting biological communities and cause dangerous atmospheric deviation, through the emission of the poisonous ozone depleting substance nitrous oxide (Galloway et al., 2008), eutrophication, air pollution, N leaching, water pollution, soil acidification and soil degradation which is not suitable for environment friendly crop production and human life (Anas et al. 2020) 

The whole fertilizer issues back in February when started to becoming a really issues for farmers even before the main season and all the atmosphere, that was even before Rusia and Ukraine conflict started around that time. The conflict doesn’t go away, even if the conflict ended yesterday, the reply effects of that conflict and the related with it will continue against Russia and everything related with this reply effect of fertilizer usage (Kurtz, 2022). 

It is interesting to see how people react to this type of problem. One problem you can look like a claimed issue, let’s ask us, what does farming or agriculture play in global warming, environmental problems, etc., and how we will deal with these kinds of things. (Kurtz, 2022) 

We think that there is a lot of pressure by certain groups to really move this really forward fast now, making fast reaction governments around the world in turns of environmental policies.  One of these policies measurements is the fact that farmers have to reduce their nitrogen usage with numbers as 50%, this dramatically cut the food production which is translated as people being hungry (Kurtz, 2022). 

When you force somebody to do something and you don’t have an available solution, a replacement to help them, this means a lot of farmers just can’t be able to survive doing things in a different way. So, one excellent solution is the Kyminasi Plants Crop Booster technology: this technology was developed for environmental prospective; actually, it was developed for two reasons: 1) To make human food healthier, it means reduce the among of chemicals, that includes nitrogen to growing food so people could be healthier, have a more nutritious body and, 2) reduce environmental impact, reduce nitrogen emissions, chemical emissions, poisoned soils and poisoned environment (Kurtz, 2022). 

Farmers need help with these new policies and measurements and Kyminasi Plants Crop Booster is one of the best to help them. If you are a farmer, answer this question for you or let us know: would you like to reduce input cost, reduce fertilizer use and produce better quality crops and comply with the government’s regulations?  

We are Harvest Harmonics and we want you to be part of the future of agriculture today. We are revolutionizing the agriculture industry worldwide. 

Sources:
Anas, M., Liao, F., Verma, K.K. et al. (2020). Fate of nitrogen in agriculture and environment: agronomic, eco-physiological and molecular approaches to improve nitrogen use efficiency. Biol Res 53, 47. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40659-020-00312-4 

Frink CR, Waggoner PE, Ausubel JH (1999). Nitrogen fertilizer: retrospect and prospect. Proc Natl Acad Sci. 1999;96:1175–80. 

Galloway JN, Townsend AR, Erisman JW, Bekunda M, Cai Z, Freney JR, Martinelli LA, Seitzinger SP, Sutton MA (2008). Transformation of the nitrogen cycle: recent trends, questions, and potential solutions. Science. 2008;320:889–92 

Kurtz, J (2022). What if you had to cut your nitrogen by 50%? [Webinar]. Harvest Harmonics Corp. https://youtu.be/tNwkeCsj4wA 

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The Most Serious Disease For Citrus And How To Control It.

The HLB (Huanglongbing) or citrus greening is a disease spread by the Asian citrus psyllid (Diaphorina citri). It was first described in Asia in the early 1900s (USDA, 2021). Before it was identified as one disease, it became known by various names: yellow shoot (huanglungbin) in China; likubin (decline) Taiwan; dieback in India; leaf mottle in the Philippines; vein phloem degeneration in Indonesia; and yellow branch, blotchy-mottle, or greening in South Africa (Da Graqa, 1991). Citrus huanglongbing (HLB), or greening, is the most destructive citrus disease worldwide and is threatening the sustainability of the industry in major citrus-growing regions (Sheng et al., 2020). 

Symptoms of HLB can occur throughout the tree, especially if the infection occurs at or soon after propagation (McClean, 1970), it includes blotchy mottle leaves, stunted growth, reduced fruit size, premature fruit drop, corky veins, and root decline.  HLB eventually causes tree death (USDA, 2021). Da Graga (1991) mentions that, generally, leaf symptoms are of two types: Primary, which are characterized by yellowing of normal-sized leaves along the veins and sometimes by the development of a blotchy-mottle; and secondary, where the leaves are small, upright, and show a variety of chlorotic patterns resembling those induced by zinc and iron deficiencies. Analysis of symptomatic leaves shows a higher potassium content and lower calcium, magnesium, and zinc concentrations.  

Infected fruits are small, lopsided, and have a bitter taste (McClean, 1970), Kapur et al. added that it was probably because of higher acidity and lower sugars. Many fall prematurely, while those that remain on the tree do not color properly, remaining green on the shaded side (155), hence the name of the disease. Any seeds in severely affected fruit are often abortive (McClean, 1970).  

There is no cure for this disease once a tree is infected. While the disease poses no threat to humans or animals, it has devastated millions of acres of citrus production around the world, including in the United States. According to USDA (2021), the first detection of HLB in the United States occurred in Florida in 2005. Since 2005, HLB has spread through the citrus-producing areas in Florida, reducing citrus production by 75%, while more than doubling the cost of production. In 2008, HLB was detected in Louisiana, and in 2009, the disease was detected in Georgia and South Carolina. In 2012, HLB was detected in Texas and residential areas of California. HLB has been known in Asia since 1900, and Africa since 1920. The first detection of HLB in the Americas was in Brazil in 2004.   

Once a tree is infected with the bacteria, it can remain without detectable symptoms for months or years. During this symptomless phase, the tree can serve as a source of bacteria to infect other trees. Over time, an infected tree will start producing fewer fruit that are smaller, shaped irregularly, and taste bitter (USDA, 2021). 

To help to prevent citrus disease, to make the tree more resistant, some new ways are needed to try to help them, like technologies that could increase pest resistance. Kyminasi Plants Crops Booster is one of these technologies that could increase pest resistance and benefit the crops in other aspects such, better quality and yield. 

SOURCES:

Da Graga, J. V. (1991). Citrus greening disease. Annu. Rev. Phytopathol. South Africa. nnual Reviews Inc. 29:109-36

Kapur, S. P., Kapoor, S. K.0 Cheema, S. S., Dhillon, R. S. 1978. Effect of greening disease on tree and fruit characters of Kinnow mandarin. Punjab Horticult. J. 18:176-79 (Horticult. Abstr. 50:470)

McClean, A. P. D. 1970. Greening disease of sweet orange: its transmission in propagative parts and distribution in partially diseased trees. Phytophylactica 2:263 68

McClean, A. P. D., Schwarz, R. E. 1970. Greening of blotchy-mottle disease of citrus. Phytophylactica 2:177-94

Sheng l., Feng W., Yongping D., Singerman A., Guan Z. (2020). Citrus Greening: Management Strategies and Their Economic Impact. American Society for Horticultural Science. 55-5. https://doi.org/10.21273/HORTSCI14696-19

USDA (May 20, 2021). Citrus Greening. USA. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. URL: https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/ourfocus/planthealth/plant-pest-and-disease-programs/pests-and-diseases/citrus/citrus-greening

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Climate Change Will Increase the Presence of Aflatoxins in Corn

A study carried out in the United States projects risky levels of this type of toxin for the period between 2031 and 2040 (Niklas, 2022). 

Changes in the climate will abandon the global food production market: This is reflected in a recent investigation carried out by the Michigan State University (MSU). The document will warn about the increase in the levels of aflatoxins present in North American corn due to climate change. This is mainly explained by the alterations that food can suffer from climate variations, which, according to the document, will increase the loss of fungi that produce this type of toxin in corn (Niklas, 2022).  

The study modeled the impact of rising temperatures and advancing dry weather conditions that have been projected in certain regions of the United States for decades to come. And it is that the characteristics of that type encourage the spore of aflatoxin-producing fungi to become airborne, which increases their chances of contaminating crops (Niklas, 2022). 

The fungi Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus are producers of aflatoxin, a microtoxin that can infect peanuts, walnuts and corn, not only degrading the quality of crops, but also causing health problems for humans and animals (Niklas, 2022). 

The study projected an increase in the risk of the presence of aflatoxins between the years 2031-2040 due to the increase in temperature that North American corn-producing regions may experience during those years. Thus, the investigation indicated that, for that period of time, 89.5% of the counties belonging to corn-producing states will be exposed to a greater amount of aflatoxins. Specifically, 5.3% of those counties are expected to experience a 1% increased risk of increased susceptibility to these types of toxins (Niklas, 2022). 

Although cases associated with the presence of aflatoxins in corn fields are currently limited to the southern states of North America, changes in the climate of that country could push the problem to the Corn Belt. According to the study, Niklas (2022) mentioned that this could cause “alterations in the national and world corn markets, increasing the expected economic impact.” 

Thus, it is expected that in the future the production of corn crops may be displaced to more extreme regions of the north or south of the country, where the climate is cooler and more humid, which could reduce the risks of aflatoxins in crops. However, this could affect the culture of exploitation that has been developed over generations in states with traditional corn production (Niklas, 2022). 

Finally, Niklas (2022) stated that the document highlights the need for a plan to mitigate the risk that the increase in aflatoxins in North American corn can bring. In addition, the use of irrigation is emphasized as a strategy to reduce the risk of aflatoxins, since this technique reduces the stress related to the effects produced by water scarcity in corn, such as fungal infections. In addition, researchers are already using conventional and biotechnological farming techniques to develop crops that are more resistant to drought, insect damage, and the aforementioned fungal infections. 

An excellent biotechnological option is the Kyminasi Plant Crop Booster system, which is a technology that applies biophysics to crops and allows calibrating or fine-tuning the signals of plant cells to obtain a better performance and improve photosynthesis as well as the soil system and its beneficial microorganisms. 

The Kyminasi Plant Crop Booster technology would benefit all those vegetable, fruit and flower growers to realize an environmentally friendly, sustainable agriculture because it could reduce the use of fertilizers and optimize the use of irrigation water. 

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Niklas, R. (May 9, 2022) Cambio climático aumentará la presencia de aflatoxinas en maíz Red Agrícola. https://www.redagricola.com/cl/cambio-climatico-aumentara-la-presencia-de-aflatoxinas-en-maiz/#:~:text=El%20estudio%20proyect%C3%B3%20un%20aumento,ma%C3%ADz%20norteamericano%20durante%20esos%20a%C3%B1os. 

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Strawberry Producers Increase Bet on Technical Irrigation

With their sights set on the next fruit campaign, companies are installing mulch and irrigation tape, which means a greater installed area regarding past years and better production yields.

As the Peruvian strawberry production grows, concerns about its environmental impact increases. Something that is evident given this crop’s dynamism, especially in Lima’s small north valleys, where this campaign will produce around 2.200 hectares (5.436 acres), while at national level are between 3.500 to 3.800 hectares (8.648 to 9.390 acres) already installed. In this area is where 80% of the national market strawberries are cultivated, as well as the frozen ones for the main markets as USA, Canada, Korea, Japan and Europe.

Nonetheless, berries’ advisor José Cordero points out that this is an intense crop whose production requires a large amount of resources (water, energy, fertilizers, plastic, etc.) and that it generates a big environmental impact. One of the main impacts is in hydric resources, given that most of the farms take water from the High Andean basins that supply to rivers all year round. “For this reason, the work of the user commissions of the hydraulic subsector that includes the Huaral, Huaura and Barranca valleys is essential”, he recommends.

At the same time, this is a fairly “sensitive” crop, so it is appropriate to adopt the most innovative agronomical practices. Along these lines, current cultivation techniques allow strawberries to grow successfully under certain different climate conditions, open-field plants, in a protected or soilless environment. “Despite this wide adaptability, only perfect irrigation management will guarantee excellent results, both in terms of quantity and in quality”, indicates the expert and points out that the adoption of a drip irrigation system and waterings’ correct planning are key to achieve good aesthetic and organoleptic quality and, at the same time, a high production.

Campaign with increased planting under irrigation tapes

It should be noted that in Peru for years it is cultivated under two types of cultivation and irrigation systems with different results. “In the first one, the ground level crop with gravity irrigation has average yields of 35 tons in the valley. And the second one, that is under ridges systems with mulch (plastic coverage at ground level) and irrigation tapes, is yielding an average of 45 tons in the valley”, Cordero underlines.

In view of this, he notes that this 2022 strawberry campaign a lot of mulch and irrigation tapes have been installed, showing a larger installment area than previous years. “We can clearly see a greater interest in support from some companies to motivate this type of planting; just in Huaral, Huaura and Barranca valleys there will be installed approximately 450 hectares (1.112 acres), only from small producers of 2-5 hectares (5-12 acres)”, he points out.

Regarding the production cost per hectare, he expresses that an increase has occurred, so today to install a hectare which consists of renting land, preparation, mulch, tapes, labor for planting and crops borders on 18.000 dollars. “And 27.000 dollars approximately the entire campaign, including fertilizer inputs, sanitation, and maintenance and harvesting labor”, he details.

However, he considers that with these costs it is urgent that the companies bet on designing programs for crop importations of new varieties that guarantee a higher production of kilos per plant and optimum varieties for the Peruvian valley.

As general manager of Agro Natural Park, he points out that advisories with programmed visits have started at a national level to train producers in management. “Currently, Chimbote (north coast) is developing strawberries with technical irrigation in the Pampa La Carbonera, in this area, our company installed the first strawberry in 2010, strawberries by gravity and technical irrigations and today there are around 80 hectares”, he remembers.

Likewise, he highlights that a little further north, in Piura, they started a strawberry project with the Ecosac company to evaluate the adaptability and behavior with which they have had very good results.

Overview of Exports

Regarding exports for this 2022, the specialist asserts that the demand for orders abroad is expected, despite the offers that other producing countries will propose, “but the price that will be handled this year is still uncertain, added to freight increases and others”. According to the consulting firm Agrodata, in 2021, strawberry shipments

increased by 37%, reaching US$61 million at an average price of US$2.01 per kilo, closing in December with 30.5 million of kilos, projecting for this year to reach 38 million kilos exported. If you would like to know more about our technology, contact us on our website www.harvestharmonics.com

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The Science Behind Plant Performance

Plant Biophysics in Agriculture

Plant biophysics in agriculture brings biology and physics together to help explain how plants transport water and nutrients, respond to their environment, and maintain biological balance.

By examining osmosis, plant structure, photosynthesis, microscopic interactions, and natural physiological processes, biophysics provides another way to understand plant health and crop performance.

Original article by Maria Belén Amaguaña • Published August 13, 2021 • Updated July 20, 2026

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Biophysical Model

A plant is a living transport system that moves water, minerals, gases, sugars, energy, and biological information.

Understanding Biophysics

Where Biology and Physics Converge

Biophysics applies physical principles and methods to biological systems. It helps scientists examine how living organisms maintain organization, move materials, transfer energy, communicate, and respond to changing conditions.

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A Scientific Question

During the early twentieth century, scientists examined how living systems could form and maintain highly organized structures while still operating within the physical laws of nature.

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What Is Life?

Erwin Schrödinger explored this relationship in his book What Is Life?, which became an influential work in the development of modern biophysics and molecular biology.

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Plant Biophysics

In plants, biophysics helps examine membranes, water movement, energy transfer, photosynthesis, plant signaling, growth, and environmental response.

Plant Biophysics

Every Plant Is a Complex Living System

Biophysics is present in every living organism. The plant kingdom is particularly complex, demonstrating an enormous variety of structures, adaptations, chemical reactions, and biological processes.

In a simplified model, a plant is composed of roots, a stem, and leaves. Each part performs a specialized function while remaining connected to the complete living system.

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The Roots

Roots absorb water and dissolved nutrients from the soil through selectively permeable biological membranes.

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The Stem

The stem transports water, minerals, sugars, and biological materials through microscopic vascular tissues.

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The Leaves

Leaves perform photosynthesis and exchange gases through systems involving pigments, chromophores, stomata, and surrounding atmospheric conditions.

A Simplified Model

A Living Capillary Transport System

A simplified biophysical model of a plant can be represented as a capillary system with one end connected to a water and nutrient solution through selective membranes, while the opposite end interacts with the atmosphere.

An actual plant is far more complex, but this model helps illustrate how roots, vascular tissues, leaves, membranes, and the atmosphere work together to move water and nutrients.

Water and Nutrient Movement

Plant Osmosis, Gradients and Natural Balance

Water and dissolved nutrients move through plants in response to differences in water potential, pressure, concentration, and atmospheric demand.

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A Gradient Develops

Different conditions exist between the soil, roots, stem, leaves, and surrounding atmosphere, creating forces that influence water movement.

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Water Moves Through the Plant

Osmosis, root pressure, capillary action, cohesion, and transpiration contribute to the movement of water and dissolved nutrients through plant tissues.

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The Plant Readjusts

Roots, membranes, stomata, hormones, and other physiological mechanisms continually respond to changing internal and environmental conditions.

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A plant is constantly responding to water, nutrients, light, temperature, gases, and the conditions surrounding it.

Microscopic Interactions

Vibrations, Signatures and Biophysical Signals

At microscopic scales, substances can be characterized by patterns associated with molecular vibrations and electromagnetic interactions.

These measurable characteristics can function like fingerprints, helping scientific and industrial instruments identify materials and examine their physical properties.

Harvest Harmonics describes the Kyminasi Crop Booster as a technology that transmits programmed biophysical signals through irrigation water to support natural plant functions, including photosynthesis and nutrient utilization.

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Resonance Supporting natural plant processes

Biological Balance

Supporting Healthier Plant Development

Biological balance allows a plant to regulate its internal processes as it responds to changing growing conditions.

When plants are better able to use available water, nutrients, light, and biological resources, they are better positioned to support healthy development, crop quality, and production potential.

The Harvest Harmonics approach is designed to support these natural processes through a combination of bio-energetic technology and biological inputs.

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Support the Plant and Its Biological Environment

The Crop Booster is designed to support the plant’s bio-energetic performance, while the Bio Booster introduces a concentrated microbial community to support the soil, roots, and leaves.

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Biological Support

Bio Booster

A concentrated community of beneficial microorganisms designed to support biological activity around and within the plant.

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• Helps strengthen the biological environment of leaves
• Complements existing crop-management programs

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Plant Biophysics FAQs

Clear answers about plant biophysics, osmosis, biological balance, and the Harvest Harmonics system.

What is plant biophysics?

Plant biophysics is the study of physical processes within plants, including water movement, membrane transport, energy transfer, photosynthesis, mechanical structure, and responses to environmental conditions.

How does osmosis affect plant growth?

Osmosis contributes to the movement of water across plant cell membranes. Together with pressure gradients and transpiration, it helps plants maintain cell hydration and transport dissolved nutrients.

What is biological balance in plants?

Biological balance describes the plant’s ability to regulate water, nutrients, gases, energy, growth, and stress responses as internal and environmental conditions change.

How is the Crop Booster installed?

The Crop Booster is custom configured for the farm and installed directly onto an existing irrigation system. It is activated as irrigation water flows through the line.

Can the Crop Booster and Bio Booster be used together?

Yes. The two products are designed to provide complementary support: the Crop Booster focuses on plant performance, while the Bio Booster supports the plant’s microbial environment.

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The Challenge of Producing Raspberries with Export Potential

Berry exports are still meager and their crops barely reach 100 hectares throughout the country. However, there is a great opportunity for growth in the US market.

It is just the first steps. To date, Peruvian raspberries have only been exported in small samples to different countries, for amounts not exceeding US$5,000. However, this situation could change if the product enters the United States, the main partner of Peru’s agro-export sector. According to the Foreign Trade Society of Peru (Comex Peru), work is currently being done on the subject, with the aim of encouraging growth in the production of the fruit.

According to the international adviser on berry cultivation , José Cordero, the Peruvian raspberry could follow a route similar to that of blueberries, the flagship product of the country’s agro-export basket. “In addition, the entry of the Peruvian raspberry into the United States would cause the interest in investing in this crop by Peruvian agro-industrialists to increase exponentially,” he says.

If they were to enter that market, Peruvian agro-exporters would have Mexico as their main competitor, which accounts for 99% of US raspberry purchases. In 2019, the US imported raspberries from Mexico for a total of US$1.36 billion, an increase of 20% compared to the previous year. “This increase has been constant since 2017 and it is estimated that it would continue in this line, an aspect that would be very beneficial for Peruvian raspberries and, in general, for the national agro-export basket,” highlights the advisor.

It should be noted that the main destinations for Peruvian raspberries in 2019 were Europe (70% of the total volume exported), Panama (19%) and Canada (11%). Regarding its prices, Spain registered the highest with US$ 6.89 per kilo. The UK ($5.43) and the Netherlands ($4.33) followed.

PRODUCTION IN NORTE CHICO AND SIERRA CENTRAL

In that sense, how is the outlook for raspberry production heading? The expert points out that in these last three years they continue to encourage the development of raspberry planting in high Andean areas and in the small north of Peru. The process is slow because there is not much

support from some companies or state programs. “But in this last year, in Huaraz (central highlands) and the northern region we have already planted raspberries as a test of adaptability, production and profitability with the search for markets,” he stresses.

Cordero refers that to expand the supply of this crop, the strategies that must be carried out are: to promote productive chains and support from the private sector in the search for markets, and to jointly increase national production to supply national and foreign markets in the future, especially from the US market.

Asked about the number of hectares that currently exist in the country, he comments that Huaraz has approximately 10 hectares divided into plots of 1 to 2 hectares, while the small north this year has approximately 15 to 20 hectares from Barranca to Cañete (region Lime). “And at the national level, the installed area is still very small, which does not exceed 80 to 100 hectares,” he indicates.

Likewise, it mentions that regarding the areas where the cultivation of this berry has been better adapted , they have a record of programs from Cajamarca, Huaraz and other departments with crops no larger than 4 hectares (in high Andean areas it is recommended to use macro tunnel) and in the north small the adaptation of the fruit tree is going very well.

TARGETING VARIETIES FOR A SUITABLE LOCATION

Regarding the varieties that are currently produced, Cordero says that most of the trials installed are of the Heritage variety , a variety that is already grown in several areas, giving good results as a project. “Now we are looking for improvement alternatives with new varieties with higher production that are between 15 and 20 tons / ha,” he says.

In this regard, he states that Viveros California (Spain) and EMCO CAL (USA) are currently also offering raspberries, blackberries and blueberries, which are increasingly sought after by consumers around the world due to their characteristics and health benefits. “Within the species of blackberries and raspberries, they have varieties that can be grown in areas such as the coast of Peru, where the accumulation of cold hours is low, with a very suitable location for these varieties,” he underlines.

Regarding the advantages that can be highlighted in the agronomic management of this fruit tree, he indicates that, although it is a crop resistant to pests, they have the phytosanitary challenge of bringing new varieties resistant to root fungi. “And continue to control with permitted products.” Likewise, he asserts that the raspberry is not so complicated to manage, therefore, it is possible to learn about the process that the crop has, both in the sanitary part and in the production and commercialization part.

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