Managing Environmental Stress - The Next Frontier in Crop Productivity
Environmental stresses are estimated to cause 50-60% of all losses in today's agriculture. Reducing these losses by even a small fraction would contribute significantly towards fulfilling the increasing demand for feed, fibre and fuel of the world’s rapidly growing population. CMM’s science-based approach to this problem is to harness the plant’s natural stress coping mechanisms to improve crop productivity. CMM is identifying specific molecules that prepare the plant’s key stress defense pathways. Using this method CMM is able to design highly targeted solutions to a wide range of environmental stressors (cold, heat, light, drought, salinity etc.). CMM’s novel technologies can significantly reduce crop losses without using genetically modified organisms, loosely characterized ‘plant extracts’ or ancillary uses of existing pesticides.CMM has developed a proprietary platform for effectice stress management. CMM’s goal is to provide grower’s the means to increase crop yield and quality with easy to use, cost effective, sustainable technologies.
Recent News
- ScreenTM Duo Heat Stress Management for Crops Introduced by Certis USA 02 May 2011 10:08 News Blaze … innate stress mechanism to protect the plant from abiotic … Screen Duo is manufactured...
- CMM and Certis USA agree to develop new plant stress technologies 11 Nov 2010 14:58 FreshPlaza … new plant stress technologies Crop Microclimate Management Inc. (CMM), a leader...
- Abiotic Remedy 06 Dec 2010 22:36 DTN/The Progressive Farmer … Charles Kupatt and Nick Phillips of Crop Microclimate Management …...
Abiotic Stress Impacts
Although essential for plant growth, losses due to excess light, heat, cold, drought, and other factors cause significant reductions in the quality and quantity of crop yield. For example, most people are surprised to learn that photosynthesis is reduced or stopped at temperatures of 30C (86F) and impaired at even lower temperatures. Too much light induces free radical oxygen formation and subsequent damage. Yield losses can be as high as 75% under stress conditions.
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Stress Management Innovation
CMM is taking a leaf out of mother natures book and using the plant's own biochemistry to provide protection against environmental stressors. Using this approach CMM has identified multiple target sites within plants that are responsive to naturally occurring compounds, which trigger the stress coping systems. CMM is researching and commercializing a number of these compounds. Results of field trials show that treated plants are better able to withstand various stresses resulting in increased yields of higher quality crops.
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