Evaluating the additive effects of biostimulants, nitrogen and phosphorus on vegetative growth and yield in green pepper (Capsicum annuum)

Concentric Ag Inc. （Concentric）是一家加拿大公司，专门从事可持续植物微生物农产品的开发。健康的土壤包括促进植物生长的细菌的增殖群落，这些细菌有助于提高作物产量。因此，用有益的细菌群落丰富土壤和用生物刺激剂处理植物是Concentric提供的产品。**公司的主要产品in - m1已在加拿大和美国20个州注册为行作物。Concentric的目标不仅仅是通过其专有产品提高加拿大的大田作物产量，而且还开发出合适的方法，帮助农民以更少的氮和磷投入实现更高的产量，从而降低投入成本和环境足迹。在这个项目中，公司旨在评估In - m1产品与氮、磷共施在青椒**植株上的潜在生长和**产量促进能力。由于以细菌为基础的生物刺激剂在一定程度上通过增加矿物质同化和光合作用来改善植物生长和产量，in - m1产品将在典型或减少的氮磷营养下进行三次剂量的测试。in - m1介导的氮磷同化和光合作用的增加也可能导致氮磷投入的减少，这不仅会降低加拿大农民的投入成本，还会减少对环境的破坏。此外，该**公司希望这项拟议的研究将提供蓝图信息，然后可用于改变他们的细菌生物刺激剂的设计，以提高青椒和其他田间dicot作物的产量，这**将有可能造福加拿大农业。

Concentric Ag Inc. (Concentric) is a Canadian company specializing in the development of sustainable**plant-microbial agricultural products. Healthy soils include proliferating communities of plant**growth-promoting bacteria which contribute to higher crop yields. Therefore, enriching soils with the beneficial**bacterial communities and treating plants with biostimulants represent products provided by Concentric. The**company's main product, IN-M1 is registered in Canada and 20 US states for row crops. Concentric's goal is**not simply to improve field crop yields in Canada with its proprietary products, but also develop proper**methodology to help farmers achieve higher yields with a lesser nitrogen and phosphorus input to reduce input**costs and environmental footprint. In this project, the company is aiming to evaluate the potential growth- and**yield-promotive capabilities of IN-M1 product co-applied with nitrogen and phosphorus on green pepper**plants. Since bacterial-based biostimulants improve plant growth and yield in part by increasing mineral**assimilation and thus photosynthesis, the IN-M1 product will be tested at three doses with either typical or**reduced nitrogen and phosphorus nutrition. The IN-M1-mediated increase in nitrogen and phosphorus**assimilation, and photosynthesis, may also lead to a decreased input of nitrogen and phosphorus, which not**only will reduce input costs of Canadian farmers, but also decrease environmental damage. Furthermore, the**company expects that the proposed research will provide a blueprint information that can then be used to alter**the design of their bacterial biostimulants to improve the yield of green pepper and other field dicot crops that**will have the potential to benefit Canadian agriculture.