PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS

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PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS FOR AGRICULTURE AND
FORESTRY
STCU-NATO Workshop From Science to
Business11-12 October 2006, Kyiv Dr. Serhiy
Ponomarenko Tel. [phone]E-mail
sponom_at_ukr.net Interdepartmental Science
Technology Center AGROBIOTECH NAS and MES of
Ukraine, Kyiv
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TALK OUTLINE

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• 1. What is needed in the market?
• 2. Brief technology description.
• 3. Stage of development.
• 4. Who needs it how many will they need?
• 5. What is my unique technology advantage?
• 6. Competitive matrix.
• 7. How will I beat the competition?
• 8. Opportunity for joint work.

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PROPRIETARY INFORMATION STATEMENT

• The technology material presented in this talk is
  available for licensing or joint product
  development.
• None of the slides contains any confidential or
  proprietary information.

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PROBLEM DESCRIPTION MARKET NEED
1. INSTABILITY

• Depending on weather conditions productivity of
  grain crops in the world varies on years on 25
  and more, and world reserves of a grain - 60
  

• Stability of plants to abiotic (soil, climate,
  weather) and biotic (biological components of
  agrarian ecological system) stresses of an
  environment - the most infrequent category in
  flora

• Increase of stability of agricultural crops to
  ecological stresses is included since 1977 in
  the list of the major problems of the National
  Academy of the USA.

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BALANCE OF RESOURCES AND USE OF WHEAT IN THE USA
HRW HRW HRS HRS SRW SRW
04/05 05/06 04/05 05/06 04/05 05/06
mln. t mln. t mln. t mln. t mln. t mln. t
Production 23.3 25.3 14.3 12.7 10.3 8.4
Internal consumption 13.7 13.8 5.9 6.0 7.0 6.8
Export 10.6 12.1 8.5 7.8 3.3 2.0
Store 5.3 4.7 4.3 3.6 2.4 2.6
- hard red winter - summer - soft red
winter Average productivity in 2006 - 25,4 cwt/ha
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2. INEFFICIENCY
The cost price of production in Ukraine and
Russiais some times higher, than in the World.
Power intensity of gross domestic product in the
world, kg (conventional product) / US
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INEFFICIENCY

• The world has changed cardinally, cost of energy
  rises, change of technologies No-Till.

• Entry into WTO and competitiveness.

• Ukraine and Russia have natural resources which
  are of interest of the global capital.
  According to information of the United
  Nations they are estimated in 30,0 trillion US
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• Natural resources of the USA - 8 trln.
• China - 6,5 trln.
• Europe - 0,5 trln.

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3. PROSPECTS

• Transient world reserves of wheat next marketing
  year will be descend to the lowest level and
  will amount 119 million tons

• Forecast of the International Grain Council
  (IGC) world wheat production in 2006-2007 will
  amount 594 million tons

• Use of the Ukrainian plant growth regulators on
  10 of world fields of a winter wheat (22,4
  million ha) would allow to receive in addition
  11 million tons of a grain at the cost of 1320
  million .

• Today in Ukraine use of growth regulators amount
  1 million ha.

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WORLD PRODUCTION
Cultivation volume Winter wheat, mln.ha Corn, mln.ha Soya, mln.ha
In the world 224,0 138,0 70,0
Ukraine 7,0 2,0 0,2
Russia 23,0 2,5 0,5
China 29,0 18,0 8,0
USA 24,0 29,0 29,0
Germany 3,151 1,46 0,3
- average productivity 28 cwt/ha - average
productivity 36,7 cwt/ha - average
productivity 25,4 cwt/ha
In Ukraine, Russia, China, Germany technologies
of application of Ukrainian plant growth
regulators are checked up during not less 5
years. Additional crop from 1 ha - 10-18
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BRIEF TECHNOLOGY DESCRIPTION
PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS OF NATURAL ORIGIN
BIOLAN, EMISTIM C, RADOSTIM HAVE AWIDE SPECTRUM
OF USING ON 25 AGRICULTURAL CROPS
Biotechnology of micromicetes cultivation from
root system of ginseng
5 patents
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BRIEF TECHNOLOGY DESCRIPTION
Synthetic plant growth regulators - analogs of
phytohormones - used for seed treatment and crops
sprinkling of vegetables, flowers and technical
cultures.
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BRIEF TECHNOLOGY DESCRIPTION
COMPOSITION PLANTS GROWTH REGULATORS
for cereals, leguminousand perennial herbs
Agrostimulin Biosil
Biomax Betastimulin
for sugar beet
Zeastimulin
for corn
Radostim
for seed treatment
Treptolem
for sunflower, rape
for root system development
Charcor
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STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT

• Complex research of the mechanism of
  physiological action and of physical,
  chemical and toxicological properties was
  conducted.
• The technologies of production and application
  of PGRs in agriculture and forestry were
  developed.
• The new PGRs were registered in Ukraine (12
  items), Republic of Belarus (6), Russia (1),
  Kazakhstan (4) and Germany.
• The pilot production of new PGRs was created.

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ADVANTAGES

• PGRs are characterized by high efficiency, low
  doses of using (10-20 ml per 1 ton of seed or
  1 hectare of sowing) and ecological safety (1
  m2 of sowing gets 110-9 g of active substance).
• The technologies of their application coincide
  with existing agromethods.
• The harvest of the basic agricultures is
  increased on 15-20 and the quality of plant
  products is improved.

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ADVANTAGES

• Joint treatment of seed with PGRs and pesticides
  allows to reduce the doses of sowing
  pesticides on 20-30 without lowering of the
  protective effect.
• New PGRs decrease the contents of radionuclides,
  ions of heavy metals and nitrates in
  agricultural products.
• Our PGRs have antimutagenic effect.
• The cost of dose per 1 hectare is 2.5-5.0.
  Putting 1 in technology is repaid by
  20-25 of additional agricultural products.

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EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS
PGRs used for pre-sowing treatment of seeds in
doses 10-20 ml per 1 ton and for sprinkling of
crops in doses 10-20 ml per 1 hectare
Their application costs 2.5-5 US per 1
hectare. Application of growth regulators makes
possible to improve quality of agricultures and
to get additional harvest (tons/ha)
wheat grain, barley, rice .0.7 sugar
.0.9 green mass of corn
4.5 - 7.0 grain of corn
.0.9 potatoes
.3.5 sunflower .0.4
vegetables 4.0 -
6.0 grape 2.0 -
3.0
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WHY IT BECAME POSSIBLE?
We have taken knowledge from the Nature and have
created ecologically safe plant growth
regulators. And now we want to help the Nature
with our technologies.
Dependence DOSE - EFFICACY help us to create
composition formulation for different plants and
technologies
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AGROSTIMULIN IN GERMANY.WINTER WHEAT SEED
TREATMENT, 2004
Sampling by the agronomist
Calculation of sprouts
Determination of photosynthesis
Seed processing by Agrostimulin has allowed to
receive in 2002 extra 16.7 (11.1 cwt/ha) of a
qualitative wheat grain
20 ml per 1 ton of seeds
Control
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COMPOSITION PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS

Agrostimulin in China and Russia, 2003-2005
Additional harvest of rice after crop processing
(10 ml/ha) was 12,7
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COMPOSITION PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS
Betastimuline in Germany, Ukraine 2003-2005
The additional cropof sugar beet...12.4 ,
sugar content. 1.2 , total addition of
sugar16.3
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COMPOSITION PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS
Zeastimulin in Germany and Ukraine, 2003-2005
The additional harvest of corn green mass after
crop processing (10 ml/ha) was 19.7 (74 cwt/ha)
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COMPOSITION PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS
Treptolem in Ukraine, 2005
Sunflower well reacts as to the seed processing
and spraying of the plants additional
harvest.17.8 (4.2 cwt/ha)
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TARGETED MARKET SEGMENT WHO NEEDS IT?

• The potential users of plant growth regulators
  are agricultural companies
• Organizations working in landscape design and
  garden growing
• Biotechnological companies
• Any companies working in forestry
• Academic researchers in the biological
  agriculture
• Our products have been tested in Russia,
  Belarus, Kazakhstan, Israel, Turkey, Germany,
  China

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COMPETITION
LEADING COMPETITORS

• Ron-Pulenk (France)
• Bayer (Germany)
• Innogorosa (Spain)
• Several small companies (Ukraine, Russia)

How shall I beat the competition?

• Our preparation have better characteristics
• Our production are cheaper

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COMPETITIVE MATRIX
Vucsal Microplant, Bayer Biolan, Agrobiotech, Ukraine Humisol, Hermes, Ukraine Kadostym, Innogorosa, Spaine
Norm of application 2 liter 20 ml 7 liter 4 liter
Cost of expenses per 1 ha 20 5 12 50
Efficiency from 1 hectare (additional crop of winter wheat) 320 kg 600 kg 400 kg 500 kg
Cost of an additional crop 38.4 72 48 60
1 invested in technology guarantees extra 1.9 14.4 4.0 1.2
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PROJECT 3028 (?) STCU Development of natural
polyfunctional plant growth biostimulators with
antiparasitic effect for ecological agriculture
Our collaborators from the USADavid E. Eakin
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (left),
Robert Venable Northwest Agricultural Products
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OPPORTUNITIES

• Search for the regular customers of our products
  and technologies.
• Collaboration with companies which are
  interested in future testing, licensing and
  commercialization of our products and
  technologies.
• Collaboration with scientific universities and
  centers in further joint development of new
  technologies.

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CONTACT INFORMAION
Dr. Serhiy Ponomarenko Phone (380-44)
559-6617E-mail sponom_at_ukr.netInterdepartment
al Science Technology Center AGROBIOTECH NAS
and MES of Ukraine, Kyiv