Every growing season places greater demands on crops. High temperatures, salinity, drought and sudden weather changes all affect plant development and compromise key processes such as fruit set, vegetative growth and fruit filling.
In this context, having solutions that help plants maintain their physiological balance is essential. BRANDT® addresses this need with BRANDT InVigo®, a high-performance biostimulant with European registration, formulated to improve crop vigour, optimise metabolism and strengthen tolerance to abiotic stress.
Physiological efficiency when the crop needs it most
BRANDT InVigo® acts on key physiological mechanisms in the plant. Its formulation combines compounds such as AATC (aminothiazoline-carboxylic acid), proline and micronutrients, together with technologies that promote nutrient absorption and mobility within the plant. The result is more stable metabolic activity at critical points in the growing season.
Its main physiological effects include:
- osmotic regulation, which is key to maintaining cellular water balance under stress conditions;
- cellular protection against oxidative stress, limiting the damage caused by free radicals during episodes of heat, cold or salinity;
- improved nutrient absorption and translocation within the plant.
In practice, this means a crop that is better able to keep functioning when environmental conditions become limiting. And that physiological balance has a direct impact on both crop development and productive potential.
Results supporting the launch
One of the most significant aspects of BRANDT InVigo® is that it is backed by trial results across different crops and under real abiotic stress conditions. Among the most notable findings from our trials:
- up to 60% more fruit in apple trees under high-temperature conditions;
- an increase in sugar content in apple trees under extreme cold conditions;
- up to 37% higher yield in potatoes under heat stress scenarios;
- between 15% and 20% greater average fruit weight in cucumbers grown in saline soils.
These findings all point in the same direction: when the plant is better able to maintain its physiological balance, it performs better in terms of yield, quality and consistency, even in challenging seasons.
Beyond yield: quality and uniformity
The value of a biostimulant is not limited to yield in kilos alone. The trials also show improvements in agronomic parameters that are especially relevant for growers: greater vegetative vigour, better fruit set, lower fruit drop at critical stages, and progress in uniformity, size and final production quality.
This makes BRANDT InVigo® a solution that not only helps protect productive potential, but also supports the crop at the very stages when the final outcome of the season is being determined.
Consistent results across different crops
Another key aspect of BRANDT InVigo® is that its positive results are not limited to a single crop:
- in strawberries, increases of up to 21.6% in yield and 18.6% more fruit per plant, together with improvements in firmness and sugar content;
- in watermelon and melon, reduced abortion after fruit set, more marketable fruit, and improvements of close to 20% in average fruit weight, along with better size distribution.
When this type of response is repeated across different crops, the message is clear: this is not a one-off effect, but a technology capable of activating common physiological mechanisms in plants and delivering value in different production scenarios.
A solution aligned with today’s agriculture
Agriculture is currently operating under increasing pressure. Extreme weather events are becoming more frequent, while demands for yield, quality and profitability continue to rise. In this context, solutions that help plants respond better from within are taking on a central role in crop management strategies.
BRANDT InVigo® therefore strengthens our ongoing commitment to improving crop resilience and precision plant nutrition through a biostimulation strategy designed to enhance crop performance under stress and help increase productivity.
BRANDT InVigo®: designed for more demanding seasons
With proven results in crops such as apple, potato, cucumber, strawberry, watermelon and melon, BRANDT InVigo® reinforces an idea that is becoming increasingly important in the field: under stress conditions, working on plant physiology is no longer an extra, but a key strategy.
