• Improve germination

• Increase root mass

• Increase shoot mass

• Maximise establishment

• Enhance nutrient uptake throughout the season to maximise crop growth

• Reduce abiotic stress

• Optimise green leaf area

• Maximise yield – average yield response 0.55 t/ha over equivalent farm standard

• Excellent ROI 8:1 with wheat valued at £125/tonne

• Bacterial endophyte in nitrogen limited carbon containing bacterial growth media

• Liquid seed treatment

• 10 litres equivalent to 10 tonnes (1 litre per tonne application rate)

• Active ingredient: > 10⁸ CFU/g bacterial endophyte (CFU: colony forming unit. Unit of measure for living microorganisms able to multiply).

• Safety: fully genome mapped guarantees no mammalian toxicity.

• Storage: original material is freeze dried giving it a minimum 24 months shelf life.

Plants have had associations with micro-organisms since they first appeared on earth. This biological biome confers many properties to the plant – enhanced nutrient availability, growth promotion, abiotic and biotic stress support, in plant detoxification and siderophore production.

The endophytes from the University of Washington have been specially selected to fix atmospheric nitrogen and sequester other nutrients from the soil. They live within the whole plant from root to shoots.

For other crops please contact Unium Bioscience for application details.
Other crops tested include : soya, sugar beet, broccoli, kale, tomatoes, beetroot, peppers, lettuce, courgette, soft fruit, fruit trees, forestry, hardy nursery stock, turf.

TIROS ST has been tested alongside the major agrochemical seed treatments with no loss of active ingredient or effectiveness.

Do not apply with non-approved biostimulant seed treatments.

The Corn of the Future Is Hundreds of Years Old and Makes Its Own Mucus – Jason Daley, smithsonian.com, August 10, 2018

Variable Nitrogen Fixation in Wild Populus – Professor Sharon Doty

Bacteria in branches naturally fertilise trees – Michelle Ma

Endophytes Increased Fruit Quality with Higher Soluble Sugar Production in Honeycrisp Apple (Malus pumila)
Hyungmin Rho, Victor Van Epps, Soo-Hyung Kim and Sharon L. Doty

Sharon L Doty Lab Publications

Endophyte-Promoted Phosphorus Solubilization in Populus
Tamas Varga 1*, Kim K. Hixson 1, Amir H. Ahkami 1, Andrew W. Sher 2, Morgan E. Barnes 3,
Rosalie K. Chu 1, Anil K. Battu 1, Carrie D. Nicora 4, Tanya E. Winkler 4, Loren R. Reno 1,
Sirine C. Fakra 5, Olga Antipova 6, Dilworth Y. Parkinson 5, Jackson R. Hall 2 and
Sharon L. Doty 2