Unlock the Power of Your Soil
Below the surface of the soil, crops and microbes are quietly working together, trading resources and providing growers with access to nutrients like nitrogen and phosphorus when they are needed most. Using chemical signals to wake up and attract specific bacteria to the root zone, plants are able to engage in an exchange with nitrogen-fixing bacteria and phosphorus-solubilizing microbes. In exchange for sugars supplied by plant roots, the soil microbiome converts atmospheric nitrogen into stable ammonium and breaks the insoluble bonds between phosphorus and calcium, iron and aluminum in the soil. This symbiotic relationship is a tool all growers have access to, allowing them to make the most of their applied nutrients throughout the season—growers just have to cultivate that microbiome activity to make use of it.
At Sound, we’ve found a way for growers to take advantage of the microbes already in their soil using SOURCEⓇ, a molecule that mimics the plant-to-microbe signal and stimulates the right groups of microbes and life within the soil to make nitrogen and phosphorus more available to the plant. By activating these soil microbes, SOURCE can help increase crops’ access to these key nutrients.
- Simple application
- Low use rate
- Shelf stable & easy to store
- Flexible application window
With SOURCE, there are two ways to win: growers can either use SOURCE to provide a yield boost without reducing nitrogen or reduce their nitrogen application while maintaining yield. With data from years of internal and third-party trials, Sound’s agronomists can help growers decide which strategy will increase their ROI based on their unique operational needs.