Higher yield
Better Nutrient Use Efficiency
Improved quality
Labor saving
Minimized environmental impact
Providing carefully balanced nutrition continuously over month, Multicote™ Agri feed the onion crop throughout the growth cycle and enable optimal development of bulbs.
The use of Multicote™ Agri in onion have tested successfully by growers all over the world, and its benefits have been proven by numerous field trials. Here are some examples.
A. Trial in Israel
Treatment | Fertilizer | Rate (kg/ha) | N rate (kg/ha) | N % of conventional | Applications | Yield (kg/ha | Yield % of conventional |
Conventional | 46-0-0 | 652 | 300 | 100 | 11 | 86.23 | 100 |
No fertilizer | - |
| - | - | - | 68.73 | 80 |
Multicote™ Agri Hi | 42-0-0 | 714 | 300 | 100 | 1 | 91.25 | 106 |
Multicote™ Agri Med | 42-0-0 | 536 | 225 | 75 | 1 | 89.78 | 104 |
Multicote™ Agri Lo | 42-0-0 | 357 | 150 | 50 | 1 | 88.9 | 103 |
With 50% of N rate, Multicote™ Agri produced higher yield than conventional fertilization with granular urea!
B. Evaluation of onion storage quality, South Africa
Multicote™ Agri reduced total; occurrence of storage quality disorders in bulbs by 43%!
C. Spring Onion trial in Australia
Conventional treatment
Fertilizer | No of applications | kg/ha | |||
Total | N | P2O5 | K2O | ||
Granular 12-11.4-18 | 1 base | 800 | 96 | 91.2 | 144 |
Granular 20-0-19 | 2 top | 800 | 160 | 0 | 152 |
SOP | 1 top | 800 | 0 | 0 | 416 |
Total | 4 | 2400 | 256 | 91.2 | 712 |
Multicote™ Agri
Fertilizer | No of applications | Kg/ha | |||
Total | N | P2O5 | K2O | ||
Multicote™ Agri (4) 13.5-4.5-36.5 | 1 base | 1140 | 153.9 | 51.3 | 416.1 |
Higher yield, better quality
| Covers/ha | Weight of 100 onions |
Conventional | 17,724 | 183 g |
Multicote™ Agri | 20,509 | 307 g |
Multicote™ Agri also improved color uniformity of plants. As Multicote™ Agri requires single application per season, it saves on labor and reduce the harm to the field caused by machinery.
