Applying high-quality organic matter and inoculating beneficial microorganisms through probiotic solutions stimulates the soil’s microbial life and, as a result, ensures its biological recovery.
Autumn is also harvest time for many crops. It is a season that calls for attention, especially when it marks the end of a highly demanding cycle for the agricultural ecosystem, such as the period leading up to fruit harvest.
For months, the soil has been working at full capacity to meet the crop’s nutritional demand, which often leads to biological fatigue. The problem is that depleted soil doesn’t just lose nutrients: its microbiome also degrades, leaving it more vulnerable to soil-borne pathogens. That is why our approach is built on two essential pillars:
Regenerating and restoring the rhizosphere
Taking action after the fruit is harvested is essential to restore the lost balance and prepare the soil structure.
How?
Through the use of probiotics, which direct the restoration of the beneficial microbiome. Using the right probiotics allows us to achieve successful colonization of the root zone after the stress of harvest. Moreover, the beneficial microorganisms in MAFA’s biological solutions don’t just protect through competition; they also stabilize the root environment against future attacks. The contact between probiotics and the root system acts as a constant elicitor, keeping the plant in a state of efficient metabolic alertness.
This also ensures:
- Better management of the plant’s own biological resources.
- Reduced reliance on chemical inputs in the following season.
Ensuring crop continuity: long-term sustainability
Integrating biologicals after harvest, as a way to restore the plant-associated microbiome, helps extend the useful life of traditional crop protection tools and, of course, safeguards crop health and sustainability. In addition, our solutions are fully aligned with the comprehensive Zero Residue process, so that every biological intervention in the field meets the most demanding standards of the European value chain.
In this regard, the microbiological regeneration of soil should be a cornerstone of annual agronomic planning to ensure our crops are productive and resilient.
