Victus Laboratories produces specialty plant nutrition products to improve soil fertility and crop productivity in India. Their brochure highlights the need to address micronutrient deficiencies in Indian soils through integrated nutrient management. It promotes their line of soil amendments, foliar sprays, and surfactants that aim to boost yields by enhancing nutrient uptake and plant stress tolerance. Victus claims their micronutrient mixes and surfactants efficiently deliver nutrients to leaves and roots through nano-scale droplets and pores.

1. Victus Agriculture Brochure
Victus Laboratories India Private Limited

2. About Us
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 Victus is a Latin word meaning ‘to nourish’
 Victus Labs core competency is nutrition, disease and pest management
 We offer specialized products for agriculture

3. Crop productivity in India
Let’s take the example of paddy cultivation in India
Highest productivity – Punjab
Average Yield - 3.69 Tonnes/Hectare
Lowest productivity – Madhya Pradesh
Average Yield - 1.00 Tonnes/Hectare
World’s Highest – 8-10 Tonnes/Hectare

4. Crop productivity in India
Factors needing attention
 Soil health and nutrient management
 Water management
 Seed management
 Farm mechanization

5. Soil health and nutrient management

6. Food grain production in India is becoming stagnant
Up to 1997-1998:
Fertilizer consumption (N,P, K) = Food grain production
From 1998-Now:
Fertilizer consumption (N,P, K) ≠ Food grain production

7. Extent of nutrient deficiency in Indian Soils
50% of soil samples analyzed have high
Potassium deficiency
25% of soil samples analyzed have high
Sulphur deficiency
49% of soil samples analyzed are deficient
in Zinc, 33% in Boron and 12% in Iron

9. Current Scenario
Source: Economic Times, May 5th 2011

10. Micronutrient deficiency in Indian soils is increasing
Many experiments have proven significant increase in yields by
providing secondary and micronutrients along with NPK nutrients

11. Total Market of Agricultural Inputs
~ 150 Billion USD
Fertilizers
Specialty Plant Nutrition
22% Pesticides
2%
76%
Source: New Ag International, Products and Trends, June 2010
Specialty Plant Nutrition cannot be sold like fertilizers

12. Specialty Plant Nutrition
44% 44%
Micronutrients
Biostimulants
Water soluble fertilizers
12%
Source: New Ag International, Products and Trends, June 2010
Specialty Plant Nutrition needs specific application
schedule for target crops

13. Specialty
Fertilizers Plant Pesticides
Nutrition
NUTRITION PROTECTION
Specialty Plant Nutrition has a role in plant protection

14. Role of balanced nutrition in pest and disease resistance
Most important nutrients for disease resistance
K Ca S B Cu Mn
Indirectly involved in disease resistance
Zn
Some facts
K involved in mobilization of plant defense system
increases cuticle thickness
Ca fortifies middle lamella
slows the degradation by pathogens
B involved in metabolism of phenolics

15. Fertilizer Use in India in comparison to other countries
Fertilizer Usage Average yield of food grains
India: 105 Kg/Ha India: 2100 Kg/Ha
China: 275 Kg/Ha China: 4800 Kg/Ha
Egypt: 471 Kg/Ha Egypt: 7250 kg/Ha

16. Improving productivity by Integrated Nutrient Management
N P K + Ca Mg S + B Cu Fe Mn Zn Mo
Closing the nutrient gap through balanced fertilization

17. Improving productivity by Integrated Nutrient Management
N P K + Ca Mg S + B Cu Fe Mn Zn Mo
Closing the nutrient gap through balanced fertilization

18. Products for improving soil fertility
TeraBase Teracare RootStim

19. Soil health and nutrient management
Victus Soil Fertility Program

20. Foliar Products for improving crop nutrient status
CalJet MicroJet FloZiB

21. specialized micronutrient mix for enhanced foliar uptake
and translocation of micronutrients
MicroJet spray droplets
optimized for foliar uptake

22. Surfactant based delivery system
Uniform suspension of micronutrients
unlike conventional foliar micronutrients.
Fully soluble in water
prevents evaporation promotes leaf adhesion
promotes spreading efficient absorption

23. Victus Specialty Crop Care
Role during flowering and reproduction
 Shorten time to flowering
 Increase number of reproductive buds ( flowers / fruiting positions)
 Increase bud strength/viability
 Increase pollination (pollen tube growth, transfer of pollen into stigma)
 Reduce flower and fruit abortion

24. EmerJet
Seed Nutrition Solution for Enhanced Emergence and
Root Growth of Agricultural Crops
Benefits of healthy nutrition made available to seeds
1. Faster Germination
2. Improved root growth and development
3. Enhanced plant vigor and growth
4. Ability to tolerate stress and improved disease resistance
5. Enhanced yield

25. Victus Specialty Crop Care
Role of RootStim during
germination and establishment
 Increase germination rate
 Uniform plant emergence
 Improved seedling vigor
 Improved transplant vigor and stress tolerance
Concentrated humic acid (40%) and  Increase root biomass, establish healthy roots
amino acids for efficient root establishment
 Counteracts adverse soil conditions
 Increase insect and disease resistance

26. Nutrition for a healthy start
EmerJet promotes rapid emergence when applied as a seed
treatment. Helps in rapid plant development, enhanced productivity
and early harvests.
RootStim treated transplants exhibit good root development with
more secondary roots, increased root hair proliferation and higher
root density.

27. Foliar Products for improving crop productivity under stress
Stress Biotechnology
Abiotic Stress
Celer is a specialized product for abiotic stress
management in crops. Celer contains amino acids in a
concentrated formulation unlike other diluted liquid
formulations, providing easy to assimilate building blocks
for protein synthesis.
Celer enhances the protein synthesis and promotes cell
division and cell expansion. It improves plant vigor and
helps to withstand stress conditions. Celer improves shelf
life and yield of fruits and vegetables.

28. Foliar Products for improving crop productivity under stress
Stress Biotechnology
Biotic Stress
Fortress is an elicitor based product for biotic stress management.
Fortress improves the uptake and utilization of plant nutrients and
assists in the process of photosynthesis. Fortress improves the
overall plant rigidity by enriching the cell wall. Fortress enhances
resistance to infiltration by fungal pathogens and sap sucking pests.

29. Agricultural Surfactants
UltraWet Surfact-V

30. Agricultural Surfactants
Adjuvant (Definition)‫‏‬
A material added to a tank mix solution to aid
or modify the action of an agrichemical or the
physical characteristics of the mixture
Adjuvant may be a surfactant, drift control agent, water conditioner, etc
Surfactant
Surface Active Agents; usually lowers the surface tension
of spray solution

31. Contact angle
• “Contact angle” (CA) is a profile measurement of a drop of water in contact with a solid surface.
• When a surfactant (wetting agent) is introduced into the solution, the surface tension is reduced
and the water droplet becomes flatter.
• Lower the CA, the greater the spreading and coverage properties
• Water has a CA of 93 degrees. A typical surfactant influences the contact angle 30-45 degrees, and
UltraWet can reduce contact angles to 25 degrees or less.

32. Effective spray depends on
Spray droplets Repellence Adhesion
 Spray retention
 Spreading
 Uptake
Spray retention
Lower surface tension
lower repellence characteristics

33. Qualities required for a superior foliar surfactant system
Non ionic nature:
contains no charge, does not react with active ingredient
Superior retention:
The spray droplet has to transfer its flight energy
to the surface within milliseconds
Superior spreading:
Increases wettability of foliar surface ensuring
better coverage

34. Qualities required for a superior foliar surfactant system
Factors influencing the foliar uptake:
 Plant cuticle
(e.g. species, growth stage, growing conditions)‫‏‬
 Active ingredient
(e.g. size and solubility)‫‏‬
 Environmental conditions
(e.g. temperature, relative humidity, wind, rain)‫‏‬
 Formulation system

35. Surfact-V multi component surfactant system
Spreader, Sticker, Anti-drying
Water droplet Water droplet + Surfact-V
Enhances
water wettability
450 Reduces the
contact angle
Even spreading
over leaf surface
Displaces air molecules over leaf surface

36. Exploring inside the leaf
Waxy coating (hydrophobic) on the leaf surface makes it difficult to retain the spray droplets
Cuticle
Upper epidermis
Palisade
Note: mesophyll cells
Cuticle is present
on both sides of
Bundle sheath cells
the leaf surface
Xylem
Phloem
Lower epidermis
Spongy mesophyll cells
Guard cells
Stomata
Point to note:
Cuticle 1 cm = 10 mm
1mm= 1/1000 μm (micron)‫‏‬
1 μm = 1/1000 nm (nano)‫‏‬
Stomata when open, size = 50-100 μm ; cuticular pore sizes are in nanometers

37.  Foliar sprays without high quality surfactants mostly enter
into the leaf through stomatal opening.
 Our surfactants help the foliar spray droplets to be retained in
the leaf surface and get in through cuticular pores

38. Spray droplet properties without surfactant
Spray droplet properties with sticking agent

39. Spray droplet properties with Surfact-V

40. Victus Agricultural Surfactants
Without Surfact-V With Surfact-V
(Surfact-V @ 35 ml/100 litre water)‫‏‬

41. UltraWet Product Profile

42. UltraWet superior non-ionic surfactant
 Lower surface tension than conventional non-ionic surfactants
 Lower spray volume and lower active ingredients usage rates
 Greater coverage over the leaf surface
 Increased plant penetration
 Enhanced cohesion
 Shorter drying time
 Reduced rainfall degradation

44. UltraWet Challenge
Can your surfactant spread water droplets
on any foliar surface?
To visualize the spreading effect of
UltraWet we recommend you to place a
drop of water on a leaf surface and add
a small droplet of UltraWet to the water
drop. The spreading also results in
penetration of the foliar spray into the
leaf.
To know more request video
demonstration CD of foliar spreading
and penetration demo.

45. Contact Us
Victus Laboratories India Private Limited,
# 75 Gowtham Apartments,
Sundaresa Layout (Opp-Rainbow Manor),
Trichy Road, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu,
INDIA- 641018
Phone : +91-422-4391916
Fax : +91-422-4391915
www.victuslabs.com