Effective and sustainable solutions for stress mitigation in agriculture
In today’s agriculture, stress management is critical to ensuring healthy crop yields, especially under increasing environmental pressures like drought, heat, and soil salinity. Ocean Organics offers a powerful line of agricultural stress management products derived from sustainably harvested marine resources, designed to enhance plant resilience and productivity.
Ocean Organics stress management solutions are formulated using Ascophyllum nodosum seaweed extracts, known for their high content of bioactive compounds. These extracts are rich in cytokinins, betaines, and natural growth-promoting substances that help crops respond better to abiotic stress conditions such as extreme weather, transplant shock, and nutrient deficiencies.
By incorporating Ocean Organics products into your crop management program, farmers can improve root development, increase chlorophyll production, and enhance photosynthesis efficiency. This not only supports plant health during critical growth stages but also contributes to higher yields and better quality produce.
What sets us apart is our ability to focus on sustainable harvesting and low-temperature processing, preserving the biological integrity of the seaweed. The result is a more effective and environmentally responsible solution for stress mitigation in agriculture.
Popular Ocean Organics products include Stress Rx Ag and DeSal, each tailored for different crop needs and application methods, whether soil-applied or foliar-fed. These products integrate seamlessly into existing organic and conventional farming systems.
Backed by university research and real-world results, Ocean Organics stress management products are trusted by growers across diverse regions to improve crop resilience, reduce input costs, and promote long-term soil health.
Stress Rx – #1 in Research
University research (Rutgers, Virginia Tech) on Stress Rx and its ingredients shows statistically improved turf quality under heat, UV, drought, and salt stresses. Five years of data show:
- Improved quality, relative water content, roots, and recovery
- Less membrane leakage and leaf firing (e.g., tip necrosis)
Stress Management Program for Alleviating Summer Stress and Salinity & Sodicity Stress
Turf and Plant Root Stress Are Not Going Away
Today’s environment is unique in that we simply can’t predict what’s coming next. But one thing we can count on is that there will be stress. According to NASA, August 2014 was the warmest worldwide since it started keeping track in 1880. And July 2013 was the 6th hottest July in 133 years.
Stress Seldom Travels Alone™. When and where there is hot, there is frequently dry. Last year, more than half the US experienced drought conditions.
According to Dr. Bingru Huang, drought is one of the most common environmental stresses limiting plant growth.
To maximize your turf’s survival potential through times of stress, it’s essential to build the strongest possible foundation. This is true of every living system. Ocean Organics’ Stress Rx can help your turf survive and perform under stress. It will also promote recovery and improve turf quality while building more vigorous root systems.
Continuing Research Shows Ocean Organics’ Leadership in Turf Stress Management
In recent research at Rutgers, Dr. Bingru Huang conducted a study of different PGRs and biostimulants to evaluate their ability to alleviate summer bentgrass decline.
The treatments that had the most significant impact were those provided by Ocean Organics’ seaweed extract-based formulas, which included Stress Rx. Notable results, compared to the control and all other commercial treatments, were:
- Significantly higher turf quality
- More green leaf biomass
- Better plant density
As reported in the Tri-State Research Foundation Newsletter, Fall, 2013, “Ocean Organics’ seaweed extract treatments clearly offered the most notable results during both the spring and summer.”
Not Just Stress Management, But Building Higher Quality Turf
Heat and UV stress can create a lethal combination during tough summer conditions. Our goal is to provide products that boost stress tolerance and give superintendents added levels of protection.
Treatments with Stress Rx statistically improved root length in two combined heat/UVB stress trials at Virginia Tech. With Stress Rx treatment, roots were between 35 – 87% longer than in controls without Stress Rx. Stress Rx treatments had 54% longer roots after 8 days of recovery than controls.
Stress Rx can also be used in a program with Ocean Organics’ NuRelease® or DeSal® for unbeatable results.
In a recent salinity stress field trial at UC Riverside on bermudagrass, Ocean Organics’ program, which included Stress Rx and DeSal, was the top performer in improving turf quality. The Ocean Organics’ program also decreased sodium absorption ratio (SAR) and sodium (Na) content in the soil. Our program outperformed 20 commercial and experimental products.