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10 POTATO GROWER | APRIL 2020 New Products Senninger SENNODE-BT Controller The new battery-operated SENNODE-BT controller is enabled with powerful wireless Bluetooth technology that can be easily managed from a smartphone. It's the perfect solution for irrigating greenhouses, nurseries, open fields and other areas where AC power is unavailable. The SENNODE-BT is controlled by a smartphone app that lets growers program and operate their systems up to 50 feet away. The app maps controllers by location and sends battery-change reminders. Controllers can also be configured offline, which makes field adjustments quick and easy to deploy at a later time. Total app control removes the task of opening valve boxes and programming irrigation schedules on a dark screen. The SENNODE-BT's smart irrigation management also permits run times lasting just seconds. This quick cycle and pulse is perfect for propagation, germinating seeds, climate control in greenhouses and other time- sensitive irrigation applications. Contact Senninger Irrigation at www.senninger.com. BioSafe's OxiDate 5.0 Approved in California BioSafe Systems announces that OxiDate 5.0, a bactericide/fungicide, has been approved in Calfornia. With this approval, BioSafe Systems can now manufacture, deliver and sell the product in California. OxiDate 5.0 is a powerful, peroxyacetic acid (PAA)-based, broad-spectrum liquid bactericide/fungicide registered to treat and control plant pathogens on a wide variety of crops. Its formula utilizes BioSafe's proprietary PAA chemistry to eradicate plant pathogens on contact, with no residues and no known resistance. OxiDate 5.0 is a keystone chemistry that can improve the efficacy of additional chemistries. Contact BioSafe Systems at (888) 273-3088 or www.biosafesystems.com. Nachurs Alpine Solutions Acetate Technology Nachurs Alpine Solutions (NAS), a division of Wilbur-Ellis, has received two patents from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for its potassium acetate technology. This technology is a method of fertilizing an agricultural crop using an environmentally friendly and versatile high-potassium-content liquid fertilizer. Specifically, these patents pertain to the use and application of potassium acetate, either alone or mixed with other nutrients, such as nitrogen and phosphate. Potassium is required by a growing plant to stimulate early growth, increase protein production, and activate enzyme and hormone systems within the plant. These systems impact the plant's ability to withstand biotic and abiotic stresses and improve the plant's resistance to diseases and insects. Potassium also increases the efficiency of water use and transforms sugars to starch. Additionally, potassium acetate results in lower phytotoxicity damage compared to other sources of potassium for liquid fertilizer products. It can be applied in a variety of ways. Learn more at www.nachurs.com or www.alpinepfl.com. SUL4R-PLUS Fertilizer SUL4R-PLUS, LLC, a provider of innovative agricultural fertilizer products, announces the results of a recent field trial on potato crops, using a potent ratio of sulfate and soluble calcium delivered in a patented sustained-release, plant-available method. In multiple tests, Idaho potatoes showed yield increases of about 10 hundredweight per acre as well as a two-thirds reduction in hollow heart disease, when using 100 pounds per acre of SUL4R-PLUS fertilizer during or prior to tuber initiation. The health results are notable, as plant nutrition—in particular, the level of pre-growth calcium—has been directly linked to better plant health. SUL4R-PLUS fertilizer is a great source of plant-available forms of sulfate sulfur and soluble calcium with a low salt index. It offers an economical, immediately available, and seasonally sustained release of sulfate and calcium, proven to match crop uptake. Learn more at www.sul4r-plus.com.