Continuing an Israeli tradition of agricultural innovation, Substrate Technologies Ltd. has developed an environmentally friendly, efficient method to sterilize substrate used by farmers as a planting medium. The method is less labor and equipment intensive than other sterilization methods, involves no pesticides or dangerous chemicals and presents no hazard to underground aquifers or to the air.
The process involves the electrochemical treatment of water sprayed on the soil or other substrate using existing irrigation systems. Farmers can then reuse the substrate, sterilized between plantings, thus significantly reducing costs. The sterilization has been shown to be effective against nematodes, fungus, bacteria and the TMV virus, without altering the chemical and physical properties of the substrate thus treated. Substrate Technologies, Ltd. sterilization system can help replace the global use of methyl bromide and other dangerous pesticides, thus meeting environmental legislation standards demanding cleaner and safer agricultural disinfecting methods.
The process involves the electrochemical treatment of water sprayed on the soil or other substrate using existing irrigation systems. Farmers can then reuse the substrate, sterilized between plantings, thus significantly reducing costs. The sterilization has been shown to be effective against nematodes, fungus, bacteria and the TMV virus, without altering the chemical and physical properties of the substrate thus treated. Substrate Technologies, Ltd. sterilization system can help replace the global use of methyl bromide and other dangerous pesticides, thus meeting environmental legislation standards demanding cleaner and safer agricultural disinfecting methods.