Int'l Algal Nutrition Forum held in Beijing

The 5th International Algal Nutrition Forum hosted by China Seaweed Industry Association, and sponsored by Leili Group, one of the leading companies in seaweed crop nutrition science, was held recently in Beijing, with the topic "Sharing the Agricultural Value of Seaweed Biological Technology and Promoting the Global Agricultural Sustainable Development". Over 600 hundred professional persons from China and abroad attended the forum.

Leili laid the technical and productive foundations for new seaweed biological products during two decades of development,and will stress on the innovation capability of seaweed biological technology, industrial producing, marketing development and technical service in the future, said Mrs. Tang Jie, vice-chairman of China Agro-technological Extension Association, Senior Engineer of Beijing Zhongguancun Innovation Demonstration, vice-president and Managing Director of Beijing Leili (Group) Company. She also analyzed brown alga engineering development technique, application cases of Leili integrated nutrition set applied on the wheat, paddy and peanut, and the prospect of brown alga engineering development technique.

In 2012, Slovakia suffered the biggest drought in last 100 years, the integrated Leili alga solutions being used on open field crops, such as the wheat, barley, rapeseed and corn in large area in Slovakia, not only reduced the pollution and residues, but also improved stress tolerance to dought and larger the root system, and the production of the rapeseed increased 15%/ha., the income added nearly 200 dollar per ha and other crops yield were also increased 7%-20%, said the distributor from Slovakia.

Mr. Wan Xuebing, technical manager of Beijing Leili (Group) Company gave a speech on focusing on the strawberry industry. Depending on the various application cases, he introduced successfully cases of Leili integrated nutrition set applied on the global strawberry. The reseach and trail reports indicated that the strawberry, which treated seaweed fertilizers got high quality and quantity. The weight of single fruit increased 11.3% and the average sugar degree increased 1.9. So, the application was highly commended.