ALSTASAN Silvox: Crop Pest Management at

Salon Agriculture 2017-Paris

T he Salon de lagriculture organizes Paris International Agricultural Show at Paris Expo Porte de Versailles
every year. And this year the grand opening of Salon International Agriculture Expo saw home coming of a
host of exhibitionists, technologists, agriculturists, farmers and students who shared their knowledge on the
Theme 2017: Farming: A Passion, A Set of Ambitions. The Paris International Agricultural Show is committed
to take long view of farming, bringing together sectors, stakeholders in these sectors and members of the
general public. For this 54th edition of the show, they decided to continue lending support to all of the
professions in the sector, and accommodate to provide visitors and consumers alike with an overall insight
into farming.

One aspect of such discussion was HACKATHON: Focus on Responsible Agricultural Practices by the Bonduelle
Group, who emphasized on healthily and sustainably feeding the planet while preserving the resources and
the quality of the soils. With the constantly evolving agricultural world and increase in the best practices of
mechanical and thermal weeding, sustainable chemical disinfection and pest control, mechanical insect traps,
observation drones for better crop management etc., the farmers with significant know-how on such matters
shared their views. As part of its overall reflection on the Group CSR strategy, Bonduelle gathered for nearly 2
days, farmers, and co-workers from various departments, consumers and business people to jointly
brainstorm on how to promote responsible agricultural practices and accordingly last December, they
organized a Hackathon with the objective to promote responsible agricultural practices among consumers.
One of the participating groups quite elaborately discussed the judicious use of chemical pesticides to reduce
damage to crops and also reduce the ultimate environmental and health impacts of the pesticides as
encouraged by Bonduelle. On one such note, the presenters highlighted a new chemical pest control
technology in the form of Nano Silver Hydrogen Peroxide based Agricultural Disinfectant and Pesticide. It is
here that ALSTASAN Silvox was mentioned as a globally accepted eco-friendly all purpose pesticide owing to
its superior quality and efficacy at eliminating almost all types of agricultural pests and pathogens.

ALSTASAN Silvoxs eco-friendly formulation decomposes into water and oxygen increasing soil life and crop
yield without any signs of phytotoxicity. It does not leave poisonous residues and does not require flushing
with water. Silver has been shown to have anti-senescence property which likewise expands shelf life of
usability of products of the soil.

The important characteristics of ALSTASAN Silvox are:

It is colorless, odorless, and biodegradable and 100% eco-friendly

Multifunctional with wide range applications
Multi-media sanitation (Irrigation Water, Soil Surface and Foliar lamina)
Nontoxic, breaking into water and oxygen and no other toxic residues
Cold sterilant (Does not require any heat for disinfection)
Non foaming formulation
No Rinse product (Does not require rinsing with water)

Benefits to Grower
Saves time, energy and manpower and improves crop economics
Media fumigation can be done even only 4 (four) hours before plantation
Stable over a wide pH and temperature range
Does not release toxic fumes and harmful gases
Does not require water rinsing after disinfection
Soil does not need to be covered with plastic unlike formalin method
Safe and nontoxic to humans
Non carcinogenic
Non mutagenic
Minimizes the use of harmful fungicides, pesticides, and bactericides
Can be used for regular treatment by drip, foliar sprays, and drenching methods

Benefits to Soil / Growing Media

Destroys all fungi, bacteria, viruses and pest populations in soil or media
Kills even eggs and larval stage of insects-pests
Eco-friendly and biodegradable, breaking down to water and oxygen
Improves soil / media porosity
Adds more oxygen to soil profile
Improves water uptake capacity and capillary action
Does not leave behind toxic residues
Prevents and treats nematode infestations
Increases soil/ Coco peat/ other media life
Benefits to Crop
Increases plant establishment and reduces initial plant mortality
Hastens seed germination and enhance crop growth by boosting fresh root formation
Works as a crop activator which enables it to fight against diseases
Denaturation of DNA helps against pest resistance development
Increases both production and marketable yield
Silver has an anti-senescence property which prevents ageing of fruits and vegetables
Helps in Ethylene inhibition
Does not have phyto-toxic effect on other crops
Does not cause spotting on flowers and affect taste of fruits and vegetables
Improves luster of the produce along with extension of shelf-life

Being eco-friendly and bio-degradable, the blend of hydrogen peroxide with silver makes it effective & hassle
free solution to all plant pathogen related problems. A high LD 50 value makes it nontoxic while its fast action
and zero phytotoxicity, makes it effective at reducing the time between soil fumigation and plantation from
the conventional 3 weeks to just 4-6 hours.

ALSTASAN Silvox finds wide usage in fields of open field cultivation for growing apples, grapes, corn, radish,
potatoes, etc., to protective cultivation of apricots, oranges, capsicum, etc. It finds a huge use in floriculture
where it not only treats microbial infections but the silver in hydrogen peroxide also increases the shelf life of
cut flowers, thereby increasing their market value.