Agriculture

DAC

Premier Sourcing is a proud partner of Fibril Tex Pvt Ltd and is helping to promote their flagship product for use in the Agriculture industry.

Fibriltex is India’s first and only manufacturer of DAC (Dynamic Absorbent Sheet) offering product with unique functions.

Agricultural grade DAC addresses the challenges from the worlds changing climate and growing population to food production. Fibriltex's DAC sheets will absorb water when it rains and stores it as water gel.

When plants need water, their roots will tap into the gel and access the water easily. The water gel turns to powder after beijng emptied of water and will reabsorb water again when it next rains. We can regard it as a “mini-reservoir” for the plants.

The three most common soil conditions that hinder plant growth and crop yield are low water retention capability, high evapotranspiration rate, and soil moisture leaching. Apart from these, factors like unforeseen drought conditions, degradation and salination, overuse of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides and improper irrigation practices severely affect soil and plants, often rendering permanent damage to soil biota as well.

Advantages and Benefits

Improves soil quality, preserves water and resists drought stress
Increases seed sprouting and seedling development leading to better farm success
From the environmental aspects, it is non-polluting and biodegradable, helps in reducing irrigation frequency and water consumption and creates a simple cyclic process to provide water directly to roots and prevent soil compaction.
In agriculture and agro forestry, DAC act as micro water reservoirs at plant roots. They absorb natural and supplied water 400-500 times their own weight and release it slowly on account of root capillary suction mechanism thus preventing water loss in soil by leaching and evaporation.

DAC form a consistent cyclic process of absorption and release of water; the water so released can provide optimum moisture for quick germination and seedling maturation. Thus it reduces seedling mortality by several folds in nurseries.
In cold regions, death during germination and maturation is common due to moisture freezing in & around plant root tissue. Absorbed moisture in hydrogels does not freeze and makes easy accessibility to plants. It also regulates seedling growth temperature preventing death by freezing.
DAC can help save water and labour by reducing irrigation frequency, help overcome drought conditions and act as soil conditioners, prevent leaching in sandy soils, runoffs in mountainous and sloping fields, improve virescence efficiency and restore soil biota.
DAC can reduce overuse of fertilisers and pesticides in fields. The chemicals so absorbed with water are slowly released thus extending the operational life and uptake efficacy by root systems.
DAC act as soil matter flocculants. They closely bind loose soil thus forming loams that can help better root latching. Simultaneously, the repeated absorb-release mechanism prevents over compaction of soil minerals and provides space for aeration and development of soil edaphon.
It has a wide area of application ranging from agriculture, forestry, industrial planting, municipal gardening, drought management, water conservation, It helps reduce soil erosion by surface run-offs, fertiliser and pesticide leaching to ground water, reducing cost of water and irrigation and improve the success rate of growth and high yields of crops.