A tailored solution for your wheat crop
CarbonBuilder Wheat, providing productivity and sustainability outcomes with ease of delivery
CarbonBuilder Wheat is delivered as a seed inoculum, applied at time of planting. Simple, economical, impactful.
What is CarbonBuilder Wheat?
Building stable soil carbon in your wheat crop
CarbonBuilder Wheat is one of our ground-breaking microbial products that supports wheat’s natural ability to draw down carbon into cropping soils. CarbonBuilder Wheat is an endophytic fungi applied as a seed dressing, and is compatible with most fungicidal seed treatments in Australia.
CarbonBuilder provides an important tool for growers looking to participate in soil carbon projects and increase crop productivity.
How does it work?
CarbonBuilder Wheat has been developed and extensively tested in Australian cropping soils
The beneficial fungi in CarbonBuilder Wheat is a dark septate ascomycetous fungi belonging to the order Chaetosphaeriales. The members of this genus have been previously reported as saprophytes, commonly found in soil and plant litter from both terrestrial and freshwater habitats. Species from this genus have also been reported as non-pathogenic root endophytes, which colonise the inter/intracellular spaces of the roots.
What are the benefits?
Retain moisture
Increasing soil carbon increases the water holding capacity of your soil
Improve nutrient uptake
Increase the efficiency of your system
Long-term soil health
Increase soil health by promoting structure and beneficial soil microbiology
Boost crop yield
Drive productivity and ROI in season of application, and in the long term
What are the results?
CarbonBuilder Wheat was extensively tested across Australia during our 2023 small plot field trials. Here are the results.
Across our randomised small-plot trial locations, we observed an average 5.4% increase in total soil carbon when the crop was treated with CarbonBuilder Wheat compared to crop that was not treated. We saw a win-rate of 80% across locations, or an increase in total soil carbon compared to control at 4 out of the 5 locations.
Total organic carbon (TOC) increase of
5.4%
above untreated crop
Additional tonnes of CO2e
3.2t
per hectare
Grain yield increase
3.6%
above untreated crop
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Extensive research collaborations
Our research collaborations continue with Western Sydney University and University of Queensland
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Application
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Safety
CarbonBuilder is an agricultural product. It is important to adhere to the label instructions. Always use PPE when applying CarbonBuilder.
Support
Under SecondCrop, you have access to agronomists who will help you to integrate CarbonBuilder into your current operation.
