Stoller SUGAR MOVERTM Lint Yield lbac From 16

Stoller SUGAR MOVERTM Lint Yield (lb/ac) From 16 acre plots Treatement 2004 2005 Field A 2005 Field B Control 1436 1200 1300 Sugar Mover. TM 1652 1536 1780 Sugar Mover-Cotton “Unleashing the power of plants. ” Source: Becton Trial - Lubbock, Texas

Stoller Sugar Mover COTTON • Sugar Mover on Cotton – 4 years of results from 2004 to 2007 • Mode of Action of Sugar Mover – gene regulation • Literature article on Sucrose Synthase localization • Summary

Stoller SUGAR MOVERTM Lint Yield (lb/ac) From 16 acre plots Treatement 2004 2005 Field A 2005 Field B Control 1436 1200 1300 Sugar Mover. TM 1652 1536 1780 Source: Becton Trial - Lubbock, Texas

Sugar Mover On Cotton Even sizing – 4 of 5 consecutive bolls on one single branch.

Percent Reduction in Boll Diameter along a lateral branch –Control vs Sugar Mover

LINT yield (lb/acre) –Timing of SUGAR MOVER applications Texas A&M Weslaco TX Liu 660 lb lint increase 6 wkly apps, begin 1 wk BEFORE PHS 6 wkly apps begin PHS Sugar Mover 1 pt/acre 2006 – Cost $3. 50/app

Sugar Mover Cotton Drip Irrigated Texas A&M Weslaco (T X Liu) 2007 Treatment Lint lb/acre micronaire Length Uniformity Strength Control 936 4. 8 1. 08 81. 2 26. 4 Sugar Mover In Furrow 4 pt/acre 1409 4. 6 1. 1 82. 26. 8 Sugar Mover Foliar 6 apps weekly 1380 4. 6 1. 09 82 26. 5 Sugar Mover In drip 6 apps weekly 1363 4. 6 1. 09 82. 2 26. 2

Stoller Sugar Mover. TM (8% B, 0. 004%Mo) Mode of Action

Sugar Mover Arabidopsis Genes Up-Up -regulated • At 5 g 20830 Sucrose Synthase I (SUS 1) - inc 87% • At 2 g 02860 Sucrose Transporter (phloem) (At. SUC 3/SUC 2) increased by 490% • At 1 g 09960 Sucrose transporter transmembrane increased by 300% • At 5 g 38430 Rubisco (rbcs 1 B) increasd by 60% • Silique number increased as well as C 14 from leaves to siliques

Sugar Mover - Cotton • Sucrose Synthase increased in Sugar Mover treatment in previous slide in Arabidopsis • Sucrose Synthase is found in trichome initials • Nolte R D Hendrix D L Radin J W Koch K E 1995 Sucrose synthase localization during initiation of seed development and trichome differentiation in cotton ovules Plant Phys 109: 1285 -1293

Sugar Mover Cotton • Summary - 4 years of results • Sugar Mover enhances cotton lint yield in drip irrigated cotton whether applied in furrow one time, in drip beginning at PHS or foliarly beginning at PHS for 6 weekly applications • Sugar Mover increase sugar transport from the leaves stimulating higher photosynthesis