Innovations
Agri-innovations solving for crop production challenges
MBFi’s proprietary technologies are built on science to deliver real results in the field. Every MBFi innovation is born from problem-solving. From crop stress to nutrient availability, our innovations address the challenges today’s farmers face to maximize yield and performance.
This range includes several nitrogen fixation products containing Bradyrhizobium as the active ingredient, including Nitro-liq®, Rizo-liq®, Signum®, and Elite®. These products play a critical role in supplying soybeans with biologically fixed nitrogen, which is essential for strong early growth, optimal nodulation, and maximum yield potential. Although they fall within the same category, each product is formulated with specific technologies that enhance performance under different planting conditions and allow for varying pre-treatment times.
This range includes several nitrogen fixation products containing Bradyrhizobium as the active ingredient, including Nitro-liq®, Rizo-liq®, Signum®, and Elite®. These products play a critical role in supplying soybeans with biologically fixed nitrogen, which is essential for strong early growth, optimal nodulation, and maximum yield potential. Although they fall within the same category, each product is formulated with specific technologies that enhance performance under different planting conditions and allow for varying pre-treatment times.
At MBFi extensive research was done to redefine rainfastness, leading to the development of our methyl carbonate barrier technology, which allows us to take advantage of the long half-life of an active ingredient while giving it significantly improved rainfastness. Methyl carbonate barrier technology forms a thin film over the surface of the leaf which leads to the improved rainfastness, longer lasting protection and better efficacy. Methyl carbonate barrier technology also makes it harder for pathogens to recognise and attach to the leaf surface, further improving protection. Methyl Carbonate Barrier Technology for natural fungicidal defence.
At MBFi extensive research was done to redefine rainfastness, leading to the development of our methyl carbonate barrier technology, which allows us to take advantage of the long half-life of an active ingredient while giving it significantly improved rainfastness. Methyl carbonate barrier technology forms a thin film over the surface of the leaf which leads to the improved rainfastness, longer lasting protection and better efficacy. Methyl carbonate barrier technology also makes it harder for pathogens to recognise and attach to the leaf surface, further improving protection. Methyl Carbonate Barrier Technology for natural fungicidal defence.
This technology in Incite® increases chlorophyll content and helps maintain chloroplast integrity in the leaves, allowing plants to remain greener for longer. By supporting the activity of growth hormones, nutrient allocation to older leaves is improved, which delays leaf aging and extends photosynthetic activity. As a result, overall plant performance is enhanced, leading to increased crop yields.
This technology in Incite® increases chlorophyll content and helps maintain chloroplast integrity in the leaves, allowing plants to remain greener for longer. By supporting the activity of growth hormones, nutrient allocation to older leaves is improved, which delays leaf aging and extends photosynthetic activity. As a result, overall plant performance is enhanced, leading to increased crop yields.
Lipopeptides are naturally derived bioactive compounds that provide broad-spectrum fungal suppression, improving crop protection and overall disease control. This technology enhances product efficacy, supports yield optimisation, and contributes to more sustainable farming through innovative and environmentally responsible crop management practices. Lipopeptide technology is featured in Incite®.
Lipopeptides are naturally derived bioactive compounds that provide broad-spectrum fungal suppression, improving crop protection and overall disease control. This technology enhances product efficacy, supports yield optimisation, and contributes to more sustainable farming through innovative and environmentally responsible crop management practices. Lipopeptide technology is featured in Incite®.
MBFi’s Incite® features advanced Endospore Technology, allowing the product to function as a high-performance biological fungicide while also supporting improved plant growth and early root development. This technology is based on resilient spore-forming Bacillus that can survive harsh environmental conditions such as heat, drought, and UV exposure, ensuring long-term stability and consistent field performance. As a result, Incite® delivers reliable protection and activity across a wide range of crops and planting conditions, making it suitable for broad agricultural application.
MBFi’s Incite® features advanced Endospore Technology, allowing the product to function as a high-performance biological fungicide while also supporting improved plant growth and early root development. This technology is based on resilient spore-forming Bacillus that can survive harsh environmental conditions such as heat, drought, and UV exposure, ensuring long-term stability and consistent field performance. As a result, Incite® delivers reliable protection and activity across a wide range of crops and planting conditions, making it suitable for broad agricultural application.
This technology enhances Nutrient Use Efficiency (NUE®) by improving the plant’s ability to access, absorb, and utilise nutrients more effectively during early development. Through beneficial biological activity in the rhizosphere, it supports improved nutrient availability and uptake, helping plants make better use of essential elements such as nitrogen, phosphorus, and key micronutrients. This results in stronger early vigour, improved root development, and enhanced overall crop performance, particularly under conditions where nutrient availability may be limited. By maximising nutrient utilisation, this technology contributes to healthier, more resilient crops and increased yield potential.
This technology enhances Nutrient Use Efficiency (NUE®) by improving the plant’s ability to access, absorb, and utilise nutrients more effectively during early development. Through beneficial biological activity in the rhizosphere, it supports improved nutrient availability and uptake, helping plants make better use of essential elements such as nitrogen, phosphorus, and key micronutrients. This results in stronger early vigour, improved root development, and enhanced overall crop performance, particularly under conditions where nutrient availability may be limited. By maximising nutrient utilisation, this technology contributes to healthier, more resilient crops and increased yield potential.
EXO Activation Technology is a proprietary fermentation technology used in MBFi’s soybean inoculants to enhance the performance of highly concentrated liquid Bradyrhizobium. Through a specialised fermentation process and carefully selected media components, the bacteria are stimulated to produce increased levels of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS), improving cell protection, adhesion to seed, and survival under stressful conditions. This supports faster establishment, improved nodulation, and enhanced biological nitrogen fixation, resulting in greater nitrogen availability and higher yield potential. The inoculant is manufactured at >1.5 × 10¹⁰ CFU/ml and maintains a minimum of 6.5 × 10⁹ CFU/ml at expiry, with an 18-month shelf life. It also contains OSMO Protection Technology, is compatible with most seed care products, and can remain on seed for up to 21 days.
EXO Activation Technology is a proprietary fermentation technology used in MBFi’s soybean inoculants to enhance the performance of highly concentrated liquid Bradyrhizobium. Through a specialised fermentation process and carefully selected media components, the bacteria are stimulated to produce increased levels of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS), improving cell protection, adhesion to seed, and survival under stressful conditions. This supports faster establishment, improved nodulation, and enhanced biological nitrogen fixation, resulting in greater nitrogen availability and higher yield potential. The inoculant is manufactured at >1.5 × 10¹⁰ CFU/ml and maintains a minimum of 6.5 × 10⁹ CFU/ml at expiry, with an 18-month shelf life. It also contains OSMO Protection Technology, is compatible with most seed care products, and can remain on seed for up to 21 days.
Osmo Protection™ is an advanced formulation technology designed to improve bacterial stability and survival, ensuring consistently high microbial concentrations throughout the product shelf life. These products contain more than 10 billion CFU/ml at manufacturing, and maintain a minimum of 6.5 billion CFU/ml at expiry after 18 months. Osmo Protection™ enables extended seed pre-treatment periods of up to 20 days, while improving bacterial resilience across a wider range of planting and environmental conditions. By supporting stronger survival and faster establishment on the seed and root zone, this technology promotes accelerated nodulation and enhanced biological nitrogen fixation, ultimately contributing to improved crop performance and higher yield potential. This technology features in Rizo-liq® and Signum®.
Osmo Protection™ is an advanced formulation technology designed to improve bacterial stability and survival, ensuring consistently high microbial concentrations throughout the product shelf life. These products contain more than 10 billion CFU/ml at manufacturing, and maintain a minimum of 6.5 billion CFU/ml at expiry after 18 months. Osmo Protection™ enables extended seed pre-treatment periods of up to 20 days, while improving bacterial resilience across a wider range of planting and environmental conditions. By supporting stronger survival and faster establishment on the seed and root zone, this technology promotes accelerated nodulation and enhanced biological nitrogen fixation, ultimately contributing to improved crop performance and higher yield potential. This technology features in Rizo-liq® and Signum®.
Signum® is manufactured at a concentration of more than 10 billion CFU/ml and maintains exceptional stability, containing a minimum of 6.5 billion CFU/ml at expiry after 18 months. This formulation allows for extended seed pre-treatment of up to 20 days while ensuring strong bacterial survival and performance at planting. In addition, Signum® contains signalling molecules that activate the Nod Factor, supporting faster recognition between the plant and bacteria. This promotes accelerated nodulation and increased biological nitrogen fixation. The result is improved plant performance, ultimately leading to higher yield potential.
Signum® is manufactured at a concentration of more than 10 billion CFU/ml and maintains exceptional stability, containing a minimum of 6.5 billion CFU/ml at expiry after 18 months. This formulation allows for extended seed pre-treatment of up to 20 days while ensuring strong bacterial survival and performance at planting. In addition, Signum® contains signalling molecules that activate the Nod Factor, supporting faster recognition between the plant and bacteria. This promotes accelerated nodulation and increased biological nitrogen fixation. The result is improved plant performance, ultimately leading to higher yield potential.
MMP is an advanced formulation technology featured in Elite®, designed to enhance water retention and protect cell integrity in Bradyrhizobium. During fermentation, a specialised component is incorporated that reduces moisture loss during drying and helps prevent dehydration-related damage, such as membrane collapse and structural stress. By maintaining cell volume and turgor pressure, MMP supports stronger, more resilient bacteria with improved stability and survival. As a result, this technology enables extended seed pre-treatment periods of up to 45 days, even when used in combination with selected chemical seed treatments.
MMP is an advanced formulation technology featured in Elite®, designed to enhance water retention and protect cell integrity in Bradyrhizobium. During fermentation, a specialised component is incorporated that reduces moisture loss during drying and helps prevent dehydration-related damage, such as membrane collapse and structural stress. By maintaining cell volume and turgor pressure, MMP supports stronger, more resilient bacteria with improved stability and survival. As a result, this technology enables extended seed pre-treatment periods of up to 45 days, even when used in combination with selected chemical seed treatments.
At MBFi, we utilise Solid-State Fermentation (SSF) to produce high-quality Trichoderma asperellum spores. SSF is an effective alternative to submerged fermentation (SmF) for the production of fungal spores and valuable secondary metabolites. This fermentation approach offers several key biotechnological advantages over SmF, including higher overall productivity, improved volumetric yields of secondary metabolites such as enzymes, and a more concentrated end-product. In addition, SSF often results in enhanced product stability, supporting longer shelf life and more reliable performance under agricultural conditions.
At MBFi, we utilise Solid-State Fermentation (SSF) to produce high-quality Trichoderma asperellum spores. SSF is an effective alternative to submerged fermentation (SmF) for the production of fungal spores and valuable secondary metabolites. This fermentation approach offers several key biotechnological advantages over SmF, including higher overall productivity, improved volumetric yields of secondary metabolites such as enzymes, and a more concentrated end-product. In addition, SSF often results in enhanced product stability, supporting longer shelf life and more reliable performance under agricultural conditions.
Disease suppression by Trillum® is achieved through multiple complementary modes of action. The active ingredient, Trichoderma asperellum, produces a range of protein-based enzymes that help degrade the cell walls of phytopathogenic fungi and inhibit their growth. These enzymes also support effective root colonisation by Trichoderma, allowing it to establish rapidly in the rhizosphere. In addition, this activity can stimulate the plant’s natural defence responses by triggering induced systemic resistance (ISR), strengthening the plant’s ability to withstand disease pressure.
Disease suppression by Trillum® is achieved through multiple complementary modes of action. The active ingredient, Trichoderma asperellum, produces a range of protein-based enzymes that help degrade the cell walls of phytopathogenic fungi and inhibit their growth. These enzymes also support effective root colonisation by Trichoderma, allowing it to establish rapidly in the rhizosphere. In addition, this activity can stimulate the plant’s natural defence responses by triggering induced systemic resistance (ISR), strengthening the plant’s ability to withstand disease pressure.
Chitinase Catalyst Technology (C.C.T.) is an advanced enzyme-activation technology used to strengthen the direct disease suppression activity of Trichoderma asperellum. Through optimised production and formulation processes, this technology significantly enhances chitinase enzyme activity, allowing Trichoderma to more effectively break down chitin-rich fungal cell walls. This enhanced enzymatic activity supports improved plant protection, and more consistent performance under field conditions.
Chitinase Catalyst Technology (C.C.T.) is an advanced enzyme-activation technology used to strengthen the direct disease suppression activity of Trichoderma asperellum. Through optimised production and formulation processes, this technology significantly enhances chitinase enzyme activity, allowing Trichoderma to more effectively break down chitin-rich fungal cell walls. This enhanced enzymatic activity supports improved plant protection, and more consistent performance under field conditions.
GET – Genetic Expression Technology is a complex scientific approach consisting of bio-stimulants in researched quantities and formulations blended with the correct complementing micro- and macronutrients that the plants will require at certain growth stages. Certain nutrients are essential for genetic expression, for example zinc finger proteins that control the expression of certain genes naturally present in the plant. During the vegetative stages you need to ensure that your plant is balanced and you mitigate stress to maintain optimal growth rates and build a solid foundation for the reproductive stages. During the reproductive stages you need to help the plant manage the stress of creating flowers and ultimately seed formation. The growth stage of the crop and the environment on the farm will determine the products used in a program. GET – Enhancing the plant’s reproductive capacity and ability to fully express its yield potential.
GET – Genetic Expression Technology is a complex scientific approach consisting of bio-stimulants in researched quantities and formulations blended with the correct complementing micro- and macronutrients that the plants will require at certain growth stages. Certain nutrients are essential for genetic expression, for example zinc finger proteins that control the expression of certain genes naturally present in the plant. During the vegetative stages you need to ensure that your plant is balanced and you mitigate stress to maintain optimal growth rates and build a solid foundation for the reproductive stages. During the reproductive stages you need to help the plant manage the stress of creating flowers and ultimately seed formation. The growth stage of the crop and the environment on the farm will determine the products used in a program. GET – Enhancing the plant’s reproductive capacity and ability to fully express its yield potential.
Hydrolock® is a protective hydrocolloid-based technology featured in BioShield XT, designed to improve the survival and performance of beneficial microorganisms on seed. It protects Bradyrhizobium and Trichoderma against key stressors such as heat, dehydration, poor adhesion, toxic seed coat compounds, film coatings, salts, and chemical seed treatments. By slowing moisture loss and reducing thermal stress, Hydrolock® helps maximise biological nitrogen fixation, improves microbial establishment, and ultimately supports higher yield potential.
Hydrolock® is a protective hydrocolloid-based technology featured in BioShield XT, designed to improve the survival and performance of beneficial microorganisms on seed. It protects Bradyrhizobium and Trichoderma against key stressors such as heat, dehydration, poor adhesion, toxic seed coat compounds, film coatings, salts, and chemical seed treatments. By slowing moisture loss and reducing thermal stress, Hydrolock® helps maximise biological nitrogen fixation, improves microbial establishment, and ultimately supports higher yield potential.
MBFi’s utilizes the micronization process to reduce the average diameter of a solid material’s particle. This process yields very fine nano-scale micronutrients which can be supplied in a highly concentrated, easy to apply, one step, quick drying coating liquid. MBFi offers a comprehensive range (B, Cu, Fe, Mg, Mn, Mo and Zn) of micronutrient coatings based on this technology which is known as the M-coat range. The reactivity of these particles will be very high due to the micronized nature of our M-coat products, rendering them highly bio-available. Furthermore, because most of these particles are not immediately water soluble, they provide a sustained release micronutrient source for longer periods throughout the growing season.
MBFi’s utilizes the micronization process to reduce the average diameter of a solid material’s particle. This process yields very fine nano-scale micronutrients which can be supplied in a highly concentrated, easy to apply, one step, quick drying coating liquid. MBFi offers a comprehensive range (B, Cu, Fe, Mg, Mn, Mo and Zn) of micronutrient coatings based on this technology which is known as the M-coat range. The reactivity of these particles will be very high due to the micronized nature of our M-coat products, rendering them highly bio-available. Furthermore, because most of these particles are not immediately water soluble, they provide a sustained release micronutrient source for longer periods throughout the growing season.