Recent Azomite Studies
2022 Increased tomato fruit production in response to Azomite® volcanic ash fertilizer and foliar inoculations with natural tomato leaf microbes


Rajnish Khanna 1*, Jon E. Ferrel 2, Britt Koskella 3
1 Founder & CEO, i-Cultiver, Inc., Tracy, CA
2 VP, Research & Development, Azomite Mineral Products, Nephi, UT
3 Department of Integrative Biology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
*Contact: raj@i-cultiver.com
GREENHOUSE TOMATOS
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2023 Photosynthetically active radiation is required for seedling growth promotion by volcanic dacitic tuff breccia (Azomite)
Kent F. McCue1, Elijah Mehlferber2, Robert Reed3, Alexis Ortiz3, Jon Ferrel4,5, and Rajnish Khanna5,6*
1 USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Western Regional Research Center, Crop Improvement and Genetics Research Unit, 800 Buchanan Street, Albany, CA, 94710, USA
2 University of California Berkeley, Department of Integrative Biology, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
3 Biotechnology Education & Specialized Training (BEST) Internship Program, i-Cultiver, Inc. in collaboration with Contra Costa Community College, CA, USA
4 Azomite Mineral Products, Inc., 645 N. Main Street, Nephi, UT 84648, USA
5 i-Cultiver, Inc., 6102 Shoshone Dr., Manteca, CA 95336, USA
6Department of Plant Biology, Carnegie Institution for Science, 260 Panama St., Stanford, CA 94305, USA
*Contact: raj@i-cultiver.com
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MODE OF ACTION TRIAL


2022 Early phyllosphere microbial associations impact plant reproductive success
Elijah C. Mehlferber 1*, Kent F. McCue 2, Reena Debray 1, Griffin Kaulbach 3, Jon E. Ferrel 4,5, Rajnish Khanna 5,6,7, and Britt Koskella 1,8
Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720
Agricultural Research Service, Western Regional Research Center, Crop Improvement and
9 Genetics Research Unit, USDA, Albany, CA 94710
Department of Environmental Studies, Haverford College, Haverford, PA, 19041
Azomite Mineral Products, Inc., Nephi, UT 84648
i-Cultiver, Inc., Manteca, CA 95336
Department of Plant Biology, Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford, CA, 94305
The Chopra Foundation, Orlando, FL, 32827
Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
*Contact: raj@i-cultiver.com
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GREENHOUSE TOMATOS


Temporally Selective Modification of the Tomato Rhizosphere and Root Microbiome by Volcanic Ash Fertilizer Containing Micronutrients
Elijah C. Mehlferber 1. Kent F. McCue 2. Jon E. Ferrel, 3, 4. Britt Koskella, 1. Rajnish Khanna, 4, 5, 6.
1 University of California Berkeley, Department of Integrative Biology, Berkeley, California, USA
2 USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Western Regional Research Center, Crop Improvement and Genetics Research Unit, Albany, California, USA
3 Azomite Mineral Products, Inc., Nephi, Utah, USA
4 i-Cultiver, Inc., Tracy, California, USA
5 Department of Plant Biology, Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford, California, USA
6 The Chopra Foundation, Orlando, Florida, USA
*Contact: raj@i-cultiver.com
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GREENHOUSE TOMATOS


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