Elexa®

Elexa®4 Plant Defense Booster controls many serious plant diseases without threatening the health and safety of plants, consumers or the environment. The natural ingredients in Elexa®4 PDB stimulate plants’ natural defense responses to fight devastating fungi and other attacking forces. Simply put,

Elexa®4 PDB boosts plants’ “immune system” by eliciting the production of specific natural chemicals within plants which provide protection against invasive organisms, keeping them vigorous
and healthy.

Nontoxic Elexa®4 PDB works in a new and completely different way than most "hard" chemicals, so the hazards of contamination and resistance are safely eliminated. Remarkably, this product costs no more than the problematic toxic chemicals. Elexa®4 PDB does not require special equipment, and is applied using conventional sprayers.

Six years of testing and substantial field trial data from researchers at major universities and independent research labs have shown Elexa®4 PDB to be highly successful in protecting a significant number of fruits, vegetables, grains, ornamental plants and flowers, including roses. Growers of high-value fruits are especially interested in the product’s ability to fight Powdery Mildew, Downey Mildew, Gray Mold and blight—diseases which cost growers hundreds of millions of dollars in lost crops each year.

This breakthrough product, with four significant patents, is EPA-approved and presently registered for sale in 14 major agricultural states including California, Oregon, Washington, Arizona, Texas, Florida and New York. Elexa®4 PDB will be available to most of the US market for the 2005 growing season in most states. Organic registration of Elexa®4 PDB is expected for the 2005 growing season.

Beyond the crops already mentioned, Elexa®4 PDB is EPA-approved for use on squash, pumpkins, potatoes, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, peppers, peas, onions, melons, watermelons, lettuce, beans, carrots, eggplant, rice, wheat, blueberries, cherries and 12 other tree fruits. Also, it is approved for professional and consumer lawn and garden application, including home vegetable gardens, indoor and outdoor potted plants, and flowers, including roses.

A prime example of Elexa®4 PDB’s potential is its effectiveness on Powdery Mildew Disease (PMD), a huge threat to agricultural production worldwide. This disease damages fruits, vegetables and grains, in addition to floral and ornamental plants. Billions of dollars are spent each year on many types of chemical pesticides, endangering workers and putting consumers’ health at risk. (A recent study by the Ontario College of Family Physicians [globeandmail.com, April 24, 2004] found consistent evidence of health risks from exposure to chemical pesticides citing brain, prostate, breast, kidney and pancreatic cancers, as well as leukemia and other acute illnesses.)

Nontoxic Elexa®4 PDB has been proven in large-scale agricultural tests and horticultural operations, showing outstanding success in fighting disease, while greatly reducing health risks from chemical exposure. Dr. Daoust explains, “EPA-mandated field worker re-entry times (REI) can be up to three days or more for many ‘hard’ chemical pesticides. Nontoxic Elexa®4 PDB’s REI is just four hours, the minimum required by law. Elexa®4 PDB is also ‘Exempt from Tolerance’, meaning that the EPA has determined that when Elexa®4 PDB is sprayed, any residues that remain on the fruit or fiber are not harmful to the consumer. This means Elexa®4 PDB can be sprayed up to and even on the day of harvest, unlike ‘hard’ chemicals, which often cannot be sprayed within 30 days of harvest (referred to as the preharvest interval). This is huge to the growers. Plus, there is no residual contamination of the spraying equipment as can be the case with toxic chemical pesticides. The effectiveness and reduced hazard of using this nontoxic product, plus the fact that disease-resistance is eliminated naturally, will revolutionize safe food production, increase consumer safety in home garden use, and boost the public’s perception of new sustainable-agriculture products—at no additional cost.”

Soon we will have distribution avenues for the 2005 growing season posted on this website.