Plant Impact plc (AIM PIM) a global developer of technologies that improve crop productivity is pleased to announce that it has been adjudged as a finalist in the Grower Of The Year Awards 2010 in the Technical Product Of The Year category for the product InCa.

The annual awards are organised by Haymarket Events and run in conjunction with associates Horticulture Week and Grower magazines in association with Asda, the Horticultural Association and the National Farmers’ Union.

There are 19 categories of award and around 30 companies have been adjudged as finalists. The judging panel is comprised of respected industry professional that include horticultural consultant Andy Richardson of the Allium & Brassica Centre, nursery stock consultant John Adlam, British Independent Fruit Growers Association chairman John Breach, ADAS consultant and HW columnist Andrew Hewson, chief executive of the Fresh Produce Consortium Nigel Jenney and industry consultant John Tugman.

The award winners for each category will be announced at a presentation dinner on Thursday 11th February 2010 at the Wyndham Grand, Chelsea Harbour London. Further information about the awards and bookings for the dinner can be made via Haymarket Events website http://www.haymarketevents.com

Inca is modelled on Plant Impact’s proprietary CaT Technology, which targets calcium nutrition in plants. It has been extensively trialled throughout the world on a broad spectrum of crops that led to the first commercial sales of the product during 2009.

Additionally Plant Impact has secured UK government recognition for innovation in the field of food security following international development with its sphere of activities extended to Brazil. Key technologies include CaT technology and the Company’s unique amine nitrogen technology PiNT.

Plant Impact CEO Peter Blezard commented, “I am immensely proud that such a prestigious panel of judges from our industry have seen fit to recognise InCa by short listing us for this award. It further demonstrates that CaT Technology is efficacious and commercially beneficial to growers and distributors. We are already selling InCa in 24 countries and will be extending the current field trial programme to increasingly involve third party contract research organisations in our quest to further develop our global markets and sales”.

Blezard went on to say ‘we really appreciate the enthusiastic support from the UK Government which strengthens our resolve to make a significant contribution towards alleviating global food security concerns. We are achieving this by helping to ensure the quality and marketable yields of fruit and vegetable products reach levels that enable the demands of an ever-rising global population to be met, whilst at the same time contributing environmentally friendly technologies that reduce nitrogen consumption to limit the detrimental impact and extent of climate change’.