Innovations

Besides high quality products and services, technological innovation has positioned DCM Corporation as the benchmark by which most of its competitors strive to adapt their standards. Time after time, DCM Corporation consistently applies new technologies to the market, which obligates others to pursue if they intend to keep pace in the marketplace. To further distinguish its research and development activities, DCM Corporation’s leadership founded Scientia Terrae Research Institute in 2001. In close collaboration with technical universities and renowned research centers around the globe, Scientia Terrae’s main challenge has been to translate fundamental science into practical applications. In essence, Scientia Terrae conducts research not just for the sake of scientific achievement; rather, its primary function is to move science into solutions.

Below are products recently developed for DCM Corporation and its clients by the DCM Product Development Team and Scientia Terrae researchers.

Minigran® Technology

• Homogenous organic granules for unmatched, even distribution: each granule contains exactly the same composition of all labeled nutrients
• SGN values between 50 and 500
  Plus customized blends of various SGN classes for optimal application and performance characteristics in different fields of use.
• Optimized particle density
  For superior spreading and dissolving characteristics.
• Virtually no dust or offensive odors
  A unique production process ensures the absence of fractured pellet surfaces for clean, pleasant application.

Nutrient-On-Demand™ Technology

• Controlled release of nutrients follows the demand of the plant for up to 3 months, without the use of chemical coatings, synthetic inhibitors, membranes, or urea complexes
• Virtually no nitrogen leaching or volatilization occurs, therefore, permitting environmentally safe use, even in environmentally sensitive areas adjacent to bodies of water and wetlands
• Safe with no risk of burning from salt accumulation
• Instant green without stimulating unwanted growth through controlled release of iron (available in turfgrass fertilizers only)

Moss-Boss™

Moss elimination from the soil without synthetic pesticides or plant growth regulators. Moss-Boss technology is incorporated into turfgrass fertilizer only.

INTRO® Soil Wetting Agent

• Composed of a mixture of non-ionic surface tension reducing agents developed to improve water penetration into hydrophobic soils and potting media and into compacted soils
• Resolves and prevents drought stress of turfgrass in athletic fields, golf courses and lawns.
• Improves water-holding capacity of soils
• Increases effectiveness of irrigation by allowing faster, more uniform water penetration into soils, which minimizes irrigation water loss due to evaporation and runoff.
• INTRO® technology can also be incorporated into granulated turfgrass fertilizers.

DNA-multiscan® Diagnostic System

Becoming the new standard for detecting and identifying plant pathogens and beneficial microorganisms in plant material, soils, irrigation water, potting media, and other substrates.

• Results possible within 36 hours.
• Objective, clear and concise results based on detection of specific DNA.
• One-hundred times more sensitive than the best classical tests.
• All possible pathogens of a crop are screened in only one test, resulting in low cost per-pathogen analyses.
• In addition to detetction and identification, severity of pathogen infestation can be determined quickly
• Properly distinguishes between species and subspecies (where appropriate)
• Able to detect importatnt beneficial microorganisms
• Detects both culturable and non-culturable microorganisms.