Q+ INNOVATION PORTFOLIO
ProtectQ+ is an agricultural biostimulant developed to help crops maintain healthier growth and fruit quality under challenging field conditions, with a particular focus on sunburn protection and resilience.
PROTECT MORE OF WHAT YOU GROW
High temperature, intense solar radiation and related physiological stress can reduce the proportion of fruit that reaches marketable quality. ProtectQ+ is positioned to help protect crop potential through these periods.
WHY PROTECTION MATTERS
FIELD EVIDENCE
ProtectQ+ field evidence is presented by crop and trial. Different evidence sets are kept distinct rather than merged into one trial narrative.
44.8→30.6
Cracking Index (IC)
Trial design: Control vs ProtectQ+ 300 cc hL⁻¹ ×3 vs competitor 100 g hL⁻¹ ×3.
Application dates: 18 Nov · 25 Nov · 2 Dec 2024.
Fruit diameter, fruit weight and °Brix did not show statistically significant differences in the supplied report.
28.5%→12.3%
Cracking incidence · 56.8% lower
Trial program: 3 L/ha · 3 applications · May 10 · May 24 · Jun 10, 2022.
17.2%→7.1%
Crack + sunburn damage · 58.7% lower
56.5%→76.5% normal fruit
2,351→2,842 kg total harvest
23.8%→63.5%
High-quality fruit · +39.7 percentage points
Evidence set: Average of 3 replicated trials. High-quality fruit was defined in the trial material as fruit over $50/box.
Results are trial-specific. Crop, cultivar, site, season, rate and application program can affect performance.
HOW PROTECTQ+ SUPPORTS PROTECTION
The current technical materials describe ProtectQ+ as a phospholipid-based biostimulant supporting membrane condition, fruit-surface protection and crop resilience under environmental stress. These are support functions rather than a single proven molecular mechanism.
Technical wording is intentionally conservative: the supplied materials support this functional concept, but do not establish one complete molecular pathway for ProtectQ+.
2026 PRODUCT STORY
The current ProtectQ+ brochure brings the product positioning, target benefits and visual identity together as part of the Q+ Innovation Portfolio.
ProtectQ+ is presented as an Agricultural Biostimulant. It is intentionally positioned separately from FruitQ+ and is not presented as an LPE-powered product.
WHAT THE FIELD EVIDENCE SHOWS
The current evidence base includes rain-induced cherry cracking, grape cracking and apple crack + sunburn damage, together with a separate replicated apple quality evaluation.
Each result is presented with its own crop, location, year and trial context. The separate Fuji apple evidence sets are not combined into a single trial claim.
This website summary is aligned with Nutra-Park's 2026 ProtectQ+ Technical & Field Evidence Master.
APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT
ProtectQ+ application timing and rate should be matched to crop, climate, stress pressure and production system. Nutra-Park is building practical programs from field evaluation rather than applying one universal schedule to every crop.
Important: Crop-specific rates and schedules shown in development trials should not automatically be treated as universal recommendations. Please contact Nutra-Park for the current program for your crop and market.
Q+ INNOVATION PORTFOLIO
Enhance Quality
Powered by LPE Technology.
Protect Potential
Sunburn Protection · Better Resilience
Enhance Expression
Enhanced color expression and fruit quality.
PROTECT POTENTIAL