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KDL ® Help ensure your grape crop makes great wine. polymeric anthocyanins monomeric anthocyanins gallic acid 200% 150% 100% 50% 0% malvidin catechin epicatechin Properly timed applications of Agro-K's KDL® 0-0-24, can dramatically enhance brix, color development, and uniform maturity in all grapes. Increasing brix and color can improve juice phenolic compound levels resulting in measurable increased wine quality. polymeric phenols quercetin aglycone quercetin glycosides caffeic acid KDL Nutrient Program Average of Controls 7 & 8 caftaric acid KDL's unique formulation links potassium to a sugar complex that can quickly penetrate plant tissue – encouraging sugar development in the leaf and transport into the fruit. Even when tissue analysis shows adequate K levels, KDL provides a rapid increase in brix that also encourages color development and phenolics. KDL also improves uniform maturity helping to minimize harvesting passes. To find out how KDL can be a part of your comprehensive science- based nutrition program, call 800-328-2418, visit www.agro-k. com, or email info@agro-k.com. PINOT NOIR KDL Nutrient Program Control #7 Control #8 93.8 90.0 93.0 Brix JUICE %K 25.2 3.48 0.066 23.5 3.45 0.073 23.9 3.50 0.072 1) Fully replicated trial conducted by Hale Agricultural Services, Santa Maria CA Trial location Kendall Jackson Vineyards, Santa Maria, CA 2) Juice data generated from replicated samples by Dr. Ken Fugelsang, Dept of Enology and Viticulture, Fresno State Univ. AGRO-K CORPORATION Science-Driven NutritionSM 8 SEPTEMBER 2012 GOOD FRUIT GROWER www.goodfruit.com