When deployed in the field, the botanical medium interacts with its surrounding environment through naturally derived volatile compounds, creating a non-contact botanical environment around crops.

🌱Core Advantages

Non-Contact

Deployed around crops without direct spraying onto plant surfaces.

Botanical-Based

Plant-based materials combined with water, without introducing synthetic chemical agents.

Lower Input Dependence

Field applications explore crop performance without increasing fertilizer or pesticide inputs. 

Plant Responses

Observed responses include changes in flowering, crop vitality, fruit development and productivity under different growing conditions.

Ecological Interaction

Observed effects may also include changes in pest pressure and insect activity in selected crop systems.


🌍Beyond Crop Protection

ELPC® is being explored as a broader approach to plant health and the growing environment—not simply as a conventional disease-management treatment.

By combining botanical inputs, beneficial microorganisms and non-contact field application, NEWKIS is developing an integrated approach to support plant vitality and resilience.


🌾 Field Observations

ELPC®  has been applied across diverse agricultural systems, with field observations recorded across multiple crops, including: Rice · Maize · Papaya · Dragon Fruit · Cucumber · Other Crops

Case 1. Paddy Rice (Conghua, Guangzhou): A signed field record by grower Yang Liecheng     (witnessed by Dr. Weiping Zhu) verified ELPC® yield performance without synthetic chemical inputs:

• 2025 H2 (Var. Qianliangyou): Yield increased >20% (~15 vs ~10 bags/mu), panicles grew ~3 cm longer, and pest incidence dropped by 40%.

• 2026 H1 (Var. Lanxiangzhan): Yield reached 985.6 jin/mu vs 792 jin/mu in control (+24.4%).

• Project featured on CCTV/Conghua TV and Xuexi Qiangguo platform.

Case 2. Maize (Conghua, Guangzhou): A signed field observation report from Dongsheng Organic Farm (signed by Technical Director Wang Dafu) verified ELPC® performance:

• 2024 (15 mu treatment vs 15 mu control): Average sample weight reached 5.7 jin (~2.85 kg) vs 4.3 jin (~2.15 kg) in control (+32.56% difference).

• Crop Vigor & Yield Potential: Treatment plot observed zero dead plants (vs ~15% mortality in control) and ~1.5 more ears per plant.

🔬 From Field Observation to Bio-Physical Understanding

NEWKIS is exploring how naturally derived botanical volatiles may interact with plants and their surrounding biological environment.

Our working hypothesis explores a possible pathway: 

Botanical Volatiles → Environmental Bio-Signalling → Plant & Ecological Responses

Current research focuses on several interconnected areas:

Research areas include plant signaling, flowering and fruit development, photosynthesis and carbon metabolism, plant–microbe interaction, and insect–plant behavior.


🔬 From Observation to Scientific Discovery

Years of field application have generated a growing body of observations. The next step is to understand the biological and biophysical mechanisms behind these effects.

We have observed the phenomena. Now we want to understand the mechanisms.

NEWKIS is therefore seeking scientific collaboration to move from field observation toward rigorous validation.

🌍Agricultural Resilience

Agriculture is entering an era of increasing climate variability and input uncertainty.

ELPC® is being explored as a non-chemical approach to support crop productivity and resilience, with field applications demonstrating encouraging results without increasing fertilizer and pesticide inputs in selected applications.

The longer-term research question is not simply how to produce more — but how agriculture can maintain productive, resilient crops with greater efficiency and less dependence on additional inputs.


✅ Intellectual Property 

ELPC® is a registered trademark in Australia. The underlying technology is protected under Australian Patent Application (AU 2025271030, Priority Date: Nov 19, 2025) and PCT International Patent Application (PCT/AU2026/051240).

Patent information is provided for reference and does not imply granted patent rights unless expressly stated.