Stevia Corp. Obtains Exclusive Distribution Rights of Patented Cultivation Technology for Growing Stevia

MS Technology produces a unique range of breakthrough fertilizers aptly known as MS fertilizers that provide a cheaper, safer, better and sustainable solution to crop production.

Oct 26 2011 --- Stevia Corp., a farm management company focused on the economic development of Stevia, the fastest growing product in the alternative sweetener sector, is pleased to announce that as part of its previously announced agreement with Singapore based Agro Genesis Pte. Ltd., the Company has obtained exclusive distribution rights to Micro Suspension (MS) Technology which produces premium MS fertilizers for use with stevia.

Micro Suspension (MS) Technology is a breakthrough, patented crop nutrient delivery system that delivers insoluble but highly bio-available minerals to crops. It optimizes absorption of nutrients and hence maximizes benefits to the plant. The process was conferred the competitive Technology Commercialization Award by the Singapore government in 2008.

MS Technology produces a unique range of breakthrough fertilizers aptly known as MS fertilizers that provide a cheaper, safer, better and sustainable solution to crop production. Benefits to crops include increased yield, increased starch and sugar content and improved root and shoot growth. Stevia Corp. is in final discussions with two major institutes in Vietnam to perform cooperative research on Stevia utilizing these new and innovative technologies.

Micro Suspension technology:

* is considered a breakthrough in conventional plant nutrient technology;
* is a crop nutrient system that delivers water-insoluble, but highly bio-available minerals to crops;
* stays in soil -- doesn't wash out with rain -- only requires one application and therefore is less expensive;
* uses abundant and renewable resources as starting material thus avoiding the critical resource supply problems facing the chemical fertilizer industry;
* maximizes NUE (Nutrient Use Efficiency) by plants, resulting in optimal nutrient uptake thus maximizing benefits to plants;
* maximizes plant yield and quality -- designed to increase early plant growth, tolerance against biotic and abiotic stress and quality of harvested leaves.

Mr. George Blankenbaker, Stevia Corp. President, states, "Our development agreement with Agro Genesis has provided us with extremely favorable access to new cultivation technologies which we have deemed as a key element of our overall strategy for growth. Increased crop productivity is an important goal that increases the probability of future commercial success. There are many other components to our strategic aims, but this exclusive distribution right sets the stage for our immediate development program and can greatly aid in positioning our company at the forefront of our sector."