Puna Bio Extremophile Bioinputs

Puna Bio is a science platform based in Tucuman, Argentina, formed by scientists, biotechnologists and agronomists. It develops bioinputs from extremophile microorganisms of the Argentine Puna highlands to improve crop nutrition and protection.

Its portfolio includes Kanzama, a liquid biofertilizer for wheat and barley seed; Kunza, a seed biostimulant for soybean, cotton and bean; Tayrix, a Trichoderma-based seed biofungicide; Scutium, a biological protector allowing seed treatment up to 45 days before sowing; and Nodium, a soybean inoculant. The company cites a collection of more than 2,700 extremophile strains.

• Biofertilizer: Kanzama liquid seed biofertilizer for wheat and barley.
• Biostimulant: Kunza for soybean, cotton and bean seed.
• Biofungicide: Tayrix seed treatment based on Trichoderma orientale TP1.
• Early seed treatment: Scutium enables treatment up to 45 days before sowing.
• Inoculant: Nodium with a high concentration of B. japonicum for soybean.

Vietnamese bio-input distributors could evaluate seed biofungicides and inoculants for soybean, peanut and bean programs. Seed companies could test early seed-treatment products to ease logistics. Research institutes could explore extremophile strains for local salinity and drought stress.

The company claims yield improvements of up to 15%. Scutium allows seed treatment up to 45 days before sowing, easing planting logistics. A published case reports 400 extra kilograms per hectare with Kunza versus untreated plots. The portfolio covers fertilization, stimulation, disease protection and inoculation for seed programs.

Seed-applied biologicals are growing as farmers look to cut synthetic fertilizer and fungicide use while keeping yields. Latin American soybean and cereal producers are early adopters of bioinputs. Vietnam imports large volumes of soybean and maize and its growers show rising interest in biofertilizers.

Based in Tucuman, Argentina. The site cites more than 25 years of research, over 180 field trials per year in 8 countries and more than 100,000 liters produced. News in September 2026 reports Gates Foundation backing to triple sales and a safflower field day with Bunge in Chaco.