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Acadian

Type: Seaweed extract, Company: Acadian Seaplants

Effect

Increased produce quality

Acadian treated Spinach, var. Unipack 12, grown in optimal conditions had a 21 % higher antioxidant content, 50 % more flavonoids and 14 % more Fe+ chelating activity compared to the untreated control plants. The dose of 1 g/L had most effect, these results are given. 

Trial details
indoor, growth chamber, potting mix, optimal conditions
Canada

Crop

Spinach, Spinacia oleracea

Trial application

Method
Soil drench
Timing
First treatment 14 days before harvest, followed by a second treatment with a 7-days interval
Rate
0.1, 1 or 5 g powder solved in 1 L water; 50 mL solution/plant
Fan, D., Hodges, D.M., Zhang, J., Kirby, C.W., Ji, X., Locke, S.J., Critchley, A.T., & Prithiviraj, B.
2011
Commercial extract of the brown seaweed Ascophyllum nodosum enhances antioxidant content of spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.) which protects Caenorhabditis elegans against oxidative and thermal stress
Food Chemistry
124
195-202
Crop group