Effect
Increased water use efficiency
Acadian MPE treated spinach showed an increase in soil water content of 10% and increase in photosynthesis by 6% compared to untreated plants.
Trial details
soil grown, controlled conditions, tested with zeolite
Italy
Crop
Spinach, Spinacia oleracea
Trial application
Method
Added to soil
Timing
Seeds sowed 28 april - applied biostimulant 1st and 13th of june
Rate
2.5 g/L
2023
Zeolite and Ascophyllum nodosum-Based Biostimulant Effects on Spinach Gas Exchange and Growth
Agriculture
13
754
Crop group