Effect
Increased salt stress tolerance
Decreased salt stress tolerance
ACTIV 0-0-5 treated baby leaf lettuce increased shoot dry biomass by 45% compared to the control, only at 40mM NaCl/L, but did not effect the chorophyl fluorescence paramters or performance index.
Trial details
soil grown, greenhouse, salt stress conditions
Canada
Crop
Lettuce, Lactuca sativa L.
Trial application
Method
Seed priming
Timing
1 - seeds in biosimulant solution
Rate
0.6 mL/L
2023
Effect of Biostimulants on Leafy Vegetables (Baby Leaf Lettuce and Batavia Lettuce) Exposed to Abiotic or Biotic Stress under Two Different Growing Systems.
Agronomy
13
879
Crop group