Effect
Increased produce quality
Increased nutrient availability in soil or substrate
Actiwave treated Apple trees, cv. Fuji, grown in a orchard without addition of a NPK fertilizer had a 15 % higher shoot growth, 12 % more chlorophyll and decreased oscillations between the 'on' and 'off' years in alternate bearing (unthinned) trees with a higher fruit yield in the 'off' year and increased average fruit weight in the 'on' year (37 %) compared to the untreated control.
Trial details
outdoor, unprotected, soil grown, reduced nitrogen, phosphor and potassium
Italy
Crop
Apple, Malus x domestica
Trial application
Method
Ferti-irrigation
Timing
Data not available
Rate
30 L/ha
2009
Perspectives on the use of a seaweed extract to moderate the negative effects of alternate bearing in apple trees
Journal of Horticultural Science and Biotechnology
131-137
Crop group
