Effect
Increased produce quality
Atonik treated Cucumber, cv. Octopus/Opera/Sonate, grown in a field had on average a 1.9 % higher total yield, a 1.3 % higher marketable yield, 7.5 % more dry matter, 4.6 % more soluble solids (sign), 6 % more nitrates (sign), 10.1 % more phosphorous (sign), 0.3 % less potassium and 4 % less Ca compared to the untreated control.
Trial details
outdoor, unprotected, soil grown, optimal cultivation
Poland
Crop
Cucumber, Cucumis sativa L.
Trial application
Method
Foliar spray
Timing
First application 60 days after sowing (20 days after transplanting), followed by 2 treatments with a 15-days and 1 month interval
Rate
0.1 % v/v in 500 L/ha
2014
Biological mode of action of a nitrophenolates-based biostimulant: case study
Frontiers in Plant Science
5
Article 713
Crop group
