Effect
Increased produce quality
Decreased produce quality
No effect on produce quality
Auxym treated Lettuce, cv. 'SINTIA RZ', showed significantly increased total yield (+21.8%), increased marketable yield (+23.9%), increased in leaf number (+10%), increased leaf area (+15.3%), increased SPAD index (+6%), increased total chlorophyll (+30%), reduced nitrate (-23%), increased phosphorous (+10%), increased calcium (+17%), reduced sodium (-12%), increased antioxidant activity (+9%) and increased ascorbic acid content (+105%) but had no significant effect on dry matter, no effect on potassium, no effect on magnesium, no effect on sulphur, no effect on total phenols and no effect on carotenoid content, when compared to untreated control plants, averaged across three mulching film applications.
Trial details
Indoor, protected, unheated greenhouse, soil-grown (sandy loam), tested three mulching-films
Italy
Crop
Lettuce, Lactuca sativa L.
Trial application
Method
Foliar spray
Timing
First application 10 daus transplanting, followed by 4 applications with 7-days intervals
Rate
2ml/L
2020
Appraisal of Biodegradable Mulching Films and Vegetal-Derived Biostimulant Application as Eco-Sustainable Practices for Enhancing Lettuce Crop Performance and Nutritive Value
Agronomy
10(3)
427
Crop group
