Effect
Increased drought stress tolerance
Increased produce quality
Biof20 treated tomatoes, cv Paola, grown in soil under drought stress conditions (reduction of 40% irrigation compared with control) exhibited only a 5% yield reduction compared to control and had 7% more yield than control stressed plants. Fruit caliber was 2% higher than drought stressed plants and reduced by 10% compared to irrigated control.
Trial details
outdoor, unprotected, soil grown, drought conditions
France
Crop
Tomato, Solanum lycopersicum L.
Trial application
Method
Foliar spray
Timing
One week after planting, followed by 3 treatments at 9 leaves, between first and second floral node, at 50% of the plants with fruits (thirth floral node)
Rate
2 L of product / ha in water at 500 L /ha
2020-2021
Bio4safe trial reports Tomato 2020-2021
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