Effect
Increased produce quality
Biozyme treated Pepper, cv. Blemont/Domino/Atol, grown in a unheated plastic greenhouse was on average (2 doses) 16 % taller, had on average a 9 % higher fresh weight, had 35.4 % more fruits in early yield (not sign) and 13.5 % more fruits in total, the early fruits were 2.7 % less heavy, in total the fruits were 7.4 % heavier, had a 31.6 % higher early yield (not sign) and a 22.7 % higher total yield, the peppers contained 8.2 % less soluble solids (not sign) and 43.6 % more ascorbic acid as compared to the untreated control. (The highest dose gave in gerenal the best results)
Trial details
indoor, unheated plastic greenhouse, soil grown, usual cultivation
Egypt
Crop
Pepper, Capsicum annuum L.
Trial application
Method
Foliar spray
Timing
First treatment at flower initiation followed by 2 sprays with a 21-days interval
Rate
1 or 2 mL/L solution
1995
Response of three sweet pepper cultivars to Biozyme under unheated plastic house conditions
Scientia Horticulturae
61
285-290
Crop group