Effect
Increased yield
Capxium treated strawberry, cv. Nabila, had no difference in shoot dry biomass, no difference in early fruit yield but a significant higher total marketable fruit yield (+12.7%), significant more fruits/plant (+11.8%), no difference in mean fruit weight, no difference in fruit firmness and soluble solids content (°Brix) compared to the synthetic auxin treated plants. Capxium treated strawberry, cv. Nabila, had significant less shoot dry biomass, significant more early fruit yield (+15.9%), no difference in total marketable fruit yield, fruits/plant, no difference in mean fruit weight, fruit firmness and soluble solids (°Brix) compared to the untreated control.
Trial details
indoor, polyethylene greenhouse, grown in polyethylene bags filled with 50% perlite and 50% coconut fiber, optimal growing conditions
Italy
Crop
Strawberry, Fragaria x ananassa
Trial application
Method
Foliar spray
Timing
First treatment at flowering stage (119 days after transplanting), followed by 3 treatments 128, 138 and 148 days after transplanting
Rate
5 mL/L
2024
Plant biostimulants as natural alternatives to synthetic auxins in strawberry production: physiological and metabolic insights
Frontiers in Plant Science
14
1-16
Crop group