Effect
Chito Plant Solution treated Strawberry, cv. 'Elsanta', showed no significant difference in leaf dry weight (+43.6%), no difference in shoot and stolons dry weight (-1.1%), no difference in crowns dry weight (+1350%), increased roots dry weight (+535.6%), increased fruits dry weight (+25.9%), no difference in leaf nitrogen content (-8.9%), no difference in leaf phosphorous content (+5.9%), no difference in leaf potassium content (+6.7%), no difference in leaf calcium content (-11.4%), no difference in leaf magnesium content (+2.6%), no difference in leaf sulphur content (-9.1%), no difference in leaf boron content (-10.6%), no difference in leaf iron content (+41.3%), no difference in leaf manganese content (+2.9%), no difference in leaf copper content (+1.9%), no difference in leaf zinc content (+6.8%), no difference in leaf sodium content (-8.9%), no difference in leaf silicon content (+16.9%), no difference in root nitrogen content (-12.5%), no difference in root phosphorous content (-13.3%), no difference in root potassium content (-20.4%), no difference in root calcium content (+20.6%), no difference in root magnesium content (+9.5%), no difference in root sulphur content (+31.4%), decreased root boron content (-40.2%), no difference in root iron content (+122.8%), no difference in root manganese content (+137.6%), no difference in root copper content (+0.2%), no difference in root zinc content (-50.3%), no difference in root sodium content (-6.6%) and increased root silicon content (+78%) at 90 days post transplanting, significantly increased total yield (+27.6%), no difference in number of fruits per plant (+8.7%), increased mean fruit weight (+17.9%), increased fruit firmness (+18.3%), no difference in total soluble sugars (-1.4%), no difference in titratable acidity (-4.3%), no difference in colour parameters C* and hue◦, no difference in total phenolic content (+4.2%), no difference in total anthocyanin content (+17.6%), no difference in antioxidant potential (+5.6%) and no difference in ascorbic acid (+7.6%), at final harvest, compared to untreated control plants.
