Effect
Increased produce quality
Decreased produce quality
Ekolist treated Thyme, cv. 'Sun', showed no significant difference in plant height (+9.8), significantly increased fresh mass (+10.2%), no significant difference in air-dried mass (+8.6%), significantly increased yield (+15.7%), no significant difference in rubbed herb (+2.7%), no significant difference in percentage of woody parts (-3.7%), , decreased oil content (-3.6%) and increased theoretical oil yield (+11%), compared to untreated control plants and averaged over two growing seasons.
Trial details
Outdoor, unprotected, soil grown over two consecutive growing seasons
Poland
Crop
Thyme, Thymus vulgaris
Trial application
Method
Foliar spray
Timing
First application in the third decade of June, followed by a second application in the second decade of July. (Approx 12-13 weeks and 15-16 weeks after sowing)
Rate
0.2% (V/V)
2009
The effect of foliar fertilization with Tytanit and Ekolist in thyme culture
Annales Universitatis Mariae Curie-Sklodowska
65(1)
Crop group
