Effect
Increased produce quality
Green hum treated Strawberry, cv. Selva, grown in a hydroponic system had on average 45.1 % more shoot dry weight, 194.2% more root dry weight, 24.7 % more leaf area, 7 % more leaf chlorophyll content, 18.1 % more inflorescences, 27.3 % more primary fruit weight, 20 % longer fruits, 109.3 % more total yield, 8 % more malformed fruits, the fruits had 0.9 % more total soluble solids, 24.3 % more ascorbic acid and were 10.3 % more acid as compared to the untreated control. (dose of 3 g/L gave most significant results)
Trial details
indoor, greenhouse, hydroponic system, plants in 5 L pots filled with perlite:cocopeat (1:1 v:v), usual cultivation
Iran
Crop
Strawberry, Fragaria x ananassa
Trial application
Method
Foliar spray
Timing
First application when the plants had 5-6 fully expanded leaves, followed b 1 treatment with a 15-days interval
Rate
1.5,3 or 4.5 g/L solution
2013
Vegetative and Reproductive Parameters of ’Selva’ Strawberry as Influenced by Algaren, Drin and Green Hum Foliar application
Agricultural Communications
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27-32
Crop group
