Effect
Increased produce quality
No effect on produce quality
HumiPlant treated Potato, cv. ‘Denar’, ‘Lord’, ‘Miłek’, grown over three consecutive growing seasons, showed on average decreased length of stems (-4.8%), no difference in weight of stems (-4.5%), no difference in weight of leaves (-1.7%), increased assimilation leaf area (+5%), no difference in leaf weight ratio (+1.9%), no difference in leaf area ratio (+0.6%) and increased marketable tuber yield (+7.4%), compared to untreated control plants.
Trial details
Outdoor, soil grown (Luvisol), three consecutive growing seasons, normal agricultural practices
Poland
Crop
Potato, Solanum tuberosum L.
Trial application
Method
Foliar spray
Timing
First application at BBCH 14-16, followed by a second application one week later
Rate
2 L/ha
2019
Growth and marketabale potato (solanum tuberosum L.) tuber yield in response to foliar application of seaweed extract and humic acids
Applied Ecology and Environmental Research
17 (6)
Crop group
