Effect
Increased produce quality
HumiPlant treated Potato, cv. ‘Denar’, ‘Lord’,‘Miłek’, grown over three consecutive growing seasons, showed no significant difference in SPAD index, no difference in weight of leaves (-1.7%), increased assimilation leaf area (+5%), increased leaf area index (LAI) (+5.1%), no difference in specific leaf area (SLA) (+1.5%), increased tuber yield (+8.1%), and increased marketable tuber yield (+7.4%), when averaged across cultivars and growing seasons, compared to untreated control plants.
Trial details
Outdoor, soil grown (Luvisol), three consecutive growing seasons
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
2020
Changes in Assimilation Area and Chlorophyll Content of Very Early Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) Cultivars as Influenced by Biostimulants
Agronomy
10 (3)
387
Crop group
