Effect
Increased salt stress tolerance
Kelpak treated tomato seedlings, var. Roma, grown under salt stress conditions had no significant difference in plant height (-2,5%), total fresh biomass (+9,1%), total dry biomass (+8,6%), a 28,6% significant higher root-to-shoot biomass compared to the untreated control grown under the same salt stress conditions.
Trial details
indoor, growth room, grown in pots (vermiculite:perlite, 2:1), salt stress (125 mM NaCl)
South Africa
Crop
Tomato, Solanum lycopersicum L.
Trial application
Method
Root drench
Timing
Every 3 days, in total 7 applications
Rate
50 mL/pot of 1 % solution
2024
Phlorotannins contribute to the ameliorative bioactivities of Ecklonia maxima-derived bioproduct in salt-stressed Solanum lycopersicum
Journal of Plant Physiology
303
1-11
Crop group
