Effect
Increased produce quality
Decreased produce quality
Kelpak SL treated Common bean, cv. Aura/Toska, grown in a field had on average 5.5 % more seeds (#/m²), 6.3 % heavier seeds (g/m²), 5.7 % more pods (#/m²), a 1.2 % higher weight of thousand seeds, the beans contained 3 % less starch, 3.1 % less free sugars and 3.4 % less proteins as compared to the untreated control. (in general the Toska cultivar reacted more as compared to the Aura cultivar; Toska reacted best to double treatments of 0.2 %; Auro to single treatments of 0.4 %)
Trial details
outdoor, unprotected, soil grown, usual cultivation
Poland
Crop
Common bean, Phaseolus vulgaris L.
Trial application
Method
Foliar spray
Timing
First treatment at the 2-3 leaf stage, followed by 0 or 1 treatment at the beginning of bean blooming
Rate
0.2 or 0.4 % solution; 300 L/ha spraying volume
2018
Enhancement of yield, nutritional and nutraceutical properties of two common bean cultivars following the application of seaweed extract (Ecklonia maxima)
Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences
25
563-571
Crop group
