Effect
No effect on produce quality
Increased produce quality
Kelpak SL treated Common bean, cv. Mexican Black, showed no significant difference in 1000 seed weight (g) (-1.8%), significantly increased seed yield (g/m2) (+25.7%), increased number of pods.m-2 (+43.2%), no difference in number of seeds.m-2 (+27.4%), no difference in acid-detergent fibre content, no difference in neutral-detergent fibre content, no difference in lignin content, no difference in hemicellulose content and no difference in cellulose content, at all application rates, when averages across three growing seasons, compared to untreated control plants.
Trial details
Outdoor, unprotected, soil grown (Gleyic Phaeozems), normal agricultural practices, repeated over three consecutive years
Poland
Crop
Common bean, Phaseolus vulgaris L.
Trial application
Method
Foliar spray
Timing
First application at BBCH 12-13, followed by 0 or 1 application at BBCH 61; for both doses
Rate
0.7% or 1.0% at 300L/ha
2020
Modification of Yield and Fiber Fractions Biosynthesis in Phaseolus vulgaris by Treatment with Biostimulants Containing Amino Acids and Seaweed Extract
Agronomy
10(9)
1338
Crop group
