Effect
No effect on produce quality
No effect on nitrogen N use efficiency
No effect on potassium K use efficiency
Megafol treated Strawberry plants, cv. Elsanta, grown under optimal and reduced fertilizer conditions had on average no difference in guaiacol peroxidase (+10.6%), no difference in catalase (+9%), increased ascorbate peroxidase (+103.3%) and increased glutathione reductase (+133%) in leaves, increased mean fresh trifoliate leaf mass (+16%), no difference in mean dry trifoliate leaf mass (+14.9%) and no difference in total vegetative over ground mass per plant (+6.6%) compared to the untreated control plants.
Trial details
indoor, greenhouse, 4.5 L pots filled with commercial Stender B 400 substrate, reduced fertilization during fruit bearing stage for 3 weeks (50 % less N and K)
Croatia
Crop
Strawberry, Fragaria x ananassa
Trial application
Method
Foliar spray
Timing
Data not available
Rate
0.25 % (v/v) solution, 250 mL solution/pot
2010
Strawberry (Fragaria x ananassa Duch.) leaf antioxidative response to biostimulators and reduced fertilization with N and K
POLJOPRIVREDA
16
50-56
Crop group
