Effect
No effect on produce quality
No effect on other
Platina treated Apple, cv. Elstar, grown in normal conditions didn't have less peeling spots and didn't have a better hardness or a better base color compared to the untreated control (for both application timings).
Trial details
outdoor, unprotected, soil grown, normal conditions
Netherlands
Crop
Apple, Malus x domestica
Trial application
Method
Foliar spray
Timing
First treatment 39 days before harvest, followed by 2 treatments 31 days and 21 days before harvest or first treatment 21 days before harvest, followed by 0 treatments
Rate
3 times 0.22 L/ha or 1 time 0.66 L/ha in water at 300 L/ha
2009
Demoproef schilvlekjes: effect GA 4/7 - en Platina-bespuitingen voor de oogst op schilvlekjes
Wageningen : Agrotechnology and Food Sciences Group
Crop group