Effect
Increased salt stress tolerance
Rygex treated Tomato plants, cv. Micro-Tom, grown in salt stress had no significant higher growth or yield, had a significant higher water potential, 31 % more Ca2+, 17 % more K+, 32 % more Mg2+, 22 % more ascorbate and significant more essential amino acids in fruits, had significant less Cl- and significant more NO3- in the leaves compared to the untreated control in salt stress.
Trial details
indoor, greenhouse, pure peat moss substrate, 3 levels of salt stress (0-42.5-85 mM NaCl)
Italy
Crop
Tomato, Solanum lycopersicum L.
Trial application
Method
In nutrient solution
Timing
At transplanting, followed by 3 treatments every 2 weeks till harvest (4 treatments in total from 35 till 90 days after sowing)
Rate
diluted in dionized water 1:400, 200 mL solution/pot
2017
Ascophyllum nodosum-based algal extracts acts as enhancers of growth, fruit quality and adaptation to stress in salinized tomato plants
Journal of Applied Phycology
30
2675-2686
Crop group
