Effect
Siliforce treated strawberry, cv. 'Elsanta', showed no significant difference in leaf dry weight (-6.3%), no difference in shoot and stolons dry weight (-20.7%), no difference in crowns dry weight (+200%), increased roots dry weight (+152.5%), increased fruits dry weight (+15.7%), no difference in leaf nitrogen content (-8.1%), no difference in leaf phosphorous content, no difference in leaf potassium content (+8.7%), no difference in leaf calcium content (-8.9%), no difference in leaf magnesium content (-2.6%), no difference in leaf sulphur content (-18.2%), no difference in leaf boron content (-9.3%), no difference in leaf iron content (+14.5%), no difference in leaf manganese content (-4%), no difference in leaf copper content (+3.3%), increased leaf zinc content (+189.7%), no difference in leaf sodium content (+5.9%), increased leaf silicon content (+65.3%), no difference in root nitrogen content (-2.8%), no difference in root phosphorous content (+13.3%), no difference in root potassium content (+20.4%), no difference in root calcium content (+5.6%), no difference in root magnesium content (+9.5%), no difference in root sulphur content (+17.1%), increased root boron content (-26.4%), no difference in root iron content (+7.2%), no difference in root manganese content (-1.7%), no difference in root copper content (-13.7%), no difference in root zinc content (-11.8%), no difference in root sodium content (-19.4%) and increased root silicon content (+68.7%) at 90 days post transplanting, significantly increased total yield (+17.2%), no difference in number of fruits per plant (+2.2%), increased mean fruit weight (+15.1%), no difference in fruit firmness (+2.8%), no difference in total soluble sugars (+4.2%), no difference in titratable acidity (+2.5%), no difference in colour parameters C* and hue◦, no difference in total phenolic content (+16.6%), no difference in total anthocyanin content (-13.2%), no difference in antioxidant potential (+11.6%) and increased ascorbic acid (-18.7%), at final harvest,compared to untreated control plants.
