Effect
Increased produce quality
Increased other
Stella Maris treated tomato, cv. Totem Hybrid #A371, showed significantly increased fruit number (2.95X), no significant difference in fruit fresh weight, increased shoot fresh weight (2.31X), increased shoot dry weight (2.16X), increased root fresh weight (2.93X), increased root dry weight (1.98X), no difference in soil fungi α-diversity, increased roots fungi α-diversity, increased soil bacteria α-diversity and increased roots bacteria α-diversity, compared to untreated control plants.
Trial details
Greenhouse, soil grown in trays (loamy sand)
Canada
Crop
Tomato, Solanum lycopersicum L.
Trial application
Method
Watering solution
Timing
At 2-week intervals
Rate
3.5mL/L in 250mL solution per 4 plant tray
2019
A commercial seaweed extract structured microbial communities associated with tomato and pepper roots and significantly increased crop yield.
Microbial Biotechnology
12 (6)
1346-1358
Crop group
