Effect
Increased other
Stimplex treated Cucumbers, cv. Salad Bush, grown in biotic stress conditions had a disease reduction of Alternaria cucumerinum (-70 %), Didymella applanata (-47 %), Botritys cinerea (-46 %) and of Fusarium oxysporum (-88 %) and they had more defense related enzymes and polyphenols compared to the water treated control plants. (data are for the combination treatment and 0.5 % concentration)
Trial details
indoor, greenhouse, sawdust, biotic stress conditions
Canada
Crop
Cucumber, Cucumis sativa L.
Trial application
Method
Foliar spray, root drench or the combination
Timing
First treatment at transplanting, followed by 2 treatements with a 10-days interval
Rate
0.5 % or 1 % concentation; 30 mL per plant
2010
Commercial extract from the brown seaweed Ascophyllum nodosum reduces fungal diseases in greenhouse cucumber
J Appl Phycol
23
353-361
Crop group
