Effect
Increased salt stress tolerance
Decreased produce quality
Super Fifty treated Lettuce, cv. Cos, grown in salt stress conditions showed a 42.53% increase in total yield with 0.4ml/L application rate and an increased shoot and root weight compared with untreated control. Super Fifty treated Lettuce, cv. Cos, grown in optimal conditions had 26.6 % less total fresh weight compared with the untreated control, increasing the dose had a negative effect.
Trial details
Greenhouse, 200 ml vermiculite: perlite (3:1), adverse soil salinity (80 mM NaCl) for 21 days
Ireland
Crop
Lettuce, Lactuca sativa L.
Trial application
Method
In nutrient solution
Timing
One week old seedlings
Rate
0.4, 1, 2.5 or 10 ml per litre of Hoaglands nutrient solution
2013
Discrete Roles for Extracts of Ascophyllum nodosum in Enhancing Plant Growth and Tolerance to Abiotic and Biotic Stresses
Acta horticulturae
1010
127-140
Crop group
