Effect
Increased salt stress tolerance
Trainer treated Lettuce, cv. Regina di Maggio, grown in salt stress conditions had a ± 30 % higher fresh yield, ± 16 % more dry biomass and ± 53 % more root dry weight compared to the untreated control plants. Best result obtained with the combination of treatments.
Trial details
outdoor, polytunnel, quartziferous sand in pots, salt stress conditions
Italy
Crop
Lettuce, Lactuca sativa L.
Trial application
Method
Root drench or root drench combined with foliar applications
Timing
First treatment 5 days after transplanting, followed by a weekly treatment till 35 days after transplanting
Rate
Root drench: 100 mL of 2.5 mL/L solution; foliar application solution of 2.5 mL/L
2015
The effect of a plant-derived biostimulant on metabolic profiling and crop performance of lettuce grown under saline conditions
Scientia Horticulturae
182
124-133
Crop group
