Effect
Increased other
Increased nitrogen N use efficiency
Trainer treated Tomato transplants, cv. Console, had 28 days after transplantation on average 19.5 % more shoot dry weight, 27.5 % more root dry weight, 14.3 % more chlorophyll and 21.5 % more leaf N content compared to the untreated control. The highest dose of 10 mL/L had most effect.
Trial details
indoor, polyethylene greenhouse, quartziferous sand in 1.5 L pots, optimal cultivation
Italy
Crop
Tomato, Solanum lycopersicum L.
Trial application
Method
Watering solution
Timing
First application 9 days after transplantation, followed by 2 treatments with a 8- and 6-days interval
Rate
5 and 10ml/L
2015
Biostimulant action of a plant-derived protein hydrolysate produced through enzymatic hydrolysis
Frontiers in Plant Science
5
Article 448
Crop group
