Effect
Increased drought stress tolerance
VIVA treated tomato, cv. 'IKRAM', showed increased (+130%) fresh plant biomass, increased distribution of root biomass and increased plant height, compared to untreated control plants.
Trial details
Indoor, pot grown for areal analysis, plexi-glass tube grown for root analysis, drought stressed from 15 days
Italy
Crop
Tomato, Solanum lycopersicum L.
Trial application
Method
Data not available
Timing
First application at transplanting, followed by a second application 15 days after transplanting
Rate
Data not available
2013
An evaluation of tomato plant root development and morpho-physiological response treated with VIVA by image analysis
Acta Horticulturae
1009
155-159
Crop group
