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| Title: | Foliar application of seaweed sap as biostimulant for enhancement of yieldand quality of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) |
| Authors: | Zodape, S T
Gupta, Abha
Bhandari, S C
Rawat, U S
Chaudhary, D R
Eswaran, K
Chikara, J |
| Keywords: | Foliar spray
Kappaphycus alvarezii
Tomato
Seaweed sap |
| Issue Date: | Mar-2011 |
| Publisher: | NISCAIR-CSIR, India |
| Abstract: | Effect
of Kappaphycus alvarezii sap (seaweed) on
growth and yield of tomato was studied in field during kharif
season of
2006-07.
K. alvarezii sap, applied as a foliar spray
(5.0%), increased yield of tomato fruit (60.89%) as compared to control plants
sprayed
with water, attributed to increase in number of fruits per plant and size of
fruit. With application of sap, fruit quality and
also
macro (13.24-67.50%) and micro (23.84-42.61%) elements content increased over
control. Nutrient uptake by fruit and shoot
was
improved with foliar application of K. alvarezii sap.
Plants receiving foliar applications showed resistance to leaf curl,
bacterial
wilt and fruit borer. |
| Page(s): | 215-219 |
| CC License: |  CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India |
| ISSN: | 0975-1084 (Online); 0022-4456 (Print) |
| Source: | JSIR Vol.70(03) [March 2011]
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