Claim · model-written summary
Foliar application of seaweed extract significantly enhanced the benefit:cost ratio of potato.
- Taxon
- Solanum tuberosum
Solanum tuberosumt0 - Treatment
- Foliar application of seaweed extracte1
- Outcome
- benefit: cost ratio (B: C)e1
- Direction
- enhancede1
- Comparator
- control (water spray + RDF)e2
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Verbatim
t0“Potato ( Solanum tuberosum L.)”
e1“Foliar application of seaweed extract significantly enhanced growth, yield, nutrient uptake and benefit: cost ratio (B: C) in potato crop”
e2“over control (water spray + RDF)”
Title
Effect of Seaweed Saps on Growth, Nutrient Uptake and Yield of Potato ( Solanum tuberosum L.)
Sanjay Ku. Dwivedi; Awanish Kumar; Ashok Pal; et al. Applied Biological Research 2016. doi:10.5958/0974-4517.2016.00001.x
Other claims from this paper (8)
- Intervention effect Foliar application of seaweed extract significantly enhanced potato growth.
- Intervention effect Foliar application of seaweed extract significantly enhanced potato nutrient uptake.
- Intervention effect Foliar application of seaweed extract significantly enhanced potato yield.
- Intervention effect Foliar 10% Gracilaria sap with RDF gave the highest tuber yield, 11.31% above control.
- Intervention effect 10% Kappaphycus sap with RDF increased tuber yield by 9.37% over control, ranking second.
- Intervention effect Highest uptake of N, P and K by tuber and haulm was observed with 10% Gracilaria sap with RDF.
- Intervention effect Highest net return per hectare was observed with 10% Gracilaria sap with RDF, Rs. 1,14,871.
- Intervention effect Highest benefit:cost ratio was observed with 10% Gracilaria sap with RDF, 1.21.