Abstract
Seaweed extracts are widely used in agriculture as ecological focus substances applied to improve crop growth and quality. One of the primary benefits they bring is increased effectiveness of fruit setting as well as improved stress tolerance, essential for warm-climate crops cultivated in the nonoptimal environmental conditions of Northern and Central Europe. The aim of this study was a preliminary investigation of any genotype-dependent reaction of eggplant cultivars (Solanum melongena) to application of a standardized extract of the seaweed Ascophyllum nodosum (Göemar BM-86) under field conditions in Poland. The only statistically relevant result of this biostimulant was shown for cultivar ‘Flavine’ F1, where it positively affected the early crop yield and the number of fruits per plant. Fruit quality attributes, including antioxidant activity, as well as selected mineral contents, increased as an effect of biostimulant spraying. This reaction was specific for the cultivars investigated, and it was confirmed by significant differences in the main effects between biostimulant and control treatments for almost all the properties measured. The use of this A. nodosum extract suggested that there could be an improvement in fruit yield and quality in selected eggplant cultivars under field conditions in the temperate climatic zone.
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Claim · model-written summary
The biostimulant increased early crop yield and fruit number for Flavine F1.
- Taxon
- eggplant
Solanum melongenat0 - Material
- ‘Flavine’ F1e0
- Treatment
- biostimulante0
- Outcome
- early crop yield and the number of fruits per plante0
- Direction
- positively affectede0
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Verbatim
e0“The only statistically relevant result of this biostimulant was shown for cultivar ‘Flavine’ F1, where it positively affected the early crop yield and the number of fruits per plant.”
t0“eggplant cultivars”
Claim · model-written summary
Biostimulant spraying increased fruit quality attributes, antioxidant activity, and selected mineral contents.
- Taxon
- eggplantSolanum melongenat0
- Treatment
- biostimulant sprayinge0
- Outcome
- Fruit quality attributes, including antioxidant activity, as well as selected mineral contentse0
- Direction
- increasede0
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Verbatim
e0“Fruit quality attributes, including antioxidant activity, as well as selected mineral contents, increased as an effect of biostimulant spraying.”
t0“eggplant cultivars”
Claim · model-written summary
Biostimulant and control treatments differed significantly for almost all measured properties.
- Taxon
- eggplantSolanum melongenat0
- Treatment
- biostimulante0
- Outcome
- almost all the properties measurede0
- Comparator
- control treatmentse0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“significant differences in the main effects between biostimulant and control treatments for almost all the properties measured.”
t0“eggplant cultivars”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors suggest the extract could improve fruit yield and quality in selected eggplant cultivars in temperate field conditions.
- Taxon
- eggplantSolanum melongenae0
- Treatment
- A. nodosum extracte0
- Outcome
- improvement in fruit yield and qualitye0
- Setting
- field conditions in the temperate climatic zonee0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The use of this A. nodosum extract suggested that there could be an improvement in fruit yield and quality in selected eggplant cultivars under field conditions in the temperate climatic zone.”
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