Paper · 2026 · Bulletin of KSAU

EFFICIENCY OF GROWTH MATRIX – PLANT GROWTH REGULATOR WHEN USED ON POTATO VARIETIES OF DIFFERENT RIPENESS GROUPS

Aleksey Bakunov; Nadezhda Gulaeva; Nadezhda Dmitrieva; et al.

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Abstract

The objective of the study is to determine the effect of pre-planting treatment of seed tubers and foliar application of a solution of the Growth Matrix preparation on the growth, development, and productivity of potato varieties of different maturity groups under field conditions. The study was conducted in experimental fields at the Samara Research Institute of Agriculture, a branch of the Samara Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, from 2021 to 2024. The subjects of the study were the early-ripening potato variety Gala, the early-ripening variety Koroleva Anna, the mid-early variety Ilyinsky, and the mid-ripening variety Kometa. Potatoes were planted using a clonal planter in the second ten-day period of May. Four replicates of 50 plants were used. The experimental variants included pre-planting tuber treatment, one or two treatments of potato plants with the same dosage of the preparation during the growing season, and treatment of plants with different doses of the growth regulator during the budding stage. Statistical processing of yield data was performed using analysis of variance. Application of Growth Matrix at a dose of 0.6 l/ha during the growing season significantly increased the yield of Gala potatoes by 5.7 and 8.3 t/ha after a single and double application, respectively. The increase in potato productivity in these treatments was achieved primarily due to increased tuber weight. Foliar application of Growth Matrix at a dose of 0.4 l/ha significantly increased the yield of the mid-season Kometa variety and the mid-early Ilyinsky variety by 6.9 and 5.4 t/ha, respectively, as well as the average yield for the varieties. A significant increase in yield was also observed with a dose of 0.5 l/ha. Moreover, the increase in yield in treatments with different doses was achieved by increasing the number of tubers per plant. The Growth Matrix can positively impact various components of potato yield depending on cultivation conditions, variety, number and dosage of treatments. Foliar application of Growth Matrix can be recommended for mid-early and mid-season potato varieties grown under moisture-deficient and high-temperature conditions, at rates of 0.4 and 0.5 l/ha.

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivesignificant (as stated)measured

Claim · model-written summary

A single Growth Matrix application at 0.6 l/ha in the growing season raised Gala potato yield by 5.7 t/ha.

Taxon
potatoesSolanum tuberosume1
Material
Galae1
Treatment
Application of Growth Matrix at a dose of 0.6 l/ha during the growing seasone1
Outcome
yielde1
Direction
increasede1
Value
5.7e1
Qualifier
after a singlee1

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Solanum tuberosum
Solanum tuberosum · TaxonScott Bauer, USDA ARS · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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e1

“Application of Growth Matrix at a dose of 0.6 l/ha during the growing season significantly increased the yield of Gala potatoes by 5.7 and 8.3 t/ha after a single and double application, respectively”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivesignificant (as stated)measured

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A double Growth Matrix application at 0.6 l/ha in the growing season raised Gala potato yield by 8.3 t/ha.

Taxon
potatoesSolanum tuberosume1
Material
Galae1
Treatment
Application of Growth Matrix at a dose of 0.6 l/ha during the growing seasone1
Outcome
yielde1
Direction
increasede1
Value
8.3e1
Qualifier
double applicatione1

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Solanum tuberosum
Solanum tuberosum · TaxonScott Bauer, USDA ARS · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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e1

“Application of Growth Matrix at a dose of 0.6 l/ha during the growing season significantly increased the yield of Gala potatoes by 5.7 and 8.3 t/ha after a single and double application, respectively”

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Mechanismauthor interpretationoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Increased potato productivity in these treatments was achieved primarily through increased tuber weight.

Outcome
potato productivitye2
Qualifier
achieved primarily due to increased tuber weighte2

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Solanum tuberosum
Solanum tuberosum · TaxonScott Bauer, USDA ARS · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“The increase in potato productivity in these treatments was achieved primarily due to increased tuber weight”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivesignificant (as stated)measured

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Foliar Growth Matrix at 0.4 l/ha significantly increased Kometa yield by 6.9 t/ha.

Material
Kometae3
Treatment
Foliar application of Growth Matrix at a dose of 0.4 l/hae3
Outcome
yielde3
Direction
increasede3
Value
6.9e3

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Solanum tuberosum
Solanum tuberosum · TaxonScott Bauer, USDA ARS · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“POTATO VARIETIES OF DIFFERENT RIPENESS GROUPS”

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“Foliar application of Growth Matrix at a dose of 0.4 l/ha significantly increased the yield of the mid-season Kometa variety and the mid-early Ilyinsky variety by 6.9 and 5.4 t/ha, respectively, as well as the average yield for the varieties”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivesignificant (as stated)measured

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Foliar Growth Matrix at 0.4 l/ha significantly increased Ilyinsky yield by 5.4 t/ha.

Material
Ilyinskye3
Treatment
Foliar application of Growth Matrix at a dose of 0.4 l/hae3
Outcome
yielde3
Direction
increasede3
Value
5.4e3

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Solanum tuberosum
Solanum tuberosum · TaxonScott Bauer, USDA ARS · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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t0

“POTATO VARIETIES OF DIFFERENT RIPENESS GROUPS”

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e3

“Foliar application of Growth Matrix at a dose of 0.4 l/ha significantly increased the yield of the mid-season Kometa variety and the mid-early Ilyinsky variety by 6.9 and 5.4 t/ha, respectively, as well as the average yield for the varieties”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivesignificant (as stated)measured

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Foliar Growth Matrix at 0.4 l/ha significantly increased average potato yield across the varieties.

Treatment
Foliar application of Growth Matrix at a dose of 0.4 l/hae3
Outcome
average yielde3
Direction
increasede3
Qualifier
for the varietiese3

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Solanum tuberosum
Solanum tuberosum · TaxonScott Bauer, USDA ARS · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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t0

“POTATO VARIETIES OF DIFFERENT RIPENESS GROUPS”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 66–111 · show in text ↑
e3

“Foliar application of Growth Matrix at a dose of 0.4 l/ha significantly increased the yield of the mid-season Kometa variety and the mid-early Ilyinsky variety by 6.9 and 5.4 t/ha, respectively, as well as the average yield for the varieties”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1435–1676 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivesignificant (as stated)measured

Claim · model-written summary

Foliar Growth Matrix at 0.5 l/ha significantly increased potato yield.

Treatment
a dose of 0.5 l/hae4
Outcome
yielde4
Direction
increasee4

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Solanum tuberosum
Solanum tuberosum · TaxonScott Bauer, USDA ARS · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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t0

“POTATO VARIETIES OF DIFFERENT RIPENESS GROUPS”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 66–111 · show in text ↑
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“A significant increase in yield was also observed with a dose of 0.5 l/ha”

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Mechanismauthor interpretationoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Increased potato yield at different doses was achieved by increasing the number of tubers per plant.

Outcome
increase in yielde5
Qualifier
by increasing the number of tubers per plante5

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Solanum tuberosum
Solanum tuberosum · TaxonScott Bauer, USDA ARS · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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t0

“POTATO VARIETIES OF DIFFERENT RIPENESS GROUPS”

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“Moreover, the increase in yield in treatments with different doses was achieved by increasing the number of tubers per plant”

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Associationauthor interpretationoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Growth Matrix can positively impact various components of potato yield depending on conditions, variety and treatment number and dosage.

Treatment
Growth Matrixe6
Outcome
components of potato yielde6
Direction
positively impacte6
Qualifier
depending on cultivation conditions, variety, number and dosage of treatmentse6

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Solanum tuberosum
Solanum tuberosum · TaxonScott Bauer, USDA ARS · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“The Growth Matrix can positively impact various components of potato yield depending on cultivation conditions, variety, number and dosage of treatments”

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Recommendationauthor interpretationoriginal resultpositivebasis n/a

Claim · model-written summary

Foliar Growth Matrix can be recommended for mid-early and mid-season potato varieties at 0.4 and 0.5 l/ha under moisture-deficient and high-temperature conditions.

Treatment
at rates of 0.4 and 0.5 l/hae7
Outcome
Foliar application of Growth Matrixe7
Qualifier
moisture-deficient and high-temperature conditionse7

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Solanum tuberosum
Solanum tuberosum · TaxonScott Bauer, USDA ARS · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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e7

“Foliar application of Growth Matrix can be recommended for mid-early and mid-season potato varieties grown under moisture-deficient and high-temperature conditions, at rates of 0.4 and 0.5 l/ha”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 2033–2226 · show in text ↑

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