%0 Journal Article
%T Impact of foliar application of seaweed extract on growth, yield and quality of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.)
%A Muhammad Wasim Haider
%A Chaudhary Muhammad Ayyub
%A Muhammad Aslam Pervez
%A Habat Ullah Asad
%A Abdul Manan
%A Syed Ali Raza and Irfan Ashraf
%J Soil & Environment
%D 2012
%I Soil Science Society of Pakistan (SSSP)
%X A field trial was carried out in 2010 to investigate the effect of foliar application of seaweed extract ¡°Primo¡± as an organic biostimulant on potato cv. ¡®Sante¡¯. Foliar application of seaweed extract was carried out at different growth stages of the crop (i.e. 30 days; 45 days; 60 days; 30 and 45 days; 30 and 60 days; 45 and 60 days; 30, 45 and 60 days after sowing). Control plants were sprayed with water without seaweed extract. A significant improvement in growth, yield and tuber quality of potato was observed where treatment was applied. The highest tuber yield was recorded with applications of seaweed extract at 30 + 60 days interval after planting. The treatment also improved nitrogen, total soluble solids and protein contents of the potato tubers. The results of the study concluded a positive response of potato plant growth and yield to the foliar application of seaweed extract.
%K Potato
%K liquid seaweed extract
%K growth
%K yield
%K quality
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