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Evaluation of Supercritical Extracts of Algae as Biostimulants of Plant Growth in Field Trials

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Title
Evaluation of Supercritical Extracts of Algae as Biostimulants of Plant Growth in Field Trials
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Frontiers in Plant Science, October 2016
DOI 10.3389/fpls.2016.01591
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Izabela Michalak, Katarzyna Chojnacka, Agnieszka Dmytryk, Radosław Wilk, Mateusz Gramza, Edward Rój

Abstract

The aim of the field trials was to determine the influence of supercritical algal extracts on the growth and development of winter wheat (variety Akteur). As a raw material for the supercritical fluid extraction, the biomass of microalga Spirulina plantensis, brown seaweed - Ascophyllum nodosum and Baltic green macroalgae was used. Forthial and Asahi SL constituted the reference products. It was found that the tested biostimulants did not influence statistically significantly the plant height, length of ear, and shank length. The ear number per m(2) was the highest in the group where the Baltic macroalgae extract was applied in the dose 1.0 L/ha (statistically significant differences). Number of grains in ear (statistically significant differences) and shank length was the highest in the group treated with Spirulina at the dose 1.5 L/ha. In the group with Ascophyllum at the dose 1.0 L/ha, the highest length of ear was observed. The yield was comparable in all the experimental groups (lack of statistically significant differences). Among the tested supercritical extracts, the best results were obtained for Spirulina (1.5 L/ha). The mass of 1000 grains was the highest for extract from Baltic macroalgae and was 3.5% higher than for Asahi, 4.0% higher than for Forthial and 18.5% higher than for the control group (statistically significant differences). Future work is needed to fully characterize the chemical composition of the applied algal extracts. A special attention should be paid to the extracts obtained from Baltic algae because they are inexpensive source of naturally occurring bioactive compounds, which can be used in sustainable agriculture and horticulture.

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Spain 1 <1%
Unknown 216 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 32 15%
Student > Master 29 13%
Student > Ph. D. Student 26 12%
Student > Bachelor 19 9%
Student > Doctoral Student 12 6%
Other 34 16%
Unknown 65 30%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 77 35%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 18 8%
Engineering 13 6%
Environmental Science 11 5%
Chemistry 8 4%
Other 17 8%
Unknown 73 34%
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