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Table 4 Effect of silicon as well as potassium, sodium, and calcium silicates on strawberry fruit yield under field conditions

From: Effectiveness of silicon and silicate salts for controlling black root rot and induced pathogenesis-related protein of strawberry plants

Treatment

Application

Yield (tons/feddan)

Increase %

Silicon

Soil

8.2 d*

17.1

Soil+ foliar

9.8 b

40.0

Potassium silicate

Soil

10.0 b

42.9

Soil+ foliar

12.4 a

77.1

Sodium silicate

Soil

8.0 d

14.3

Soil+ foliar

9.5 cb

35.7

Calcium silicate

Soil

10.2 b

45.7

Soil+ foliar

12.1 a

72.8

Actamyl 3 g/L

(Fungicide)

Soil

10.0 b

42.9

Soil+ foliar

10.0 b

42.9

Control

 

7.0 d

0.0

  1. *Figures with the same letter are not significantly (P ≤ 0.05) different