Article: New food science study findings have been published by scientists at Democritus University.

According to recent research published in the Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, "There is not adequate literature on effects of seaweed extracts (SWE) on yield and nutritional status of olive trees as well as olive oil quality. In this work, a study of the effects of a seaweed extract applied foliarly (0.5% v/v) in addition to soil application of N (500 g NH4NO3 per tree) and B (150 g borax per tree) on productivity, fruit parameters, nutritional status and olive oil quality of a Greek olive cultivar was performed."

"In contrast to the trees treated with N (NH4NO3) or N + B (NH4NO3+ borax), the additional application of seaweed extract (treatments N ...

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