Claim · model-written summary
Paclobutrazol increased seed yield by 31–47%.
- Taxon
- lucerne
Medicago sativae2 - Treatment
- paclobutrazol applicatione1
- Outcome
- seed yielde0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 31–47%e0
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Verbatim
e0“increased seed yield by 31–47%”
e1“The paclobutrazol application”
e2“lucerne growth”
Title
Lucerne growth and components of seed yield as influenced by plant growth regulators
Du Wenhua; Wang Gang; Tian Xinhui; et al. New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research 2008. doi:10.1080/00288230809510465
Other claims from this paper (16)
- Intervention effect Paclobutrazol reduced above-ground biomass by 25–48%.
- Intervention effect Paclobutrazol reduced below-ground biomass by 44%.
- Intervention effect Ethephon did not affect lucerne biomass.
- Intervention effect Chlormequat did not affect lucerne biomass.
- Intervention effect Ethephon reduced seed yield in the first year.
- Intervention effect Chlormequat reduced seed yield in the first year.
- Intervention effect At 0.22%, paclobutrazol increased racemes per shoot by 38%.
- Intervention effect At 0.22%, paclobutrazol increased pods per raceme by 392%.
- Intervention effect At 0.22%, paclobutrazol increased seeds per pod by 115%.
- Intervention effect At 0.15%, ethephon increased racemes per shoot by 35%.
- Intervention effect At 0.15%, ethephon increased pods per raceme by 225%.
- Intervention effect At 0.3%, chlormequat increased fertile shoots per unit area by 24%.
- Intervention effect At 0.3%, chlormequat increased pods per raceme by 178%.
- Intervention effect The growth regulators had no ill effects on 1000-seed weight or seed germination.
- Association Pods per raceme and seeds per pod were the most important predictors of seed yield.
- Recommendation The authors recommend further multi-site evaluation of paclobutrazol.