Claim · model-written summary
Water deficit limited maize silk elongation more in apical and basal ear regions than in the middle.
- Organ / stage
- silke0
- Treatment
- Water deficite0
- Outcome
- silk elongatione0
- Direction
- limitede0
- Qualifier
- apical and basal regions of the eare0
- Comparator
- middle regione0
Zea maysNot reportedMaterialGeneCompoundInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleSettingValue
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Verbatim
e0“Water deficit limited silk elongation in a manner inverse to the temporal pattern of silk initiation, more strongly in the apical and basal regions of the ear than in the middle region.”
t0“maize”
Title
Yebei Li; Shoubing Huang; Qingfeng Meng; et al. Plant-Environment Interactions 2024. doi:10.1002/pei3.10141
Other claims from this paper (7)
- Observation Maize kernel set was highest in the ear middle and declined toward the apical and basal ends regardless of water availability.
- Mechanism Limited maize silk elongation recovery after rescue irrigation was probably due to low water potentials and ovary growth rates.
- Intervention effect Sugar concentrations in maize ovaries and silks increased or did not respond to water deficit.
- Intervention effect Calculated sugar flux into developing maize ovaries was impaired and differed by ovary position under water deficit.
- Intervention effect Water deficit caused 58% maize kernel loss.
- Mechanism Arrested silks within husks associated with lower water potentials accounted for 68% of maize kernel loss.
- Mechanism Ovaries with emerged silks, possibly affected by impaired carbohydrate metabolism, accounted for 32% of maize kernel loss.