Claim · model-written summary
Osmopriming with CaCl2 reduced the time to 50% emergence and the mean emergence time of spring maize relative to the controls.
- Treatment
- osmopriming with CaCl 2e2
- Outcome
- time to 50% emergencee2
- Direction
- reducede2
- Comparator
- Hydro-priming and dry seeds without priminge1
Zea maysNot reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleSettingValueQualifier
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Verbatim
t0“Spring Maize (Zea mays)”
e1“Hydro-priming and dry seeds without priming were taken as controls”
e2“osmopriming with CaCl 2 reduced the time to 50% emergence (E 50 ), mean emergence time (MET)”
Title
Wajid Mahboob; Hafeez ur Rehman; Shahzad Maqsood Ahmad Basra; et al. International Journal of Agriculture and Biology 2015. doi:10.17957/ijab/17.3.14.283
Other claims from this paper (10)
- Intervention effect Osmopriming with CaCl2 enhanced the number of grains per cob and biological yield of spring maize relative to the controls.
- Intervention effect Osmopriming with CaCl2 improved the relative water contents of spring maize relative to the controls.
- Intervention effect Osmopriming with CaCl2 reduced cell membrane permeability in spring maize relative to the controls.
- Intervention effect Osmopriming with CaCl2 also affected grain protein contents of spring maize; the direction is not stated.
- Intervention effect Osmopriming with moringa leaf extract improved emergence time of spring maize relative to the controls.
- Intervention effect Osmopriming with moringa leaf extract improved chlorophyll a and b contents of spring maize relative to the controls.
- Intervention effect Osmopriming with moringa leaf extract improved grain yield and harvest index of spring maize relative to the controls.
- Intervention effect Hormonal priming with salicylic acid gave the maximum harvest index in spring maize.
- Intervention effect Hydro-primed seeds of spring maize exhibited the minimum days to maturity.
- Recommendation Seed osmopriming with MLE and CaCl2 is recommended to improve seedling establishment and yield of spring maize under optimal and late sown conditions.