Claim · model-written summary
Lettuce seed production increased by 17–27% with the joint application of Se and garlic.
- Taxon
- lettuce
Lactuca sativat0 - Treatment
- the joint application of Se and garlice0
- Outcome
- seed productione0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 17–27%e0
- Comparator
- untreated control plantse0
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Verbatim
e0“The seed production of plants treated with Se increased by 20–41%, compared to the untreated control plants, while the augmentation was as much as 10–23% and 17–27% under garlic extract and the joint application of Se and garlic, respectively.”
t0“Lettuce”
Title
Nadezhda Golubkina; Viktor Kharchenko; Anastasia Moldovan; et al. Plants 2024. doi:10.3390/plants13091190
Other claims from this paper (17)
- Intervention effect Lettuce seed production increased by 20–41% with Se.
- Intervention effect Lettuce seed production increased by 10–23% with garlic extract.
- Intervention effect Garlic extract increased seed selenium accumulation by 1.21–1.29 times relative to selenium treatment.
- Intervention effect Lettuce seed proline levels increased by 1.32–1.64 times under Se supply.
- Intervention effect Lettuce seed proline levels increased by 1.10–1.47 times under garlic extract application.
- Intervention effect Lettuce seed proline levels increased by 1.09–1.31 times under combined Se/garlic treatment.
- Intervention effect All treatments increased lettuce leaf weight by 1.10–1.30 times.
- Association Seed selenium levels positively correlated with leaf weight.
- Association Seed selenium levels positively correlated with chlorophyll.
- Association Seed selenium levels positively correlated with total antioxidant activity.
- Association Seed proline content positively correlated with lettuce leaf weight.
- Association Seed proline content positively correlated with lettuce chlorophyll.
- Association Seed proline content positively correlated with lettuce AOA.
- Association Lettuce yield positively correlated with leaf AOA.
- Association Lettuce yield positively correlated with chlorophyll.
- Association Lettuce yield positively correlated with ascorbic acid content.
- Recommendation The authors see high prospects for sodium selenate and garlic extract application to improve lettuce seed productivity and quality.