Claim · model-written summary
The authors conclude that capsule-wall contribution and delayed senescence determine yield.
- Taxon
- Sesamum indicum
Sesamum indicumt0 - Organ / stage
- capsule walle0
- Outcome
- yielde0
- Qualifier
- deferment of senescence of this organ at the post capsule development periode0
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Verbatim
e0“contribution from the capsule wall and deferment of senescence of this organ at the post capsule development period determines yield and in normal condition contribution of source is limited by the sink size”
t0“Sesamum indicum”
Title
Monocarpk Senescence in Relation to Yield of Sesamum indicum During Source‐Sink Alteration
A. K. Biswas; A. K. Ghosh Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science 1989. doi:10.1111/j.1439-037x.1989.tb00726.x
Other claims from this paper (16)
- Intervention effect Defoliation hastens senescence of the capsule wall.
- Intervention effect Defoliation increased seed weight/capsule and harvest index.
- Intervention effect Defoliation promotes seed filling.
- Intervention effect Defoliation decreased post‐flowering contribution and yield/plant.
- Intervention effect Defruiting delayed senescence of the subtending leaf.
- Intervention effect Capsule-wall kinetin increased chlorophyll, sugar and dry weight.
- Intervention effect Capsule-wall kinetin increased yield, harvest index and seed weight per capsule relative to seed treatment and control.
- Intervention effect Capsule-wall kinetin significantly reduced post-flowering contribution.
- Intervention effect Capsule-wall ABA delayed leaf and capsule-wall senescence.
- Intervention effect Capsule-wall ABA increased yield parameters.
- Intervention effect Seed-applied ABA delayed senescence of both source organs.
- Intervention effect Seed-applied ABA decreased yield parameters.
- Intervention effect Urea treatment delayed senescence of source organs.
- Intervention effect Urea treatment increased yield and capsule number.
- Intervention effect Urea treatment reduced harvest index.
- Mechanism The authors conclude that source contribution is limited by sink size under normal conditions.