Claim · model-written summary
Silicon increased transpiration in the middle of sugarcane leaves by 26–68%.
- Taxon
- Saccharum officinarum
Saccharum officinarumt0 - Organ / stage
- middlee0
- Treatment
- Silicont0
- Outcome
- transpiration ratee0
- Direction
- increasede1
- Value
- 26-68%e0
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Verbatim
t0“Saccharum officinarum Under Drought and Silicon Application”
e0“transpiration rate (base, 15-97%; middle, 26-68%; and tip leaf part, 6-61%)”
e1“applied Si increased the photosynthesis”
Title
Krishan K. Verma; Xiu-Peng Song; Yuan Zeng; et al. ACS Omega 2020. doi:10.1021/acsomega.0c03820
Other claims from this paper (12)
- Intervention effect Silicon increased photosynthesis in the base of sugarcane leaves under moderate and severe stress by approximately 16–143%.
- Intervention effect Silicon increased photosynthesis in the middle of sugarcane leaves by 20–66%.
- Intervention effect Silicon increased photosynthesis in sugarcane leaf tips by 41–71%.
- Intervention effect Silicon increased transpiration in the base of sugarcane leaves by 15–97%.
- Intervention effect Silicon increased transpiration in sugarcane leaf tips by 6–61%.
- Intervention effect Silicon increased stomatal conductance in the base of sugarcane leaves by 26–137%.
- Intervention effect Silicon increased stomatal conductance in the middle of sugarcane leaves by 12–70%.
- Intervention effect Silicon increased stomatal conductance in sugarcane leaf tips by 7–75%.
- Intervention effect Silicon affected sugarcane stomatal ultrastructure.
- Intervention effect Silicon increased sugarcane growth development, photosynthetic efficiency, and biomass/yield.
- Intervention effect Silicon promoted better stomatal adaptation to drought in sugarcane.
- Recommendation The authors suggest silicon application to increase sugarcane stress tolerance.