Claim · model-written summary
An antitranspirant coating temporarily increased leaf water potentials of Rhododendron cuttings under polythene.
- Taxon
- Rhododendron
Rhododendrone0 - Treatment
- antitranspirant coatinge4
- Outcome
- leaf water potentialse4
- Direction
- increasede4
- Qualifier
- temporarilye4
- Setting
- under polythenee4
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleComparatorValue
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Verbatim
e0“cuttings of Rhododendron (Hardy Hybrid)”
e4“Treatment of cuttings with a poly‐vinyl resin antitranspirant coating temporarily increased leaf water potentials in the consistently humid conditions under polythene but not under mist”
Title
Leaf Water Potential and the Rooting of Cuttings under Mist and Polythene
K. LOACH Physiologia Plantarum 1977. doi:10.1111/j.1399-3054.1977.tb04056.x
Other claims from this paper (7)
- Association Low mean leaf water potentials of Rhododendron cuttings were related to poor rooting.
- Intervention effect Propagation under polythene gave better rooting results than mist in lower radiation conditions of winter.
- Intervention effect Propagation under mist gave better rooting results than polythene in high radiation conditions.
- Intervention effect An antitranspirant coating did not increase leaf water potentials of Rhododendron cuttings under mist.
- Observation The antitranspirant coating peeled and lost its effectiveness within 6 weeks.
- Association Yesterday's leaf water potential had relatively little influence on water potential under polythene.
- Recommendation For optimal rooting, propagation must maintain high leaf water potentials.