Intervention effectmodel-written summary

The same priming procedure made tomato germination more uniform at 15 and 35∞C.

A claim from SEED PRIMING PROCEDURES AND THE EFFECT OF SUBSEQUENT STORAGE ON THE GERMINATION OF FRESH MARKET TOMATO SEEDS · 1986

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

The same priming procedure made tomato germination more uniform at 15 and 35∞C.

Taxon
TOMATO SEEDSSolanum lycopersicumt0
Treatment
Priming tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) seeds in an aerated solution of 1.5% K3PO4 + 1.0% KNO3 and then drying to 6% moisturee0
Outcome
germinatione0
Direction
more uni forme1
Qualifier
15 and 35∞Ce1

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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Solanum lycopersicum
Solanum lycopersicum · TaxonKod B · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

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“TOMATO SEEDS”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 96–108
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“Priming tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) seeds in an aerated solution of 1.5% K3PO4 + 1.0% KNO3 and then drying to 6% moisture accelerated germination rate at 25 and 35∞C.”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 22–199
e1

“The same procedure also induced more uni form germination at 15 and 35∞C.”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 200–273

Title

SEED PRIMING PROCEDURES AND THE EFFECT OF SUBSEQUENT STORAGE ON THE GERMINATION OF FRESH MARKET TOMATO SEEDS

Gerard B. Odell; Daniel J. Cantliffe 1986

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potassium nitrate · growth · Solanum lycopersicum (tomato)Results differ

15 papers: 14 positive, 1 negative or no effect

13 papers in the same direction as this claim · 1 in the opposite direction

  1. no effect
    An equivalent potassium nitrate concentration had no adverse effect on tomato root dry weight.

    Effect of Ammonium Ions on Egg Hatching and Second-Stage Juveniles of Meloidogyne incognita in Axenic Tomato Root Culture. · 1995

    Opposite direction

  2. positive
    KNO3 priming improved germination time compared with other treatments.

    Potassium Nitrate Priming Affects the Activity of Nitrate Reductase and Antioxidant Enzymes in Tomato Germination · 2014 · compared with other treatments

    Same direction

  3. positive
    0.75% potassium nitrate significantly increased final emergence.

    Effect of Seed Priming with Potassium Nitrate on the Performance of Tomato · 2020

    Same direction

  4. positive
    Priming with 25 mM KNO3 increased final germination percentage and germination index in both cultivars.

    Effect of halopriming on germination and seedling vigor of tomato · 2011 · compared with all presowing seed treatments including control

    Same direction

  5. positive
    Priming with KNO3 decreased the mean time of germination of tomato seed.

    Priming and accelerated ageing affect L-isoaspartyl methyltransferase activity in tomato (Lycopersicon esculentumMill.) seed · 1997

    Same direction

  6. positive
    Priming with 1% KNO3 enhanced root length to 3.52 cm.

    Use of growth regulators as priming agent for improvement of seed vigour in tomato (Lycopersicum esculentum) · 2016

    Same direction

  7. positive
    Mersa had highest shoot length at 1.5% potassium nitrate.

    Potassium Nitrate Priming Effect on the Germination of Tomato (Lycopersicum esculentum. Mill) cvs. “Mersa” and “Tekeze-1” · 2022

    Same direction

  8. positive
    Halopriming increased tomato germination percentage from 58% to 95%.

    The halopriming of seeds improves the germination, growth, physiological and phytochemical attributes of tomato under saline conditions · 2023 · compared with unprimed

    Same direction

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processing · growth · Solanum lycopersicum (tomato)Positive and negative results

66 papers: 45 positive, 21 negative or no effect

44 papers in the same direction as this claim · 19 in the opposite direction · 2 reporting no difference from an alternative

  1. negative
    Soil drying significantly restricted fruit growth rate.

    Non‐hydraulic regulation of fruit growth in tomato plants (Lycopersicon esculentum cv. Solairo) growing in drying soil · 2003

    Opposite direction

  2. negative
    Adding 10 or 20 g kg −1 dried Chenopodium album shoots to soil significantly decreased tomato fresh and dry weights.

    Possible rôle of allelopathy in the competition between tomato, Senecio vulgaris L. and Chenopodium album L. · 1989

    Opposite direction

  3. negative
    Drying stress decreased root length similarly in both genotypes.

    Abscisic Acid Mediates Drought-Enhanced Rhizosheath Formation in Tomato · 2021

    Opposite direction

  4. negative
    Partial rootzone drying and deficit irrigation reduced fruit dry weight of tomato.

    Comparative effects of partial rootzone drying and deficit irrigation on growth and physiology of tomato plants · 2009

    Opposite direction

  5. negative
    Total fruit fresh mass was lower in deficit irrigation and partial rootzone drying than in the control.

    Water Relations, Growth, and Yield of Processing Tomatoes Under Partial Rootzone Drying · 2003 · compared with control (C)

    Opposite direction

  6. no effect
    Drying hardly affected poor germination speed.

    A physical, enzymatic, and genetic characterization of perturbations in the seeds of the brownseed tomato mutants · 2004

    Opposite direction

  7. negative
    Changing from moist to dry air reduced fruit growth rate by 40%.

    Role of transpiration from fruits in phloem transport and fruit growth in tomato fruits · 2005 · compared with moistened air

    Opposite direction

  8. negative
    Partial rootzone drying significantly reduced fresh and dry fruit mass compared with full irrigation.

    Yield and fruit quality in processing tomato under partial rootzone drying · 2006 · compared with FI

    Opposite direction

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seed treatment · growth · Solanum lycopersicum (tomato)Positive and negative results

131 papers: 121 positive, 10 negative or no effect

120 papers in the same direction as this claim · 10 in the opposite direction

  1. positive
    Priming enhanced tomato seed germination rates.

    The Effects of Priming and Ageing on Resistance to Deterioration of Tomato Seeds · 1989

    Same directionCites this paper

  2. positive
    Emergence rate of tomato was generally faster with primed or pregerminated seeds plus soil amendments than with a soil cover

    Stand Establishment and Yield Responses to Improved Direct-seeding Methods of Tomatoes · 1992 · compared with a soil cover

    Same directionCites this paper

  3. positive
    Primed tomato seeds sown at high temperatures generally emerged faster than nontreated or pregerminated seeds.

    Stand Establishment of Fresh-market Tomatoes Sown at High Temperatures · 1992 · compared with nontreated or pregerminated seeds

    Same directionCites this paper

  4. no effect
    Long-term seed treatment priming did not reduce plant growth.

    Treating seeds with activators of plant defence generates long‐lasting priming of resistance to pests and pathogens · 2011

    Opposite direction

  5. no effect
    Priming did not lower the minimum water potential permitting germination.

    Effects of Priming and Endosperm Integrity on Seed Germination Rates of Tomato Genotypes · 1990

    Opposite direction

  6. no effect
    Priming left the 10th to 90th percentile spread of thermal time relatively unaffected.

    Effects of Priming and Endosperm Integrity on Seed Germination Rates of Tomato Genotypes · 1990

    Opposite direction

  7. no effect
    Seed priming with carbon nanomaterials did not affect the germination rate of tomato seeds.

    Seed Priming with Carbon Nanomaterials to Modify the Germination, Growth, and Antioxidant Status of Tomato Seedlings · 2020

    Opposite direction

  8. no effect
    Sulfuric acid scarification had no adverse effect on growth.

    Cultivar Variation in Tomato Seed Coat Permeability Is an Important Determinant of Jasmonic Acid Elicited Defenses Against Western Flower Thrips · 2020

    Opposite direction

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