Claim · model-written summary
Foliar 6-benzyladenine sprays had no effect on branching unless combined with decapitation.
- Taxon
- Cowpea
Vigna unguiculatat0 - Treatment
- Foliar-applied sprays of 6-benzyladeninee3
- Outcome
- branchinge3
- Direction
- no effecte3
- Qualifier
- unless combined with decapitatione3
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleComparatorSettingValue
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Verbatim
t0“Growth and Yield of Cowpea”
e3“Foliar-applied sprays of 6-benzyladenine had no effect on branching unless combined with decapitation”
Title
J. F. ARGALL; K. A. STEWART Annals of Botany 1984. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.aob.a086814
Other claims from this paper (4)
- Intervention effect Decapitation at the fifth leaf stage increased branching components, yields and harvest indices of cowpea.
- Intervention effect Decapitation at the fifth leaf stage reduced vegetative dry weight accumulation of cowpea.
- Intervention effect Foliar 6-benzyladenine sprays had no significant effect on cowpea yield compared with controls.
- Intervention effect Harvest indices of cowpea were increased by 50 per cent under the treatment described.