Claim · model-written summary
Seed priming improved plant vigour and drought tolerance.
- Taxon
- MAIZE, RICE AND CHICKPEAt0
- Treatment
- seed primingt1
- Outcome
- more vigorous plants, better drought tolerancee0
- Direction
- bettere0
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Verbatim
e0“Direct benefits in all three crops included faster emergence, better stands and a lower incidence of re-sowing, more vigorous plants, better drought tolerance, earlier flowering, earlier harvest and higher grain yield.”
t0“MAIZE, RICE AND CHICKPEA”
t1“SEED PRIMING”
Title
D. Harris; A. Joshi; P. A. Khan; et al. Experimental Agriculture 1999. doi:10.1017/s0014479799001027
Other claims from this paper (10)
- Recommendation Recommended safe seed priming limits were 24 h for maize and rice.
- Recommendation Recommended safe seed priming limit was 10 h for chickpea.
- Observation Farmers changed seed priming duration to overnight for all three crops.
- Intervention effect Seed priming brought faster emergence and better stands across the three crops.
- Intervention effect Seed priming reduced re-sowing across the three crops.
- Intervention effect Seed priming advanced flowering and harvest.
- Intervention effect Seed priming increased grain yield.
- Observation Shorter kharif crop duration enabled earlier rabi sowing and harvesting.
- Observation Most farmers intended to prime seeds next season after one exposure.
- Observation All collaborating farmers in the rabi exercise intended to continue seed priming.