Claim · model-written summary
Corn straw extract inhibited lettuce seed germination and root growth.
- Taxon
- lettuce
Lactuca sativae0 - Treatment
- Corn straw aqueouse0
- Outcome
- seed germination and root growth of lettucee0
- Direction
- inhibitede0
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Verbatim
e0“Corn straw aqueous significantly inhibited seed germination and root growth of lettuce and eggplant”
Title
Allelopathy of Corn and Wheat Straw Aqueous Extracts on Vegetable Seeds
Qian Wang Acta Agriculturae Boreali-Sinica 2009
Other claims from this paper (13)
- Intervention effect Corn straw extract inhibited cucumber seedling vigor index, root length and fresh weight.
- Intervention effect At lower concentration, corn straw extract increased cucumber seedling height and dry weight.
- Intervention effect At higher concentration, corn straw extract decreased cucumber seedling height and dry weight.
- Intervention effect Corn straw extract inhibited eggplant seed germination and root growth.
- Intervention effect Corn straw extract had concentration-dependent promotion and inhibition effects on lettuce seedling height and fresh weight.
- Intervention effect Corn straw extract had promotion and inhibition effects on eggplant seedling height and fresh weight.
- Intervention effect Wheat straw extract increased cucumber seedling height and fresh weight.
- Intervention effect Wheat straw extract decreased lettuce vigor index and root length.
- Intervention effect Wheat straw extract promoted or inhibited lettuce root length, seedling height and fresh weight.
- Intervention effect Wheat straw extract decreased eggplant seed germination rate.
- Intervention effect Wheat straw extract promoted or inhibited eggplant root length, seedling height and fresh weight.
- Observation Corn straw extract had a stronger allelopathic effect than wheat straw extract on the tested vegetables.
- Observation Lettuce was most sensitive, eggplant intermediate and cucumber least sensitive to straw extracts.