Claim · model-written summary
Sporocarp germination was better on a solid surface than in liquid medium.
- Taxon
- Azolla caroliniana
Azolla carolinianat0 - Treatment
- solid surfacee0
- Outcome
- percentage germinatione0
- Direction
- bettere0
- Comparator
- liquid mediume0
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Verbatim
e0“The observed percentage germination was better on a solid surface than in a liquid medium.”
t0“Azolla caroliniana”
Title
Collection and Germination of Sporocarps of Azolla caroliniana
P. K. SINGH; R. N. BISOYI; R. P. SINGH Annals of Botany 1990. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.aob.a087999
Other claims from this paper (13)
- Observation Only swollen green megasporocarps germinated.
- Intervention effect Nutrient medium was superior to soil solution for germination.
- Intervention effect Dark incubation prevented sporocarp germination.
- Intervention effect Phosphorus at 30 ppm increased sporocarp germination by 86% against control.
- Association Germination varied with pH and was optimal at neutral pH.
- Intervention effect Nitrate at 70 ppm increased germination by 51%.
- Intervention effect Ammonium at 7.5 ppm increased germination by 66%.
- Intervention effect Nitrite at 15 ppm increased germination by 44%.
- Intervention effect Urea at 15 ppm increased germination by 63%.
- Intervention effect Further increases in nitrogen source concentration inhibited germination.
- Intervention effect Kinetin at 100 ppm enhanced germination by 67%.
- Intervention effect Gibberellic acid at 100 ppm enhanced germination by 55%.
- Intervention effect The kinetin and gibberellic acid mixture enhanced germination by 84%.