Claim · model-written summary
High boric acid application at low temperature promoted sunflower growth.
- Taxon
- Helianthus annuus L.
Helianthus annuust0 - Treatment
- high boric acid application at low temperaturese0
- Outcome
- plant growthe0
- Direction
- promotede0
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Verbatim
t0“Helianthus annuus L.”
e0“Considering phenological parameters, it was revealed that high boric acid application at low temperatures promoted plant growth, and considering the antioxidant enzyme activities and mRNA expression levels, it was highly effective in the plant's toleration of low temperatures.”
Title
Fadime Donbaloglu Bozca; Sema Leblebici South African Journal of Botany 2022. doi:10.1016/j.sajb.2022.01.039
Other claims from this paper (12)
- Intervention effect Increasing boric acid reduced roots phenological properties at 40 °C.
- Intervention effect Increasing boric acid reduced stems phenological properties at 40 °C.
- Intervention effect At 15 °C, increased boric acid positively affected the measured phenological properties.
- Observation Antioxidant enzyme activities increased in root samples at 40 °C.
- Observation Mrna levels increased in root samples at 40 °C.
- Observation Antioxidant enzyme activities increased in leaf samples at 40 °C.
- Observation Mrna levels increased in leaf samples at 40 °C.
- Observation Antioxidant enzyme activities increased in roots at 15 °C.
- Observation Mrna levels increased in roots at 15 °C.
- Observation Antioxidant enzyme activities decreased in leaves at 15 °C.
- Observation Mrna levels decreased in leaves at 15 °C.
- Intervention effect The authors infer high boric acid application improved low temperature tolerance.