Intervention effectmodel-written summary

NaCl soaking did not improve root or shoot growth.

A claim from The Effect of Exposure to Ascending/Descending Imbibition Temperatures in Saline Solutions on Shoot and Root Growth Allocation in Germinating Sorghum Seed · 2003

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultno effectmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

NaCl soaking did not improve root or shoot growth.

Taxon
SorghumSorghumt0
Treatment
NaCle0
Outcome
root or shoot growthe0
Direction
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Sorghum
Sorghum · Taxon · picture of the genus (one of its species)Evelyn Simak · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“seed soaking treatments in NaCl or KCl did not improve root or shoot growth”

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“Sorghum”

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Title

The Effect of Exposure to Ascending/Descending Imbibition Temperatures in Saline Solutions on Shoot and Root Growth Allocation in Germinating Sorghum Seed

M. A. Kader; S. C. Jutzi Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science 2003. doi:10.1046/j.0931-2250.2003.00066.x

Other claims from this paper (6)

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sodium chloride · growth · SorghumResults differ

28 papers: 9 positive, 19 negative or no effect

19 papers in the same direction as this claim · 8 in the opposite direction

  1. positive
    Sweet sorghum growth was unaffected by 50 and 100 mM NaCl.

    Physiological and Transcriptional Analyses Provide Insight into Maintaining Ion Homeostasis of Sweet Sorghum under Salt Stress · 2023

    Opposite direction

  2. positive
    Germination was higher in NaCl than PEG at equal water potential.

    Determination of Genotypic Variation among Sorghum Cultivars for Seed Vigor, Salt and Drought Stresse · 2017 · compared with PEG solution

    Opposite direction

  3. positive
    Priming improved sorghum germination potential, rate and index.

    Physiological effects of seed priming on salt resistance of sorghum seedlings. · 2009

    Opposite direction

  4. positive
    At 3 g/L NaCl, seed germination and seedling root growth showed a synergistic effect.

    Salt Tolerance Studies in Sorghum Restorer Lines at Germination Period · 2013

    Opposite direction

  5. positive
    Low NaCl (5 mmol/L) gave better sorghum growth vigor than the control.

    Effect of NaCl at Low Concentration on Growth of Sorghum · 2010 · compared with CK

    Opposite direction

  6. positive
    At 3 g/L NaCl, 67B sprout fresh weight was 6.0% above control.

    Effect of Salt Stress on Seed Germination and Seedling Growth of Three Sorghum Maintainer Lines · 2013 · compared with control

    Opposite direction

  7. positive
    At the same water potential, germination, root length and shoot length were higher in NaCl solution than in PEG solution.

    Genotypic Variation Among Sorghum Cultivars for Seed Vigor, Salt and Drought Stresses · 2017 · compared with PEG solution

    Opposite direction

  8. positive
    Sodium chloride priming increased sorghum germination in almost all varieties of each storage year.

    Seed Quality of Sorghum [Sorghum Bicolor (L.) Moesch] as Affected By Seed Priming and Storage · 2021

    Opposite direction

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