Claim · model-written summary
Amelioration with α-tocopherol and ascorbic acid increased seedling vigour index I of aged soybean seeds from 783 to 1292.
- Taxon
- soybean
Glycine maxe1 - Treatment
- α-tocopherol (1 %) and ascorbic acid (1 %)e2
- Outcome
- seedling vigour index Ie3
- Direction
- increasee3
- Value
- from 783 to 1292e3
- Comparator
- untreated aged seedse4
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Verbatim
e1“aged seeds of soybean mini core set”
e2“the amelioration with α-tocopherol (1 %) and ascorbic acid (1 %) treatments”
e3“showed a marked increase in the seed physio-biochemical parameters like seed germination (from 61 % to 74 %), seedling vigour index I (from 783 to 1292), seedling vigour index II (from 330 to 446) and decrease in electrical conductivity (1.80 dS/cm to 1.63 dS/cm) and membrane injury index (53.9 % to 51.8 %)”
e4“compared to untreated aged seeds”
Title
K. Shruthi; R. Siddaraju; P.J. Devaraju; et al. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences 2018. doi:10.20546/ijcmas.2018.709.050
Other claims from this paper (5)
- Intervention effect Amelioration with α-tocopherol and ascorbic acid increased seed germination of aged soybean seeds from 61% to 74%.
- Intervention effect Amelioration with α-tocopherol and ascorbic acid increased seedling vigour index II of aged soybean seeds from 330 to 446.
- Intervention effect Amelioration with α-tocopherol and ascorbic acid decreased electrical conductivity of aged soybean seeds from 1.80 to 1.63 dS/cm.
- Intervention effect Amelioration with α-tocopherol and ascorbic acid decreased membrane injury index of aged soybean seeds from 53.9% to 51.8%.
- Mechanism Antioxidants are interpreted to repair and re-synthesize seed components and stabilize seed deterioration damage in aged soybean seeds.