Claim · model-written summary
Foliar silicon significantly increased grains per spike, 1000-grain weight and grain yield.
- Taxon
- Wheat
Triticum aestivumt0 - Treatment
- foliar-applied silicone0
- Outcome
- grains per spike, 1000-grain weight, grain yielde1
- Direction
- increasede0
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Verbatim
e0“foliar-applied silicon, significantly increased these parameters and reduced electrolyte leakage.”
t0“Wheat”
e1“Drought stress significantly reduced grains per spike, 1000-grain weight, grain yield, and biomass of all wheat cultivars.”
Title
Shimaa M. Abdelaziz; Enga Niel; A.I.A. Yahya Alexandria Science Exchange Journal 2023. doi:10.21608/asejaiqjsae.2023.335808
Other claims from this paper (7)
- Intervention effect Drought significantly reduced grains per spike, 1000-grain weight and grain yield in all wheat cultivars.
- Intervention effect Drought significantly reduced biomass in all wheat cultivars.
- Intervention effect Foliar silicon significantly increased biomass.
- Intervention effect Foliar silicon reduced electrolyte leakage.
- Observation Water stress during vegetative and reproductive development was equally injurious to wheat.
- Recommendation Adequate water supply throughout crop development was recommended to maximize biological potential.
- Intervention effect Foliar silicon maintained cellular membrane integrity and relative water content under drought.