Claim · model-written summary
Brassinosteroids increased photosynthesis rate and chlorophyll pigments.
- Treatment
- brassinosteroidse0
- Outcome
- rate of photosynthesis, levels of chlorophyll pigmentse0
- Direction
- increasede0
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Verbatim
e0“Application of brassinosteroids also increased the rate of photosynthesis, levels of chlorophyll pigments, and various carbohydrate fractions”
t0“of Coleus ( Coleus forskohlii )”
Title
Effect of Brassinosteroids on the Performance of Coleus ( Coleus forskohlii )
K. N. Swamy; S. Seeta Ram Rao Journal of Herbs Spices & Medicinal Plants 2011. doi:10.1080/10496475.2011.556985
Other claims from this paper (9)
- Intervention effect Brassinosteroids increased plant height, leaf number, leaf area and shoot and leaf dry weight.
- Observation 28-homobrassinolide at 3μM was most effective for growth.
- Intervention effect The 3μM 28-homobrassinolide treatment doubled shoot dry weight.
- Intervention effect The same treatment increased leaf area 2.4 times.
- Intervention effect Brassinosteroids increased carbohydrate fractions.
- Intervention effect Brassinosteroids increased tuberous root yield.
- Intervention effect 28-homobrassinolide at 3μM doubled tuberous root yield.
- Intervention effect Brassinosteroids increased root forskolin content.
- Intervention effect 28-homobrassinolide-treated roots contained 0.17% forskolin versus 0.098% in controls.