Claim · model-written summary
Root length did not change significantly as moisture decreased.
- Taxon
- Alfalfa
Medicago sativat0 - Treatment
- moisture level decreasede0
- Outcome
- Cultivar root lengthe0
- Direction
- did not changee0
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Verbatim
e0“Cultivar root length did not change significantly as moisture level decreased”
t0“Alfalfa”
Title
Root Growth, Herbage Yield, and Plant Water Status of Alfalfa Cultivars1
P. R. Carter; C. C. Sheaffer; W. B. Voorhees Crop Science 1982. doi:10.2135/cropsci1982.0011183x002200020051x
Other claims from this paper (7)
- Observation At M1, WL 318 had greater root weight than Anchor or Agate, while cultivar weights were similar at M2 and M3.
- Observation At M2 and M3, cultivar root weights were similar.
- Observation Averaged across moisture regimes, Anchor and WL 318 had greater root length than Agate.
- Intervention effect Herbage yield fell for all cultivars from M1 to M2 and M3.
- Observation Anchor and WL 318 produced significantly more herbage than Agate across moisture regimes.
- Observation Under M3 moisture stress, Anchor and WL 318 had lower plant water potential than Agate.
- Recommendation The authors suggest studying root length and water potential in the field to improve alfalfa forage yield under drought.