Claim · model-written summary
Foliar spraying of folic acid was more effective than soaking pretreatment
- Taxon
- spinach (Spnancia oleracea), lettuce (Lactuca sativa) and chorchorus (Chorchorus olitorius)e0
- Treatment
- Foliar application of folic acid (spraying)e7
- Outcome
- was most effectivee7
- Direction
- most effectivee7
- Comparator
- pretreatments (soaking)e7
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Verbatim
e0“A pot experiment was conducted to assess the effects of three concentrations of folic acid (5,10&20 mM); through two applications, soaking or spraying on the growth and biological activities of spinach (Spnancia oleracea), lettuce (Lactuca sativa) and chorchorus (Chorchorus olitorius) during vegetative stage”
e7“Foliar application of folic acid (spraying) was most effective than pretreatments (soaking) also, the most response by folic addition was in case of Chorchorus olitorius”
Title
Wafaa K. Abdultwab; Samia A. Haroun; Yasser El-Amier Mansoura Journal of Biology 2020. doi:10.21608/mjb.2020.460387
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- Intervention effect Folic acid changed fresh and dry weight of spinach, lettuce and corchorus, either increasing or decreasing them
- Intervention effect Folic applications generally decreased water percentage of the test plants
- Intervention effect Folic treatments increased pigments, total carbohydrates and nitrogen
- Intervention effect Folic treatments increased protein and phenol
- Intervention effect Folic treatments decreased alkaloids
- Intervention effect Folic acid decreased PPO activity in spinach
- Intervention effect Folic acid increased CAT and POX activity in spinach
- Intervention effect Folic acid did not change PPO activity in lettuce
- Intervention effect Folic acid decreased CAT and POX activity in lettuce
- Intervention effect Folic treatment had little effect on PPO, CAT and POX in corchorus, with at most slight increases
- Intervention effect Folic applications increased K, Ca and Mg content in the three plants
- Intervention effect Folic applications decreased Na content in the three plants
- Association The largest response to folic addition was in Chorchorus olitorius
- Intervention effect Soaking seeds in folic acid changed soil texture from clay silty to clay loam
- Intervention effect Folic acid treatments decreased soil water holding capacity and porosity
- Intervention effect Folic treatments decreased soil pH, Cl, Na and Ca compared with untreated soil
- Intervention effect Folic treatments increased soil EC, organic matter and CaCO3 compared with untreated soil
- Intervention effect Folic treatments increased soil HCO3, SO4, K and Mg compared with untreated soil