Claim · model-written summary
NaCl and CaCl2 priming significantly affected maize germination and early growth.
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t0“maize (Zea mays)”
e0“Seed priming with NaCl and CaCl2 had significant effects on germination, early growth, number branches, number of cobs and grain yield”
Title
Gebreslassie Gebreegziabher Berhane; Adugna Qufa Chala AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY 2017. doi:10.5897/ajb2016.15819
Other claims from this paper (10)
- Intervention effect NaCl and CaCl2 primed maize seeds germinated earlier than unprimed seeds.
- Intervention effect Primed maize seeds absorbed water more efficiently.
- Observation Energetic metabolic activity in primed maize germination began before radicle and plumule appearance.
- Intervention effect Salt solution priming enabled maize seeds to break dormancy.
- Mechanism Seed priming was interpreted to help maize escape disease agents and weed competition.
- Intervention effect NaCl and CaCl2 priming significantly affected maize branch and cob number and grain yield.
- Intervention effect NaCl priming increased maize shoot length.
- Intervention effect CaCl2 priming increased maize root length.
- Recommendation In vertisol soil, maize seed priming was favored for stand establishment and yield.
- Recommendation In lithosol soil, maize seed priming was favored for germination and cob number.