Claim · model-written summary
Whole-plant dry weight fell significantly as UV-B intensity rose.
- Taxon
- cucumber
Cucumis sativuse0 - Treatment
- UV-BBE irradiatione0
- Outcome
- dry weighte0
- Direction
- decreasede0
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Verbatim
e0“The leaf area and dry weight of whole plants of the three cultivars of cucumber were significantly reduced and decreased with increasing intensities of UV-BBE irradiation.”
Title
Effects of ultraviolet-B radiation on the growth of cucumber plants
Isamu Nouchi Journal of Agricultural Meteorology 1993. doi:10.2480/agrmet.48.731
Other claims from this paper (6)
- Intervention effect UV-B caused yellow lesions and glazing on cucumber leaves.
- Intervention effect Leaf area fell significantly as UV-B intensity rose.
- Intervention effect Medium and high UV-B reduced relative growth rate, net assimilation rate and leaf area ratio.
- Intervention effect UV-B markedly reduced specific leaf area.
- Intervention effect UV-B increased leaf thickness.
- Mechanism The authors suggest thicker leaves might adapt cucumber to increased UV-B.