Claim · model-written summary
Combined foliar and nutrient-solution silicon increased the C:N ratio in sunflower under salt stress.
- Taxon
- sunflower
Helianthus annuust0 - Treatment
- combined application via foliar and nutrient solutione0
- Outcome
- C:N ratioe0
- Direction
- increasede0
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Verbatim
e0“Both application of Si via nutrient solution, as well as combined application via foliar and nutrient solution, increased the C:N ratio in both plant species under salt stress”
t0“sorghum and sunflower plants”
Title
Alexander Calero Hurtado; Denise Aparecida Chiconato; Renato de Mello Prado; et al. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences 2020. doi:10.1016/j.sjbs.2020.08.017
Other claims from this paper (11)
- Intervention effect Supplied silicon modified C, N and P concentrations in sorghum under salt stress.
- Intervention effect Supplied silicon modified C, N and P concentrations in sunflower under salt stress.
- Intervention effect Supplied silicon enhanced C:N:P stoichiometry and shoot dry matter in salt-stressed sorghum.
- Intervention effect Supplied silicon enhanced C:N:P stoichiometry and shoot dry matter in salt-stressed sunflower.
- Intervention effect Nutrient-solution silicon increased the C:N ratio in sorghum under salt stress.
- Intervention effect Combined foliar and nutrient-solution silicon increased the C:N ratio in sorghum under salt stress.
- Intervention effect Nutrient-solution silicon increased the C:N ratio in sunflower under salt stress.
- Intervention effect Silicon supplied via nutrient solution or combined foliar and nutrient solution decreased C:P and N:P ratios in sorghum.
- Intervention effect Silicon supplied via nutrient solution or combined foliar and nutrient solution increased sorghum shoot biomass by 39%.
- Intervention effect Silicon supplied via nutrient solution or combined foliar and nutrient solution increased C:P and N:P ratios in sunflower.
- Intervention effect Silicon supplied via nutrient solution or combined foliar and nutrient solution increased sunflower shoot biomass by 24%.