Claim · model-written summary
Algal extract increased electron transport rate (ETR) by 22% compared with the control.
- Taxon
- barley
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Hordeum vulgaree3 - Treatment
- algal extracte2
- Outcome
- electron transport rate (ETR)e2
- Direction
- increasinge2
- Value
- 22%e2
- Comparator
- controle2
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Verbatim
e2“Application of algal extract, particularly through the combined seed-soaking and foliar spray treatment, led to marked improvements, increasing grain dry weight by 37%, electron transport rate (ETR) by 22%, and P, K, and N grain contents by 9-14% compared to the control”
e3“barley (Hordeum vulgare)”
Title
Ibrahim El-Akhdar; Tamer Elsakhawy; Ammar Elakhdar Scientific Reports 2026. doi:10.1038/s41598-026-49609-6
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- Association Giza 123 showed the greatest resilience to salinity among three barley genotypes.
- Association Giza 123 had the highest grain yield under salinity.
- Association Giza 123 had the highest photosynthetic activity under salinity.
- Intervention effect Combined seed-soaking and foliar spray with algal extract increased grain dry weight by 37% compared with the control.
- Intervention effect Algal extract increased P, K and N grain contents by 9-14% compared with the control.
- Association Algal extract treatment was accompanied by higher protein content (9.6%).
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