Claim · model-written summary
Drought suppressed early daily root growth.
- Organ / stage
- early seedling growth stagee0
- Treatment
- Droughte0
- Outcome
- daily root length growthe0
- Direction
- suppressede0
SorghumNot reportedMaterialGeneCompoundInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleComparatorSettingValueQualifier
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Verbatim
t0“sorghum seedlings”
e0“Drought, heat, and combined stresses equally suppressed daily root length growth during the early seedling growth stage”
Title
Morphological responses of sorghum seedlings to drought, heat, and combined stresses
Elton Ndlovu; Mcebisi Maphosa; Johannes van Staden Experimental Agriculture 2025. doi:10.1017/s0014479725100082
Other claims from this paper (19)
- Association Genotype, stress, and their interaction significantly affected root and shoot length at both stages.
- Intervention effect Combined stresses suppressed daily shoot growth at both stages.
- Intervention effect Heat suppressed early daily root growth.
- Intervention effect Combined stresses suppressed early daily root growth.
- Intervention effect Drought had the greatest late-stage negative effect on root length.
- Observation Stress effects on daily shoot and root growth were greatest early.
- Intervention effect Heat stress reduced early hypocotyl growth by 78%.
- Intervention effect combined stresses reduced early hypocotyl growth by 77.6%.
- Intervention effect drought stress reduced early hypocotyl growth by 70.8%.
- Intervention effect combined stress reduced early daily root growth by 69.1%.
- Intervention effect heat stress reduced early daily root growth by 67.6%.
- Intervention effect drought stress reduced early daily root growth by 63.3%.
- Intervention effect Combined stresses reduced late daily shoot growth by 36.6%.
- Intervention effect Drought reduced late daily root growth by 10.8%.
- Observation IS13904 performed best for early hypocotyl and root growth.
- Observation IS6994 and NPGRC1478 tolerated at least two stresses in late root growth.
- Observation IS30164, IS30015, and IS9567 showed resistance in shoot growth.
- Observation NPGRC1478 and IS30164 resisted drought and combined stressors.
- Recommendation Authors recommend the identified genotypes as tolerance donors for hot, dry regions.