Claim · model-written summary
Complete inhibition of germination (IP = 100%) occurred in alfalfa at concentrations of 3% and above.
- Taxon
- alfalfa
Medicago sativae4 - Outcome
- complete inhibition of germinatione4
- Value
- IP = 100%e4
- Qualifier
- ≥ 3%e4
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Verbatim
e4“Moreover, a complete inhibition of germination (IP = 100%) at concentrations ≥ 5% for barley and ≥ 3% for alfalfa suggests that alfalfa is more sensitive to C. procera allelochemicals”
Title
Maram MarzouK Aljuaid; Hatim Maatouq Al-Yasi; Tarek Mohamed Galal Journal of King Abdulaziz University-Meteorology Environment and Arid Land Agriculture Sciences 2026. doi:10.64064/1319-1039.1029
Other claims from this paper (14)
- Association Barley germination percentage declined with increasing concentrations of C. procera.
- Association Alfalfa germination percentage declined with increasing concentrations of C. procera.
- Observation Barley had the highest germination percentage (96.9%) at the control.
- Observation Alfalfa had the highest germination percentage (82.1%) at the control.
- Association Barley germination percentage decreased sharply to 18.8% at 3% C. procera.
- Association Alfalfa germination percentage decreased sharply to 9.8% at 1% C. procera.
- Observation Complete inhibition of germination (IP = 100%) occurred in barley at concentrations of 5% and above.
- Observation Barley had a seed germination index of 17.9 at the control.
- Observation Barley had a mean time to germinate of 1.2 days at the control.
- Observation Alfalfa had a seed germination index of 10.7 at the control.
- Observation Alfalfa had a mean time to germinate of 2.1 days at the control.
- Association Barley germinated faster than alfalfa.
- Association Alfalfa is more sensitive than barley to C. procera allelochemicals.
- Mechanism Allelopathy is a key mechanism supporting the interference and ecological success of Calotropis procera.