Claim · model-written summary
Fermentation significantly increased seedling dry mass to 0.73 g compared with 0.3 g in untreated seeds, six weeks after germination.
- Taxon
- Passiflora edulis
Passiflora edulist0 - Organ / stage
- seedlings six weeks after germinatione0
- Treatment
- Fermentatione0
- Outcome
- dry masse0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 0.73 ge0
- Qualifier
- dry mass (0.3 g)e1
- Comparator
- Un-treated seedse1
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Verbatim
t0“Passiflora edulis”
e0“Fermentation significantly (P < 0.05) increased number of roots per-seedling (11.0), length of roots (2.7 cm), fresh mass (2.4 g) and dry mass (0.73 g) of seedlings six weeks after germination”
e1“Un-treated seeds had lower number of roots per-seedling (5.8), length of roots (1.1 cm), fresh mass (1.1 g) and dry mass (0.3 g) of seedlings six weeks after germination”
Title
R. M. Mabundza; Paul K. Wahome; Michael T. Masarirambi 2010
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- Intervention effect Chemical scarification of passion fruit seeds for 5 min significantly increased germination percentage to 94% compared with 20% in untreated seeds.
- Intervention effect Chemical scarification of passion fruit seeds for 5 min significantly increased seedling height to 3.0 cm compared with 1.6 cm in untreated seeds.
- Intervention effect Chemical scarification of passion fruit seeds for 5 min significantly increased the number of leaves to 4.3 compared with 3.0 in untreated seeds.
- Intervention effect Fermentation significantly increased the number of roots per seedling to 11.0 compared with 5.8 in untreated seeds, six weeks after germination.
- Intervention effect Fermentation significantly increased root length to 2.7 cm compared with 1.1 cm in untreated seeds, six weeks after germination.
- Intervention effect Fermentation significantly increased seedling fresh mass to 2.4 g compared with 1.1 g in untreated seeds, six weeks after germination.
- Intervention effect Soaking passion fruit seeds in water for 7 days gave a higher germination percentage (71%) than soaking for 14 days (40%).
- Mechanism Pre-germination treatment with H2SO4 enhanced germination of passion fruit seeds by breaking dormancy.
- Recommendation For passion fruit production, sulfuric acid can be used to promote germination of passion seeds.