Claim · model-written summary
Foliar CaCl2 enhanced pearl millet physiological, growth and yield traits in both years.
- Taxon
- pearl millet
Cenchrus americanust0 - Treatment
- foliar applied CaCl2e0
- Outcome
- physiological, growth and yield traitse0
- Direction
- enhancede0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleComparatorSettingValueQualifier
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“In both years, foliar applied CaCl2 enhanced all the physiological, growth and yield traits”
t0“pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum L.)”
Title
Tauqeer Ahmad Yasir; Wasif Azhar; Qaisar Ali; et al. PLoS ONE 2024. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0310207
Other claims from this paper (7)
- Intervention effect Drought significantly reduced pearl millet growth traits.
- Intervention effect Drought significantly reduced pearl millet yield traits.
- Intervention effect Drought significantly reduced pearl millet physiological attributes MSI and SPAD.
- Intervention effect Low soil moisture increased pearl millet antioxidant level.
- Intervention effect Foliar CaCl2 enhanced SOD, POD and APX antioxidant activities in both years.
- Recommendation The authors identify 50 mg/L CaCl2 as optimal under drought and full irrigation.
- Recommendation The authors advocate CaCl2 for pearl millet cultivation in arid and semi-arid regions.