Claim · model-written summary
Soil drenching with either silicon source increased maize root fresh and dry weight.
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Verbatim
e0“Root fresh and dry weight was significantly (P ≤ 0.05) higher in plants treated with soil drenching of SiO2 and K2SiO3”
t0“maize”
Title
Inzamam Ul Haq; Aroosa Khurshid; Rehan Inayat; et al. DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) 2021. doi:10.60692/pg59q-6sf37
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- Intervention effect Foliar silicon sources increased fall armyworm mortality percentage on maize.
- Intervention effect Foliar silicon sources increased fall armyworm developmental period on maize.
- Intervention effect Foliar silicon sources decreased fall armyworm larval and pupal biomass of fall armyworm on maize.
- Intervention effect Both silicon sources reduced fall armyworm lipase activity of larvae.
- Intervention effect Both silicon sources reduced fall armyworm fecundity of adults.
- Intervention effect Both silicon sources prolonged fall armyworm longevity of adults.
- Intervention effect Foliar silicon increased maize fresh and dry weight of shoot, stem length.
- Intervention effect Foliar silicon increased maize chlorophyll content, and antioxidant activity.
- Intervention effect SiO2 performed better across assessed parameters than K2SiO3 and the control.