Claim · model-written summary
ZnSO4 seed priming enhanced yield under drought.
- Taxon
- chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)
Cicer arietinumt0 - Treatment
- ZnSO4 seed priminge0
- Outcome
- yielde0
- Direction
- enhancinge0
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Verbatim
e0“Overall, ZnSO4 seed priming alleviate the drought effect by enhancing the growth condition of plants and in turn the yield of chickpea cultivars.”
t0“chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)”
Title
A MAHMOOD; H KANWAL; A KAUSAR; et al. Applied Ecology and Environmental Research 2019. doi:10.15666/aeer/1701_147160
Other claims from this paper (9)
- Intervention effect Water deficit stress decreased germination rate in all chickpea varieties.
- Intervention effect Water deficit stress decreased fresh and dry weight of root and shoot in all chickpea varieties.
- Intervention effect Water deficit stress decreased total chlorophyll, chlorophyll a, chlorophyll b in all chickpea varieties.
- Intervention effect Water deficit stress decreased carotenoid in all chickpea varieties.
- Intervention effect ZnSO4 seed priming improved chickpea growth.
- Intervention effect ZnSO4 priming caused earlier germination than no priming.
- Association CM 2008 was more drought tolerant than other varieties.
- Association FG 0902 was more drought tolerant than other varieties.
- Association Chickpea varieties varied widely in response to ZnSO4 priming.