Claim · model-written summary
Hydrogel absorbed water most rapidly and strongly in distilled water, while salinity inhibited absorption.
- Taxon
- barley, wheat and chickpea
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Hordeum vulgare
Triticum aestivumt0 - Outcome
- Water absorption by gele0
- Direction
- higheste0
- Setting
- distilled watere0
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Verbatim
e0“Water absorption by gel was rapid and highest in distilled water and was inhibited by an increase in water salinity”
t0“barley, wheat and chickpea”
Title
J. Akhter; K. Mahmood; K.A. Malik; et al. Plant Soil and Environment 2004. doi:10.17221/4059-pse
Other claims from this paper (10)
- Intervention effect Adding 0.1–0.3% hydrogel increased field-capacity moisture retention linearly in both soils versus untreated soil.
- Intervention effect Hydrogel increased plant-available water significantly in both soils.
- Intervention effect Hydrogel did not affect wheat seed germination.
- Intervention effect Hydrogel did not affect barley seed germination.
- Intervention effect Hydrogel improved wheat seedling growth.
- Intervention effect Hydrogel improved barley seedling growth.
- Intervention effect In loam soil, 0.2% gel increased chickpea seed germination.
- Association In loam soil, chickpea seedling growth increased with gel level.
- Intervention effect Hydrogel delayed seedling wilting by 4-5 days in both soils versus control.
- Intervention effect Hydrogel increased plant establishment.