Claim · model-written summary
Indole acetic acid was the best growth regulator in reducing leaf spots, root and pod rots, followed by gibberellic acid then Cycocel, the least effective.
- Taxon
- PEANUT
Arachis hypogaeat0 - Treatment
- IAAe1
- Outcome
- leaf spotse1
- Direction
- the best in reducinge1
- Qualifier
- root and pod rotse1
- Comparator
- GA3 then CCCe1
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
e1“Generally, IAA was the best in reducing leaf spots. root and pod rots followed by GA3 then CCC which was the least effective one”
t0“YIELD OF PEANUT”
Title
M. Khalil, Journal of Plant Production 2002. doi:10.21608/jpp.2002.256242
Other claims from this paper (10)
- Intervention effect Gibberellic acid, Cycocel and indole acetic acid reduced the linear growth of Sclerotium rolfsii and Fusarium moniliforme, more with higher concentration.
- Intervention effect A reduction in sclerotial formation was noticed with all concentrations of growth regulators, compared with untreated control.
- Intervention effect Sporulation of Aspergillus nevus and Fusarium moniliforme decreased as growth regulator concentrations increased.
- Intervention effect Spraying peanut with growth regulators significantly reduced leaf spot disease compared with untreated control in both seasons of field experiments.
- Intervention effect Growth regulators on peanut reduced root rot compared with untreated control.
- Intervention effect Growth regulators on peanut increased yield.
- Intervention effect Indole acetic acid, Cycocel and gibberellic acid were effective in reducing pod rots of peanut.
- Intervention effect Indole acetic acid, Cycocel and gibberellic acid reduced brown lesions caused by Rhizoctonia solam on peanut.
- Intervention effect Indole acetic acid, Cycocel and gibberellic acid reduced pink discoloration caused by Fusarium moniliforme on peanut.
- Intervention effect Indole acetic acid, Cycocel and gibberellic acid reduced breakdown caused by soilborne fungi on peanut.