Claim · model-written summary
The authors suggest Baghdadi was the most adapted and drought-tolerant of the alfalfa cultivars.
- Taxon
- alfalfa
Medicago sativat0 - Material
- Baghdadie1
- Outcome
- the most adapted and drought-tolerant cultivare2
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Verbatim
t0“alfalfa”
e1“Baghdadi”
e2“the most adapted and drought-tolerant cultivar”
Title
Malek Maghsoodi; Jamshid Razmjoo; Mahdi Gheysari Grassland Science 2017. doi:10.1111/grs.12144
Other claims from this paper (13)
- Intervention effect Drought stress reduced herbage yield in alfalfa.
- Intervention effect Drought stress increased catalase, ascorbate peroxidase and peroxidase activities in alfalfa.
- Intervention effect Drought stress increased malondialdehyde content in alfalfa.
- Observation Cultivar Baghdadi generally had the highest CAT, POX and APX activities under all irrigation regimes.
- Observation Cultivar Baghdadi generally had the lowest MDA content.
- Observation Cultivar Baghdadi generally had the lowest reduction in herbage yield under drought.
- Observation Cultivar Baghdadi generally had the lowest stress susceptibility index.
- Observation Cultivar Baghdadi generally had the highest drought tolerance index.
- Association Herbage yield correlated significantly and positively with peroxidase activity in alfalfa.
- Association Herbage yield correlated significantly and negatively with MDA content in alfalfa.
- Association Catalase and ascorbate peroxidase activities correlated significantly and positively with herbage yield in alfalfa.
- Observation The authors conclude a wide variation in drought tolerance exists within alfalfa cultivars, so selection for more drought tolerance is possible.
- Recommendation The authors recommend POX, CAT and APX activities and MDA content as chemical markers to assist selection for more drought-tolerant alfalfa cultivars.