Claim · model-written summary
Alpha-tocopherol counteracted stress effects on soybean seedling fresh and dry weights.
- Taxon
- soybean
Glycine maxe0 - Treatment
- α-Tocoe0
- Outcome
- seedling weight (fresh and dry)e0
- Direction
- counteractede0
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Verbatim
e0“both AsA and α-Toco counteracted the harmful effect of stress on soybean seedling weight (fresh and dry) against different stress levels.”
Title
ALLEVIATION OF OSMOTIC STRESS DURING SEED GERMINATION IN SOYBEAN BY Α-TOCOPHEROL AND ASCORBIC ACID
M. Khafagy; A. Abo- El-Kheer; S. Salama; et al. Journal of Plant Production 2010. doi:10.21608/jpp.2010.86579
Other claims from this paper (15)
- Intervention effect NaCl at -2 bar significantly increased soybean germination percentage and seedling weights.
- Intervention effect PEG 6000 at -2 bar produced no significant difference in the reported germination and weight measures.
- Intervention effect Increasing NaCl concentration to -4 bar decreased soybean germination and seedling weights.
- Intervention effect Increasing PEG 6000 concentration to -4 bar decreased soybean germination and seedling weights.
- Intervention effect NaCl at -6 bar greatly reduced soybean germination and seedling weights versus control.
- Intervention effect PEG at -6 bar greatly reduced soybean germination and seedling weights versus control.
- Intervention effect AsA presoaking increased soybean germination and seedling growth.
- Intervention effect Alpha-tocopherol presoaking increased soybean germination and seedling growth.
- Intervention effect Ascorbic acid at 50 ppm was more effective under NaCl than PEG 6000 stress.
- Intervention effect Alpha-tocopherol at 100 ppm was more effective under NaCl than PEG 6000 stress.
- Intervention effect At -2 bar, NaCl did not significantly change seedling length.
- Intervention effect At -2 bar, PEG did not significantly change seedling length.
- Intervention effect At -4 bar, water potential significantly decreased seedling length.
- Intervention effect AsA counteracted stress effects on soybean seedling fresh and dry weights.
- Intervention effect Alpha-tocopherol reduced stress effects on fresh and dry weights more effectively than AsA.