Claim · model-written summary
Nicked seeds performed well for germination and seedling growth.
- Taxon
- Senna spectabilis
Senna spectabilist0 - Treatment
- Nicked seedse0
- Outcome
- germination and seedling growthe0
- Direction
- outstanding performancee0
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Verbatim
e0“Nicked seeds and those soaked in hot water and allowed to cool for 12 h had an outstanding performance in terms of germination and seedling growth.”
t0“Senna spectabilis”
Title
Effect of Seed Pretreatment Methods on Germination and Early Seedling Growth of Senna spectabilis
Erick R Zembele; Elisha S Ngulube International Journal of Forestry Research 2022. doi:10.1155/2022/6731479
Other claims from this paper (7)
- Intervention effect Pretreatment means differed significantly in germination.
- Intervention effect Pretreatment means differed significantly in seedling height.
- Intervention effect Pretreatment means differed significantly in root collar diameter.
- Intervention effect Survival rate did not differ significantly among pretreatments.
- Intervention effect Seeds soaked in hot water for 12 h performed well for germination and seedling growth.
- Recommendation The authors recommend nicking seeds for high germination and growth.
- Recommendation The authors recommend soaking seeds in hot water for 12 h for high germination and growth.