Intervention effectmodel-written summary

Chemical desiccation improved sunflower seed germination and vigour.

A claim from Germination, vigour and dormancy of sunflower seeds following chemical desiccation of female plants · 2014

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Chemical desiccation improved sunflower seed germination and vigour.

Taxon
sunflowerHelianthus annuust0
Treatment
Chemical desiccatione0
Outcome
germination and vigoure0
Direction
improvede0

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Helianthus annuus
Helianthus annuus · TaxonJon Sullivan · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

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“Chemical desiccation advanced harvest time by 35 - 43 days, increased seed dormancy and improved germination and vigour.”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 689–809
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“sunflower seeds”

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Title

Germination, vigour and dormancy of sunflower seeds following chemical desiccation of female plants

C.L. Szemruch; S.J. Renteria; F. Moreira; et al. Seed Science and Technology 2014. doi:10.15258/sst.2014.42.3.12

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drought · growth · Helianthus annuus (common sunflower)Results differ

59 papers: 9 positive, 50 negative or no effect

8 papers in the same direction as this claim · 50 in the opposite direction

  1. no effect
    Chemical desiccation did not affect germination in oil-type or confectionery female sunflower plants.

    Dynamics of Dry-Down in Seed, Head and Stalk from Sunflower Genotypes Sprayed with Chemical Desiccants After Physiological Maturity · 2019

    Opposite directionCites this paper

  2. negative
    Acclimated sunflower leaves grew less than control leaves under moderate soil water deficit.

    Acclimation of leaf growth to low water potentials in sunflower · 1984 · compared with controls

    Opposite direction

  3. negative
    Water stress reduced leaf area index, leaf area duration, and crop growth rate.

    Exogenous Glycinebetaine and Salicylic Acid Application Improves Water Relations, Allometry and Quality of Hybrid Sunflower under Water Deficit Conditions · 2009

    Opposite direction

  4. negative
    Drought reduced growth of crop and weed sunflower genotypes.

    Increased growth in sunflower correlates with reduced defences and altered gene expression in response to biotic and abiotic stress · 2011

    Opposite direction

  5. negative
    Water stress reduced sunflower seedling growth.

    Chemical changes and O2˙− production in thylakoid membranes under water stress · 1993

    Opposite direction

  6. negative
    Drought inhibited leaf expansion.

    PROLINE AND ABA LEVELS IN TWO SUNFLOWER GENOTYPES SUBJECTED TO WATER STRESS · 2004

    Opposite direction

  7. negative
    Water stress reduced cap diameter and cap weight.

    Effects of foliar micronutrient application on osmotic adjustments, grain yield and yield components in sunflower (Alstar cultivar) under water stress at three stages · 2011

    Opposite direction

  8. negative
    Prolonged drought reduced sunflower leaf area by nearly 25%.

    Investigation of the limitations to photosynthesis induced by leaf water deficit in field‐grown sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) · 1990

    Opposite direction

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