Claim · model-written summary
Ash gourd showed the lowest reduction in membrane stability index (22.88%).
- Taxon
- ash gourd
Benincasa hispidae4 - Outcome
- reduction in membrane stability indexe4
- Value
- 22.88%e4
- Qualifier
- loweste4
Verbatim
t0“Effect of moisture stress on different cucurbits”
e4“ash gourd showed the lowest reduction in membrane stability index (22.88%)”
Title
Effect of moisture stress on different cucurbits: a morpho-physiological and biochemical perspective
Sanjeet K. U. Vaishya; Diwakar Singh; Rajeev Kumar; et al. Scientific Reports 2026. doi:10.1038/s41598-026-39230-y
Other claims from this paper (14)
- Intervention effect Severe reductions in growth and physiological performance occurred at 50% field capacity.
- Observation Bottle gourd showed the lowest reduction in relative water content (7.72%).
- Observation Bottle gourd was grouped by hierarchical clustering as highly drought-tolerant.
- Observation Ash gourd was grouped by hierarchical clustering as highly drought-tolerant.
- Association Bottle gourd had higher catalase activity under moisture stress.
- Association Ash gourd had higher catalase activity under moisture stress.
- Association Bottle gourd had higher root length, root surface area and root volume under moisture stress.
- Association Ash gourd had higher root length, root surface area and root volume under moisture stress.
- Association Bottle gourd had higher root density, shoot length and shoot dry weight under moisture stress.
- Association Ash gourd had higher root density, shoot length and shoot dry weight under moisture stress.
- Mechanism Bottle gourd enhances water uptake through improved root architecture, according to the authors.
- Mechanism Ash gourd enhances water uptake through improved root architecture, according to the authors.
- Recommendation Ash gourd is a promising rootstock for cucumber cultivation in water-limited environments.
- Recommendation Bottle gourd is a promising rootstock for cucumber cultivation in water-limited environments.