Claim · model-written summary
Growth was optimal at 60–75% moisture, increasing height, branching and biomass.
- Taxon
- M. aquaticum
Myriophyllum aquaticume0 - Treatment
- substrate moisture content of 60–75%e0
- Outcome
- plant height, branching ability, and biomasse0
- Direction
- increasese0
- Value
- 60–75%e0
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Verbatim
e0“optimal growth of M. aquaticum occurred at a substrate moisture content of 60–75%, with significant increases in plant height, branching ability, and biomass”
Title
Effect of Substrate Moisture Content on the Growth of an Exotic Species, Myriophyllum aquaticum
Mingkai Leng; Xiaodong Wu; Xing Wang; et al. Plants 2026. doi:10.3390/plants15111742
Other claims from this paper (10)
- Intervention effect Moisture at or below 45% shortened roots.
- Intervention effect Moisture at or below 45% increased senescent internode length.
- Intervention effect Moisture at or below 45% shifted biomass allocation aboveground.
- Intervention effect Moisture at or below 45% decreased chlorophyll a content.
- Intervention effect Moisture at or below 45% elevated malondialdehyde accumulation.
- Observation Plants died at moisture levels at or below 15%.
- Observation Plants survived at 15–30% moisture.
- Intervention effect Biomass continued to decline at 15–30% moisture.
- Observation At 60–75% moisture without surface water, roots extended rapidly and stem nodes proliferated.
- Intervention effect At 60–75% moisture without surface water, relative growth rate exceeded the drought group.
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