Abstract
As a follow-up to our earlier investigation on the effect of gamma radiation on the germination and growth of certain Nigerian agricultural crops, the present study sought to determine the effect of gamma radiation on the grain yield of Zea mays (maize) and Arachis hypogaea (groundnut). The seeds were planted after irradiation without the application of fertiliser. The results show that for maize, grain yield for irradiated samples is increased to levels above the unirradiated yield at doses up to about 250 Gy with the optimum yield occurring at 150 Gy. The corresponding increase for groundnut is observed at doses up to about 930 Gy with optimum yield at a dose of 300 Gy. Inhibition in yield was observed to set in at a dose greater than 250 Gy for maize and 930 Gy for groundnut. The actual relationship between mean yield of these crops and gamma radiation dose was obtained using sixth-degree polynomial equations.
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Claims 7
Claim · model-written summary
Irradiated maize grain yield exceeded unirradiated yield up to about 250 Gy.
- Treatment
- irradiatede0
- Outcome
- grain yielde0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Qualifier
- doses up to about 250 Gye0
- Comparator
- unirradiatede0
Zea maysOrganisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“for maize, grain yield for irradiated samples is increased to levels above the unirradiated yield at doses up to about 250 Gy”
Claim · model-written summary
Maize optimum yield occurred at 150 Gy.
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“the optimum yield occurring at 150 Gy.”
t0“Zea mays”
e1“for maize, grain yield for irradiated samples is increased to levels above the unirradiated yield at doses up to about 250 Gy”
Claim · model-written summary
Irradiated groundnut yield exceeded unirradiated yield up to about 930 Gy.
- Taxon
- groundnut
Arachis hypogaeae0 - Treatment
- gamma radiatione1
- Outcome
- yielde0
- Direction
- increasee0
- Qualifier
- doses up to about 930 Gye0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The corresponding increase for groundnut is observed at doses up to about 930 Gy with optimum yield at a dose of 300 Gy.”
t0“gamma irradiation”
e1“gamma radiation on the grain yield of Zea mays (maize) and Arachis hypogaea (groundnut)”
Claim · model-written summary
Groundnut optimum yield occurred at 300 Gy.
- Taxon
- groundnutArachis hypogaeae1
- Outcome
- optimum yielde0
- Direction
- optimume0
- Value
- 300 Gye0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“optimum yield at a dose of 300 Gy.”
t0“Arachis hypogaea”
e1“The corresponding increase for groundnut is observed at doses up to about 930 Gy”
Claim · model-written summary
Maize yield inhibition set in above 250 Gy.
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Inhibition in yield was observed to set in at a dose greater than 250 Gy for maize”
Claim · model-written summary
Groundnut yield inhibition set in above 930 Gy.
- Taxon
- groundnutArachis hypogaeae0
- Treatment
- 930 Gye0
- Outcome
- yielde0
- Direction
- Inhibitione0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Inhibition in yield was observed to set in at a dose greater than 250 Gy for maize and 930 Gy for groundnut.”
Claim · model-written summary
Sixth-degree polynomial equations described mean yield versus gamma dose in both crops.
- Outcome
- relationship between mean yield of these crops and gamma radiation dosee0
Not reportedComparatorValue
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The actual relationship between mean yield of these crops and gamma radiation dose was obtained using sixth-degree polynomial equations.”
t0“Zea mays”
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