Abstract
Abstract In a trial conducted in 1974, foliar application of an aqueous seaweed extract of known cytokinin activity produced a significant increase in the yield of potatoes of the variety King Edward. A synthetic cytokinin, kinetin, also produced significant increases in the yield of tubers of both the varieties King Edward and Pentland Dell. There was close correlation between the results from the use of kinetin and the seaweed extract of equivalent cytokinin activity, which suggests that the effect of the seaweed extract was due to its cytokinin content. In a complementary trial in 1975 with King Edward potatoes, significant increases were obtained again in tuber yields through treatment with aqueous seaweed extract. The major increase was in ware potatoes.
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Claims 5
Claim · model-written summary
Foliar application of aqueous seaweed extract significantly increased potato yield in the King Edward variety in a 1974 trial.
- Taxon
- potato
Solanum tuberosumt0 - Material
- King Edwarde1
- Treatment
- foliar application of an aqueous seaweed extracte1
- Outcome
- yield of potatoese1
- Direction
- increasee1
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t0“potato yields”
e1“foliar application of an aqueous seaweed extract of known cytokinin activity produced a significant increase in the yield of potatoes of the variety King Edward”
Claim · model-written summary
Foliar kinetin significantly increased tuber yield in both King Edward and Pentland Dell potatoes.
- Taxon
- potatoSolanum tuberosumt0
- Material
- King Edward and Pentland Delle2
- Treatment
- kinetine2
- Outcome
- yield of tuberse2
- Direction
- increasese2
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t0“potato yields”
e2“a synthetic cytokinin, kinetin, also produced significant increases in the yield of tubers of both the varieties King Edward and Pentland Dell”
Claim · model-written summary
Kinetin and seaweed extract of equivalent cytokinin activity gave closely correlated potato results.
- Taxon
- potatoSolanum tuberosumt0
- Treatment
- kinetine3
- Outcome
- resultse3
- Comparator
- seaweed extract of equivalent cytokinin activitye3
Not reportedDirection
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t0“potato yields”
e3“There was close correlation between the results from the use of kinetin and the seaweed extract of equivalent cytokinin activity”
Claim · model-written summary
The effect of the seaweed extract on potato yield is suggested to be due to its cytokinin content.
- Taxon
- potatoSolanum tuberosumt0
- Treatment
- seaweed extracte4
- Compound
- cytokinine4
- Outcome
- effect of the seaweed extracte4
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t0“potato yields”
e4“which suggests that the effect of the seaweed extract was due to its cytokinin content”
Claim · model-written summary
Aqueous seaweed extract significantly increased tuber yields of King Edward potatoes in a complementary 1975 trial.
- Taxon
- potatoesSolanum tuberosume5
- Material
- King Edwarde5
- Treatment
- aqueous seaweed extracte5
- Outcome
- tuber yieldse5
- Direction
- increasese5
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“potato yields”
e5“In a complementary trial in 1975 with King Edward potatoes, significant increases were obtained again in tuber yields through treatment with aqueous seaweed extract”
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