Abstract
Freshly extracted passion fruit seed exhibit slow and low germination percentage. Pre-germination treatments may enhance and improve percent germination in passion fruit seeds. This experiment was conducted to determine the appropriate pregermination treatment in improving the germination potential of passion fruit seeds. The pre-germination treatments included chemical scarification (with 98% H2SO4), fermentation (in 10% sucrose solution) and soaking seeds in water for 7 or 14 days. Chemical scarification of passion fruit seeds for 5 min significantly significantly (P<0.05) germination percentage (94%), seedling height (3.0 cm) and number of leaves (4.3) compared with un-treated seeds, which had lower germination percentage (20%), seedling height (1.6 cm) and number of leaves (3.0). Fermentation significantly (P < 0.05) increased number of roots per-seedling (11.0), length of roots (2.7 cm), fresh mass (2.4 g) and dry mass (0.73 g) of seedlings six weeks after germination. Un-treated seeds had lower number of roots per-seedling (5.8), length of roots (1.1 cm), fresh mass (1.1 g) and dry mass (0.3 g) of seedlings six weeks after germination. Soaking seeds in water for 7 days gave a higher germination percentage (71%) than soaking seeds for 14 days (40%). Results obtained in this experiment indicate that the pre-germination treatment of passion fruit seeds by using (H2SO4) enhanced germination of the seeds by breaking dormancy. Thus for the production of passion fruit, sulfuric acid can be used to promote germination of passion seeds.
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Claims 10
Claim · model-written summary
Chemical scarification of passion fruit seeds for 5 min significantly increased germination percentage to 94% compared with 20% in untreated seeds.
- Taxon
- Passiflora edulis
Passiflora edulist0 - Treatment
- Chemical scarificatione0
- Outcome
- germination percentagee0
- Direction
- increaseinferrede0
- Value
- 94%e0
- Qualifier
- lower germination percentage (20%)e1
- Comparator
- un-treated seedse1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Passiflora edulis”
e0“Chemical scarification of passion fruit seeds for 5 min significantly significantly (P<0.05) germination percentage (94%), seedling height (3.0 cm) and number of leaves (4.3)”
e1“compared with un-treated seeds, which had lower germination percentage (20%), seedling height (1.6 cm) and number of leaves (3.0)”
Claim · model-written summary
Chemical scarification of passion fruit seeds for 5 min significantly increased seedling height to 3.0 cm compared with 1.6 cm in untreated seeds.
- Taxon
- Passiflora edulisPassiflora edulist0
- Treatment
- Chemical scarificatione0
- Outcome
- seedling heighte0
- Direction
- increaseinferrede0
- Value
- 3.0 cme0
- Qualifier
- seedling height (1.6 cm)e1
- Comparator
- un-treated seedse1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Passiflora edulis”
e0“Chemical scarification of passion fruit seeds for 5 min significantly significantly (P<0.05) germination percentage (94%), seedling height (3.0 cm) and number of leaves (4.3)”
e1“compared with un-treated seeds, which had lower germination percentage (20%), seedling height (1.6 cm) and number of leaves (3.0)”
Claim · model-written summary
Chemical scarification of passion fruit seeds for 5 min significantly increased the number of leaves to 4.3 compared with 3.0 in untreated seeds.
- Taxon
- Passiflora edulisPassiflora edulist0
- Treatment
- Chemical scarificatione0
- Outcome
- number of leavese0
- Direction
- increaseinferrede0
- Value
- 4.3e0
- Qualifier
- number of leaves (3.0)e1
- Comparator
- un-treated seedse1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Passiflora edulis”
e0“Chemical scarification of passion fruit seeds for 5 min significantly significantly (P<0.05) germination percentage (94%), seedling height (3.0 cm) and number of leaves (4.3)”
e1“compared with un-treated seeds, which had lower germination percentage (20%), seedling height (1.6 cm) and number of leaves (3.0)”
Claim · model-written summary
Fermentation significantly increased the number of roots per seedling to 11.0 compared with 5.8 in untreated seeds, six weeks after germination.
- Taxon
- Passiflora edulisPassiflora edulist0
- Organ / stage
- seedlings six weeks after germinatione0
- Treatment
- Fermentatione0
- Outcome
- number of roots per-seedlinge0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 11.0e0
- Qualifier
- number of roots per-seedling (5.8)e1
- Comparator
- Un-treated seedse1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Passiflora edulis”
e0“Fermentation significantly (P < 0.05) increased number of roots per-seedling (11.0), length of roots (2.7 cm), fresh mass (2.4 g) and dry mass (0.73 g) of seedlings six weeks after germination”
e1“Un-treated seeds had lower number of roots per-seedling (5.8), length of roots (1.1 cm), fresh mass (1.1 g) and dry mass (0.3 g) of seedlings six weeks after germination”
Claim · model-written summary
Fermentation significantly increased root length to 2.7 cm compared with 1.1 cm in untreated seeds, six weeks after germination.
- Taxon
- Passiflora edulisPassiflora edulist0
- Organ / stage
- seedlings six weeks after germinatione0
- Treatment
- Fermentatione0
- Outcome
- length of rootse0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 2.7 cme0
- Qualifier
- length of roots (1.1 cm)e1
- Comparator
- Un-treated seedse1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Passiflora edulis”
e0“Fermentation significantly (P < 0.05) increased number of roots per-seedling (11.0), length of roots (2.7 cm), fresh mass (2.4 g) and dry mass (0.73 g) of seedlings six weeks after germination”
e1“Un-treated seeds had lower number of roots per-seedling (5.8), length of roots (1.1 cm), fresh mass (1.1 g) and dry mass (0.3 g) of seedlings six weeks after germination”
Claim · model-written summary
Fermentation significantly increased seedling fresh mass to 2.4 g compared with 1.1 g in untreated seeds, six weeks after germination.
- Taxon
- Passiflora edulisPassiflora edulist0
- Organ / stage
- seedlings six weeks after germinatione0
- Treatment
- Fermentatione0
- Outcome
- fresh masse0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 2.4 ge0
- Qualifier
- fresh mass (1.1 g)e1
- Comparator
- Un-treated seedse1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Passiflora edulis”
e0“Fermentation significantly (P < 0.05) increased number of roots per-seedling (11.0), length of roots (2.7 cm), fresh mass (2.4 g) and dry mass (0.73 g) of seedlings six weeks after germination”
e1“Un-treated seeds had lower number of roots per-seedling (5.8), length of roots (1.1 cm), fresh mass (1.1 g) and dry mass (0.3 g) of seedlings six weeks after germination”
Claim · model-written summary
Fermentation significantly increased seedling dry mass to 0.73 g compared with 0.3 g in untreated seeds, six weeks after germination.
- Taxon
- Passiflora edulisPassiflora edulist0
- Organ / stage
- seedlings six weeks after germinatione0
- Treatment
- Fermentatione0
- Outcome
- dry masse0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 0.73 ge0
- Qualifier
- dry mass (0.3 g)e1
- Comparator
- Un-treated seedse1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Passiflora edulis”
e0“Fermentation significantly (P < 0.05) increased number of roots per-seedling (11.0), length of roots (2.7 cm), fresh mass (2.4 g) and dry mass (0.73 g) of seedlings six weeks after germination”
e1“Un-treated seeds had lower number of roots per-seedling (5.8), length of roots (1.1 cm), fresh mass (1.1 g) and dry mass (0.3 g) of seedlings six weeks after germination”
Claim · model-written summary
Soaking passion fruit seeds in water for 7 days gave a higher germination percentage (71%) than soaking for 14 days (40%).
- Taxon
- Passiflora edulisPassiflora edulist0
- Treatment
- Soaking seeds in water for 7 dayse0
- Outcome
- germination percentagee0
- Direction
- highere0
- Value
- 71%e0
- Qualifier
- 14 days (40%)e0
- Comparator
- soaking seeds for 14 dayse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Passiflora edulis”
e0“Soaking seeds in water for 7 days gave a higher germination percentage (71%) than soaking seeds for 14 days (40%)”
Claim · model-written summary
Pre-germination treatment with H2SO4 enhanced germination of passion fruit seeds by breaking dormancy.
- Taxon
- passion fruitPassiflora edulise0
- Treatment
- using (H2SO4)e0
- Outcome
- germination of the seedse0
- Qualifier
- breaking dormancye0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“the pre-germination treatment of passion fruit seeds by using (H2SO4) enhanced germination of the seeds by breaking dormancy”
Claim · model-written summary
For passion fruit production, sulfuric acid can be used to promote germination of passion seeds.
- Taxon
- passion fruitPassiflora edulise0
- Outcome
- promote germination of passion seedse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“for the production of passion fruit, sulfuric acid can be used to promote germination of passion seeds”
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