Abstract
In order to study the effect of on-farm seed priming using tap water and zinc sulfate solution with 0.03% zinc on yield and yield components of two intermediate maturing maize cultivars, a factorial experiment was carried out in complete randomized block design with three replications in Research Farm of Bu Ali University, Hamedan, Iran in 2011. Seed priming consisted of three levels (priming with 0.03% zinc using zinc sulfate for 16 hours, priming with tap water for 18 hours and control (no priming)) which were applied on two maize cultivars (Single cross 580 and 600). Results indicated that on-farm seed priming increased grain number per row and the number of rows per corn cob. Priming with zinc sulfate solution significantly increased seed weight, seed yield, biological yield and harvest index. Grain yield, biological yield and harvest index in priming with zinc sulfate solution increased by 11, 12.95 and 17 percent respectively in comparison with no primed treatment. Among the two studied cultivars, Single cross 600 with greater response to priming treatments had the highest grain number while Single cross 580 out performed the other cultivar in terms of seed weight. Therefore, seed priming with zinc sulfate at planting time seems effective to improve the growth and yield of Single cross 600.
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Claim · model-written summary
Seed priming increased grain number per row and cob row number.
- Treatment
- on-farm seed priminge0
- Outcome
- grain number per row and the number of rows per corn cobe0
- Direction
- increasede0
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e0“on-farm seed priming increased grain number per row and the number of rows per corn cob.”
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Claim · model-written summary
Zinc sulfate priming significantly increased seed weight.
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e0“Priming with zinc sulfate solution significantly increased seed weight, seed yield, biological yield and harvest index.”
t0“Maize”
Claim · model-written summary
Zinc sulfate priming increased seed yield by 11% relative to no priming.
- Treatment
- priming with zinc sulfate solutione0
- Outcome
- Grain yielde0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 11e0
- Comparator
- no primed treatmente0
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e0“Grain yield, biological yield and harvest index in priming with zinc sulfate solution increased by 11, 12.95 and 17 percent respectively in comparison with no primed treatment.”
t0“Maize”
Claim · model-written summary
Zinc sulfate priming increased biological yield by 12.95% relative to no priming.
- Treatment
- priming with zinc sulfate solutione0
- Outcome
- biological yielde0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 12.95 and 17 percente0
- Comparator
- no primed treatmente0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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e0“Grain yield, biological yield and harvest index in priming with zinc sulfate solution increased by 11, 12.95 and 17 percent respectively in comparison with no primed treatment.”
t0“Maize”
Claim · model-written summary
Zinc sulfate priming increased harvest index by 17% relative to no priming.
- Treatment
- priming with zinc sulfate solutione0
- Outcome
- harvest indexe0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 17 percente0
- Comparator
- no primed treatmente0
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e0“Grain yield, biological yield and harvest index in priming with zinc sulfate solution increased by 11, 12.95 and 17 percent respectively in comparison with no primed treatment.”
t0“Maize”
Claim · model-written summary
Single cross 600 responded more to priming and had the highest grain number.
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e0“Single cross 600 with greater response to priming treatments had the highest grain number”
t0“Maize”
Claim · model-written summary
Single cross 580 exceeded the other cultivar in seed weight.
- Material
- Single cross 580e0
- Outcome
- seed weighte0
- Direction
- out performede0
- Comparator
- the other cultivare0
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e0“Single cross 580 out performed the other cultivar in terms of seed weight.”
t0“Maize”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors recommend zinc sulfate seed priming at planting for Single cross 600 growth and yield.
- Material
- Single cross 600e0
- Treatment
- seed priming with zinc sulfate at planting timee0
- Outcome
- improve the growth and yielde0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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e0“seed priming with zinc sulfate at planting time seems effective to improve the growth and yield of Single cross 600.”
t0“Maize”
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