Abstract
Some experiments were carried out in order to promote sprouting of ‘Valeria’ cormels which are difficult to sprout when planted in early spring.Sprouting was promoted by storing the cormels in alternate dry (in the air) and wet (in moist sphagnum) conditions. If the dry and wet conditions were alter nated weekly, 3 cycles of wetting and drying before planting were sufficient to stimulate sprouting.Sprouting of the cormels was also hastened by presoaking them in a solution of 3% hydrogen peroxide for 3-24 hours just before planting. Similar results were obtained with other cultivars.These treatments had the same, beneficial effects on sprouting of cormels as artificial cracking of their shells, perhaps by causing some physical changes to the shells.
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Claims 6
Claim · model-written summary
Alternating dry and wet storage promoted Valeria cormel sprouting.
- Material
- ‘Valeria’e1
- Organ / stage
- cormelse0
- Treatment
- alternate dry (in the air) and wet (in moist sphagnum) conditionse0
- Outcome
- Sproutinge0
- Direction
- promotede0
GladiolusNot reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Sprouting was promoted by storing the cormels in alternate dry (in the air) and wet (in moist sphagnum) conditions.”
e1“‘Valeria’ cormels”
t0“Gladiolus”
Claim · model-written summary
Three weekly wetting and drying cycles sufficed to stimulate sprouting before planting.
- Material
- ‘Valeria’e1
- Treatment
- 3 cycles of wetting and dryinge0
- Outcome
- sproutinge0
- Direction
- stimulatee0
- Qualifier
- before plantinge0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“If the dry and wet conditions were alter nated weekly, 3 cycles of wetting and drying before planting were sufficient to stimulate sprouting.”
e1“‘Valeria’ cormels”
t0“Gladiolus”
Claim · model-written summary
Presoaking cormels in 3% hydrogen peroxide for 3-24 hours hastened sprouting.
- Treatment
- presoaking them in a solution of 3% hydrogen peroxide for 3-24 hourse0
- Outcome
- Sprouting of the cormelse0
- Direction
- hastenede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Sprouting of the cormels was also hastened by presoaking them in a solution of 3% hydrogen peroxide for 3-24 hours just before planting.”
t0“Gladiolus”
Claim · model-written summary
Other cultivars had similar sprouting responses.
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Similar results were obtained with other cultivars.”
e1“Sprouting of the cormels was also hastened”
t0“Gladiolus”
Claim · model-written summary
The treatments benefited cormel sprouting similarly to artificial shell cracking.
- Treatment
- These treatmentse0
- Outcome
- sprouting of cormelse0
- Direction
- same, beneficial effectse0
- Comparator
- artificial cracking of their shellse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“These treatments had the same, beneficial effects on sprouting of cormels as artificial cracking of their shells”
t0“Gladiolus”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors proposed that physical shell changes may explain the sprouting benefit.
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“perhaps by causing some physical changes to the shells”
e1“beneficial effects on sprouting of cormels”
t0“Gladiolus”
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