Abstract
An experiment was conducted in 1989/90 which examined the effects of irrigation and rhizobium inoculation on the growth of lentil cv. Titore. The plants were grown in 80 cm deep pots which enabled total recovery of roots. Results showed that lentils partition a large proportion of early photosynthate to the root, with root/shoot dry weight ratios at 32 days after sowing (DAS) of approximately 4.3. By final harvest, root/shoot ratio had declined to 0.36. Root/shoot ratio was not affected by the treatments. Root growth was analysed functionally using a Gompertz curve. Root dry matter (DM) accumulated rapidly with maximum growth rates of 16 g/m2/d. There were significant treatment effects on nodule score, final DM yield and seed yield. Fully irrigated plants produced 736 and 320 g/m2 of DM and seed respectively while non-irrigated plants produced 509 and 193 g/m2 of DM and seed respectively. Inoculation with Rhizobium leguminosarum gave a doubling of nodUle score at 46 DAS. However, by 56 DAS this difference had disappeared and all plants were well nodulated. The early difference in nodule score was accompanied by increased shoot production in the inoculated plants. However the increase was temporary and all plants produced similar shoot DM by 56 DAS.
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Claims 13
Claim · model-written summary
Lentils had a root to shoot dry weight ratio of about 4.3 at 32 days after sowing.
- Taxon
- lentils
Lens culinarist0 - Organ / stage
- 32 days after sowing (DAS)e0
- Outcome
- root/shoot dry weight ratiose0
- Value
- approximately 4.3e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“root/shoot dry weight ratios at 32 days after sowing (DAS) of approximately 4.3”
t0“lentils”
Claim · model-written summary
The root to shoot ratio declined to 0.36 by final harvest.
- Taxon
- lentilsLens culinarist0
- Organ / stage
- final harveste0
- Outcome
- root/shoot ratioe0
- Direction
- declinede0
- Value
- 0.36e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“By final harvest, root/shoot ratio had declined to 0.36”
t0“lentils”
Claim · model-written summary
Irrigation and inoculation did not affect root to shoot ratio.
- Taxon
- lentilsLens culinarist0
- Treatment
- treatmentse0
- Outcome
- Root/shoot ratioe0
- Direction
- not affectede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Root/shoot ratio was not affected by the treatments”
t0“lentils”
Claim · model-written summary
Maximum root dry matter growth rate was 16 g/m2/d.
- Taxon
- lentilsLens culinarist0
- Outcome
- Root dry matter (DM)e0
- Direction
- maximume0
- Value
- 16 g/m2/de0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Root dry matter (DM) accumulated rapidly with maximum growth rates of 16 g/m2/d”
t0“lentils”
Claim · model-written summary
Treatment significantly affected nodule score.
- Taxon
- lentilsLens culinarist0
- Treatment
- treatmente0
- Outcome
- nodule scoree0
Not reportedComparatorDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“There were significant treatment effects on nodule score, final DM yield and seed yield”
t0“lentils”
Claim · model-written summary
Treatment significantly affected final dry matter yield.
- Taxon
- lentilsLens culinarist0
- Treatment
- treatmente0
- Outcome
- final DM yielde0
Not reportedComparatorDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“There were significant treatment effects on nodule score, final DM yield and seed yield”
t0“lentils”
Claim · model-written summary
Treatment significantly affected seed yield.
- Taxon
- lentilsLens culinarist0
- Treatment
- treatmente0
- Outcome
- seed yielde0
Not reportedComparatorDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“There were significant treatment effects on nodule score, final DM yield and seed yield”
t0“lentils”
Claim · model-written summary
Fully irrigated lentils produced 736 g/m2 dry matter versus 509 g/m2 without irrigation.
- Taxon
- lentilsLens culinarist0
- Treatment
- Fully irrigatede0
- Outcome
- DMe0
- Direction
- higherinferrede0
- Value
- 736e0
- Qualifier
- 509e0
- Comparator
- non-irrigatede0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Fully irrigated plants produced 736 and 320 g/m2 of DM and seed respectively while non-irrigated plants produced 509 and 193 g/m2 of DM and seed respectively”
t0“lentils”
Claim · model-written summary
Fully irrigated lentils produced 320 g/m2 seed versus 193 g/m2 without irrigation.
- Taxon
- lentilsLens culinarist0
- Treatment
- Fully irrigatede0
- Outcome
- seede0
- Direction
- higherinferrede0
- Value
- 320 g/m2e0
- Qualifier
- 193e0
- Comparator
- non-irrigatede0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Fully irrigated plants produced 736 and 320 g/m2 of DM and seed respectively while non-irrigated plants produced 509 and 193 g/m2 of DM and seed respectively”
t0“lentils”
Claim · model-written summary
Rhizobium inoculation doubled nodule score at 46 days after sowing.
- Taxon
- lentilsLens culinarist0
- Organ / stage
- 46 DASe0
- Treatment
- Inoculation with Rhizobium leguminosarume0
- Interactor
- Rhizobium leguminosarum
Rhizobium leguminosarume0symbiont - Outcome
- nodUle scoree0
- Direction
- doublinge0
- Value
- doublinge0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Inoculation with Rhizobium leguminosarum gave a doubling of nodUle score at 46 DAS”
t0“lentils”
Claim · model-written summary
The inoculation difference in nodule score disappeared by 56 days after sowing.
- Taxon
- lentilsLens culinarist0
- Organ / stage
- 56 DASe0
- Treatment
- Inoculation with Rhizobium leguminosarume1
- Interactor
- Rhizobium leguminosarumRhizobium leguminosarume1symbiont
- Outcome
- differencee0
- Direction
- disappearede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“by 56 DAS this difference had disappeared and all plants were well nodulated”
t0“lentils (Lens culinaris Medik)”
e1“Inoculation with Rhizobium leguminosarum gave a doubling of nodUle score at 46 DAS”
Claim · model-written summary
Inoculated plants temporarily increased shoot production.
- Taxon
- lentilsLens culinarist0
- Treatment
- inoculatede0
- Interactor
- Rhizobium leguminosarumRhizobium leguminosarume1symbiont
- Outcome
- shoot productione0
- Direction
- increasede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“increased shoot production in the inoculated plants”
t0“lentils (Lens culinaris Medik)”
e1“Inoculation with Rhizobium leguminosarum gave a doubling of nodUle score at 46 DAS”
Claim · model-written summary
Inoculated and other plants had similar shoot dry matter by 56 days.
- Taxon
- lentilsLens culinarist0
- Organ / stage
- 56 DASe0
- Treatment
- Inoculation with Rhizobium leguminosarume1
- Interactor
- Rhizobium leguminosarumRhizobium leguminosarume1symbiont
- Outcome
- shoot DMe0
- Direction
- similare0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“all plants produced similar shoot DM by 56 DAS”
t0“lentils (Lens culinaris Medik)”
e1“Inoculation with Rhizobium leguminosarum gave a doubling of nodUle score at 46 DAS”
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