Abstract
Abstract Soaking French marigold seeds in growth regulator solutions produced larger reductions in seedling height than foliar sprays. Seeds soaked in 1 to 5 ppm uniconazole solutions for 0.15, 5, or 45 min resulted in plants that were up to 23% shorter than controls at 30 DAS, whereas foliar applications of 10 to 20 ppm uniconazole solutions resulted in plants 18% shorter than controls at 14 DAS. French marigold seedlings from seeds soaked in 60 pm ancymidol for 5 or 45 min were 5 or 6%, respectively, shorter than controls. Foliar spray applications of 25 or 100 ppm ancymidol to French marigold seedlings resulted in plants 8% shorter than controls. Chlormequat solutions applied either as a seed soak (1000–5000 ppm) or foliar spray (500–3000 ppm) did not reduce French marigold seedling height. Emergence of French marigold seedlings from seeds soaked in uniconazole, ancymidol, or chlormequat solutions was not different from that of control seeds. No effect on seedling height or emergence was found when soaking celosia seeds in uniconazole, ancymidol, or chlormequat solutions. Spraying celosia seedlings with uniconazole, ancymidol, or chlormequat solutions did not reduce seedling height.
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Claims 9
Claim · model-written summary
Soaking French marigold seeds in growth regulator solutions reduced seedling height more than foliar sprays did.
- Taxon
- French marigold
Tagetes patulae1 - Treatment
- growth regulator solutionse1
- Outcome
- seedling heighte1
- Direction
- larger reductionse1
- Comparator
- foliar sprayse1
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Verbatim
e1“Soaking French marigold seeds in growth regulator solutions produced larger reductions in seedling height than foliar sprays”
Claim · model-written summary
Seed soaks in 1 to 5 ppm uniconazole made French marigold plants up to 23% shorter than controls at 30 DAS.
- Taxon
- French marigold
Tagetes patulae1 - Treatment
- 1 to 5 ppm uniconazole solutionse2
- Outcome
- seedling heighte1
- Direction
- shortere2
- Value
- up to 23%e2
- Qualifier
- at 30 DASe2
- Comparator
- controlse2
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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Verbatim
e1“Soaking French marigold seeds in growth regulator solutions produced larger reductions in seedling height than foliar sprays”
e2“Seeds soaked in 1 to 5 ppm uniconazole solutions for 0.15, 5, or 45 min resulted in plants that were up to 23% shorter than controls at 30 DAS”
Claim · model-written summary
Foliar applications of 10 to 20 ppm uniconazole made French marigold plants 18% shorter than controls at 14 DAS.
- Taxon
- French marigold
Tagetes patulae1 - Treatment
- foliar applications of 10 to 20 ppm uniconazole solutionse3
- Outcome
- seedling heighte1
- Direction
- shortere3
- Value
- 18%e3
- Qualifier
- at 14 DASe3
- Comparator
- controlse3
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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Verbatim
e1“Soaking French marigold seeds in growth regulator solutions produced larger reductions in seedling height than foliar sprays”
e3“foliar applications of 10 to 20 ppm uniconazole solutions resulted in plants 18% shorter than controls at 14 DAS”
Claim · model-written summary
Seed soaks in 60 pm ancymidol made French marigold seedlings 5 or 6% shorter than controls.
- Taxon
- French marigold
Tagetes patulae4 - Treatment
- 60 pm ancymidole4
- Outcome
- seedling heighte1
- Direction
- shortere4
- Value
- 5 or 6%e4
- Qualifier
- for 5 or 45 mine4
- Comparator
- controlse4
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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Verbatim
e1“Soaking French marigold seeds in growth regulator solutions produced larger reductions in seedling height than foliar sprays”
e4“French marigold seedlings from seeds soaked in 60 pm ancymidol for 5 or 45 min were 5 or 6%, respectively, shorter than controls”
Claim · model-written summary
Foliar sprays of 25 or 100 ppm ancymidol made French marigold seedlings 8% shorter than controls.
- Taxon
- French marigold
Tagetes patulae5 - Treatment
- 25 or 100 ppm ancymidole5
- Outcome
- seedling heighte1
- Direction
- shortere5
- Value
- 8%e5
- Comparator
- controlse5
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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Verbatim
e1“Soaking French marigold seeds in growth regulator solutions produced larger reductions in seedling height than foliar sprays”
e5“Foliar spray applications of 25 or 100 ppm ancymidol to French marigold seedlings resulted in plants 8% shorter than controls”
Claim · model-written summary
Chlormequat solutions did not reduce French marigold seedling height.
- Taxon
- French marigold
Tagetes patulae6 - Treatment
- Chlormequat solutionse6
- Outcome
- seedling heighte6
- Direction
- did not reducee6
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e6“Chlormequat solutions applied either as a seed soak (1000–5000 ppm) or foliar spray (500–3000 ppm) did not reduce French marigold seedling height”
Claim · model-written summary
Emergence of French marigold seedlings was not different after seed soaks in uniconazole, ancymidol or chlormequat than in control seeds.
- Taxon
- French marigold
Tagetes patulae7 - Treatment
- uniconazole, ancymidol, or chlormequat solutionse7
- Outcome
- Emergencee7
- Direction
- not differente7
- Comparator
- control seedse7
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Verbatim
e7“Emergence of French marigold seedlings from seeds soaked in uniconazole, ancymidol, or chlormequat solutions was not different from that of control seeds”
Claim · model-written summary
Seed soaks in uniconazole, ancymidol or chlormequat had no effect on celosia seedling height or emergence.
Not reportedComparatorDirection
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Verbatim
e0“No effect on seedling height or emergence was found when soaking celosia seeds in uniconazole, ancymidol, or chlormequat solutions”
Claim · model-written summary
Foliar sprays of uniconazole, ancymidol or chlormequat did not reduce celosia seedling height.
- Treatment
- uniconazole, ancymidol, or chlormequat solutionse0
- Outcome
- seedling heighte0
- Direction
- did not reducee0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“Spraying celosia seedlings with uniconazole, ancymidol, or chlormequat solutions did not reduce seedling height”
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