Abstract
The problems of agriculture in Senegal result in a low yield per hectare and poor seed quality contributing strongly to the decline in productivity. Mutagenesis by X- or Y-ray irradiation makes it possible to obtain genetic mutants necessary to improve production. It is in this context that we undertook this study to evaluate the effects induced on the cultivation of peanut seeds irradiated by X-rays at low doses applied in radiotherapy. X-ray irradiation of four (2, 3, 4, 5) lots of peanuts are performed with respectively 0.5, 1.5, 2 and 4 Gray using the cobalt 60 therapy device (Alcyon II). The seeding of the seeds and then the following-up of the crops during 35 days allowed us to study the parameters of germination, growth and yield. The results obtained after monitoring revealed that the irradiation did not have any significant impact on germination and would appear to temporarily inhibit the growth rate compared to the control batch. However, the decrease in weight of the harvested seeds can be explained by the absence of fertilizer during the cultivation.
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Claim · model-written summary
Irradiation had no significant impact on peanut germination.
- Taxon
- Peanut
Arachis hypogaeat0 - Treatment
- irradiatione0
- Outcome
- germinatione0
- Direction
- did not have any significant impacte0
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e0“the irradiation did not have any significant impact on germination”
t0“Peanut”
Claim · model-written summary
Irradiation appeared to inhibit peanut growth rate temporarily relative to controls.
- Taxon
- PeanutArachis hypogaeat0
- Outcome
- growth ratee0
- Direction
- inhibite0
- Qualifier
- temporarilye0
- Comparator
- the control batche0
Not reportedTreatment
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Verbatim
e0“would appear to temporarily inhibit the growth rate compared to the control batch”
t0“Peanut”
Claim · model-written summary
Harvested seed weight decreased, attributed by the authors to absence of fertilizer.
- Taxon
- PeanutArachis hypogaeat0
- Treatment
- absence of fertilizere0
- Outcome
- weight of the harvested seedse0
- Direction
- decreasee0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“the decrease in weight of the harvested seeds can be explained by the absence of fertilizer during the cultivation”
t0“Peanut”
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