Abstract
This study investigated the role of silicone (Si) in mitigating effects of drought on sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.) dry forage production and water use efficiency (WUE). Reduction of irrigation water from 100% to 60% ETc resulted in significant reduction in dry forage production of sorghum up to (22.75%). Reduction in irrigation water from (100% to 60% ETc) increased WUE. Under application of Si forage dry yield and WUE increased significantly. Within each irrigation water level application of Si resulted in increase in forage dry yield and WUE with increase in Si dose from 0 to 2 kg ha-1. In the meanwhile, the foliar application of Si (2 kg ha-1) with irrigation treatment (100% ETc) significantly increased the dry forage yield and raised it to the highest percentage 30% compared to no Si treatment. Irrigation with 80% ETc together with application of 2 kg ha-1 Si gave the highest WUE compared to 100% ETc. In growing sorghum for dry yield purpose, 60% ETc and 2 kg ha-1 Si is an economical option with more water saving and small reduction in yield especially in arid regions.
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Claim · model-written summary
Reducing irrigation to 60% ETc lowered dry forage production by 22.75%.
SorghumOrganisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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e0“Reduction of irrigation water from 100% to 60% ETc resulted in significant reduction in dry forage production of sorghum up to (22.75%)”
Claim · model-written summary
Reducing irrigation from 100% to 60% ETc increased WUE.
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e0“Reduction in irrigation water from (100% to 60% ETc) increased WUE”
t0“Sorghum (Sorghum Bicolor L.)”
Claim · model-written summary
Silicon application significantly increased forage dry yield and WUE.
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e0“Under application of Si forage dry yield and WUE increased significantly”
t0“Sorghum (Sorghum Bicolor L.)”
Claim · model-written summary
Within irrigation levels, increasing silicon dose from 0 to 2 kg ha-1 raised forage dry yield and WUE.
- Treatment
- Si dose from 0 to 2 kg ha-1e0
- Outcome
- forage dry yield and WUEe0
- Direction
- increasee0
- Comparator
- 0e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Within each irrigation water level application of Si resulted in increase in forage dry yield and WUE with increase in Si dose from 0 to 2 kg ha-1”
t0“Sorghum (Sorghum Bicolor L.)”
Claim · model-written summary
Foliar silicon at 2 kg ha-1 with full irrigation increased dry forage yield by 30% versus no silicon.
- Treatment
- foliar application of Si (2 kg ha-1) with irrigation treatment (100% ETc)e0
- Outcome
- dry forage yielde0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 30%e0
- Comparator
- no Si treatmente0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“foliar application of Si (2 kg ha-1) with irrigation treatment (100% ETc) significantly increased the dry forage yield and raised it to the highest percentage 30% compared to no Si treatment”
t0“Sorghum (Sorghum Bicolor L.)”
Claim · model-written summary
Irrigation at 80% ETc plus 2 kg ha-1 silicon gave the highest WUE versus full irrigation.
- Treatment
- 80% ETc together with application of 2 kg ha-1 Sie0
- Outcome
- WUEe0
- Direction
- higheste0
- Comparator
- 100% ETce0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Irrigation with 80% ETc together with application of 2 kg ha-1 Si gave the highest WUE compared to 100% ETc”
t0“Sorghum (Sorghum Bicolor L.)”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors recommend 60% ETc and 2 kg ha-1 silicon for economical sorghum dry yield in arid regions.
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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e0“In growing sorghum for dry yield purpose, 60% ETc and 2 kg ha-1 Si is an economical option with more water saving and small reduction in yield especially in arid regions”
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