Abstract
The efficacy of a synthetic detergent (Surf Excel) as a potential chemical hybridizing agent in Brassica juncea was studied. Foliar sprays with various concentrations of the detergent caused reductions in plant height, number of branches and leaves per plant, size of leaves, anther size, pollen per flower, ovules per flower, pollen fertility, fruits per plant, fruit size, seeds per fruit, total yield per plant and 100 seed weight as compared with those of untreated plants. The style in the floral buds of plants sprayed with different concentrations of Surf Excel elongated and so the receptive stigma protruded from the buds which facilitated cross-pollination by honey bees. The plants sprayed once with 2% Surf Excel exhibited an elongated style with a raised receptive stigma and 100% pollen sterility without causing a significant reduction in total yield.
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Claims 5
Claim · model-written summary
Surf Excel sprays reduced vegetative size and leaf traits versus untreated plants.
- Taxon
- Brassica Juncea
Brassica junceat0 - Treatment
- Foliar sprays with various concentrations of the detergente0
- Outcome
- plant height, number of branches and leaves per plant, size of leavese0
- Direction
- reductionse0
- Comparator
- untreated plantse1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Foliar sprays with various concentrations of the detergent caused reductions in plant height, number of branches and leaves per plant, size of leaves”
e1“untreated plants”
t0“Brassica Juncea”
Claim · model-written summary
Surf Excel sprays reduced floral and pollen traits versus untreated plants.
- Taxon
- Brassica JunceaBrassica junceat0
- Treatment
- Foliar sprays with various concentrations of the detergente0
- Outcome
- anther size, pollen per flower, ovules per flower, pollen fertilitye0
- Direction
- reductionse0
- Comparator
- untreated plantse1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Foliar sprays with various concentrations of the detergent caused reductions in plant height, number of branches and leaves per plant, size of leaves, anther size, pollen per flower, ovules per flower, pollen fertility”
e1“untreated plants”
t0“Brassica Juncea”
Claim · model-written summary
Surf Excel sprays reduced fruit and seed yield traits versus untreated plants.
- Taxon
- Brassica JunceaBrassica junceat0
- Treatment
- Foliar sprays with various concentrations of the detergente0
- Outcome
- fruits per plant, fruit size, seeds per fruit, total yield per plant and 100 seed weighte0
- Direction
- reductionse0
- Comparator
- untreated plantse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Foliar sprays with various concentrations of the detergent caused reductions in plant height, number of branches and leaves per plant, size of leaves, anther size, pollen per flower, ovules per flower, pollen fertility, fruits per plant, fruit size, seeds per fruit, total yield per plant and 100 seed weight as compared with those of untreated plants.”
t0“Brassica Juncea”
Claim · model-written summary
Surf Excel elongated styles and exposed stigmas, facilitating honey-bee cross-pollination.
- Taxon
- Brassica JunceaBrassica junceat0
- Treatment
- different concentrations of Surf Excele0
- Outcome
- style in the floral budse0
- Direction
- elongatede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The style in the floral buds of plants sprayed with different concentrations of Surf Excel elongated and so the receptive stigma protruded from the buds which facilitated cross-pollination by honey bees.”
t0“Brassica Juncea”
Claim · model-written summary
One 2% Surf Excel spray produced 100% pollen sterility without a significant total-yield reduction.
- Taxon
- Brassica JunceaBrassica junceat0
- Treatment
- once with 2% Surf Excele0
- Outcome
- pollen sterilitye0
- Value
- 100%e0
Not reportedComparatorDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The plants sprayed once with 2% Surf Excel exhibited an elongated style with a raised receptive stigma and 100% pollen sterility without causing a significant reduction in total yield.”
t0“Brassica Juncea”
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