Abstract
The research was conducted following a Complete Randomized Design (CRD) under plastic tunnel with three replications to investigate the effects of different germination media on seed germination and seedling growth of tomato in Bhojpur Nepal. Nine different compositions of growing media are soil, cocopeat, vermicompost, soil + FYM (1:1), soil + cocopeat (1:1), soil + vermicompost (1:1), cocopeat + vermicompost (1:1), soil + cocopeat + vermicompost (1:1:1) and soil+ cocopeat + vermicompost + FYM (1:1:1:1). Seeds of tomato variety (Srijana) was sown in Plastic tray. Germination parameters such as germination percentage, germination speed, germination energy, and vigor index were recorded for seven consecutive days. Growth parameters including root length, shoot length, number of leaves, stem diameter, fresh seedling weight and dry seedling weight were measured at 20, 25 and 30 days after sowing. There were significant differences in the germination parameters and growth parameters. The maximum germination percentage (100%), maximum seedling vigor index (2329), root length (10.967cm), number of leaves (20.87cm) was recorded in soil + cocopeat + vermicompost + FYM (1:1:1:1) as a growing media. However maximum shoot length (12.847cm), maximum stem diameter (0.310cm) and maximum fresh weight (1.540g) was recorded in soil + cocopeat + vermicompost (1:1:1) as a growing media. Hence, optimum growth of tomato seedlings was observed when soil, cocopeat, vermicompost and FYM were used in equal proportions.
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Claims 9
Claim · model-written summary
The soil, cocopeat, vermicompost and FYM mixture (1:1:1:1) gave the maximum germination percentage of tomato, 100%.
- Taxon
- tomato
Solanum lycopersicume1 - Treatment
- soil + cocopeat + vermicompost + FYM (1:1:1:1)e0
- Outcome
- germination percentagee0
- Direction
- maximume0
- Value
- 100%e0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The maximum germination percentage (100%), maximum seedling vigor index (2329), root length (10.967cm), number of leaves (20.87cm) was recorded in soil + cocopeat + vermicompost + FYM (1:1:1:1) as a growing media”
e1“investigate the effects of different germination media on seed germination and seedling growth of tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
The soil, cocopeat, vermicompost and FYM mixture (1:1:1:1) gave the maximum seedling vigor index of tomato, 2329.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume1
- Treatment
- soil + cocopeat + vermicompost + FYM (1:1:1:1)e0
- Outcome
- seedling vigor indexe0
- Direction
- maximume0
- Value
- 2329e0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The maximum germination percentage (100%), maximum seedling vigor index (2329), root length (10.967cm), number of leaves (20.87cm) was recorded in soil + cocopeat + vermicompost + FYM (1:1:1:1) as a growing media”
e1“investigate the effects of different germination media on seed germination and seedling growth of tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
The soil, cocopeat, vermicompost and FYM mixture (1:1:1:1) gave the maximum root length of tomato seedlings, 10.967 cm.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume1
- Treatment
- soil + cocopeat + vermicompost + FYM (1:1:1:1)e0
- Outcome
- root lengthe0
- Direction
- maximume0
- Value
- 10.967cme0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The maximum germination percentage (100%), maximum seedling vigor index (2329), root length (10.967cm), number of leaves (20.87cm) was recorded in soil + cocopeat + vermicompost + FYM (1:1:1:1) as a growing media”
e1“investigate the effects of different germination media on seed germination and seedling growth of tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
The soil, cocopeat, vermicompost and FYM mixture (1:1:1:1) gave the maximum number of leaves of tomato seedlings, 20.87.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume1
- Treatment
- soil + cocopeat + vermicompost + FYM (1:1:1:1)e0
- Outcome
- number of leavese0
- Direction
- maximume0
- Value
- 20.87cme0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The maximum germination percentage (100%), maximum seedling vigor index (2329), root length (10.967cm), number of leaves (20.87cm) was recorded in soil + cocopeat + vermicompost + FYM (1:1:1:1) as a growing media”
e1“investigate the effects of different germination media on seed germination and seedling growth of tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
The soil, cocopeat and vermicompost mixture (1:1:1) gave the maximum shoot length of tomato seedlings, 12.847 cm.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume1
- Treatment
- soil + cocopeat + vermicompost (1:1:1)e2
- Outcome
- shoot lengthe2
- Direction
- maximume2
- Value
- 12.847cme2
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“investigate the effects of different germination media on seed germination and seedling growth of tomato”
e2“maximum shoot length (12.847cm), maximum stem diameter (0.310cm) and maximum fresh weight (1.540g) was recorded in soil + cocopeat + vermicompost (1:1:1) as a growing media”
Claim · model-written summary
The soil, cocopeat and vermicompost mixture (1:1:1) gave the maximum stem diameter of tomato seedlings, 0.310 cm.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume1
- Treatment
- soil + cocopeat + vermicompost (1:1:1)e2
- Outcome
- stem diametere2
- Direction
- maximume2
- Value
- 0.310cme2
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“investigate the effects of different germination media on seed germination and seedling growth of tomato”
e2“maximum shoot length (12.847cm), maximum stem diameter (0.310cm) and maximum fresh weight (1.540g) was recorded in soil + cocopeat + vermicompost (1:1:1) as a growing media”
Claim · model-written summary
The soil, cocopeat and vermicompost mixture (1:1:1) gave the maximum fresh weight of tomato seedlings, 1.540 g.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume1
- Treatment
- soil + cocopeat + vermicompost (1:1:1)e2
- Outcome
- fresh weighte2
- Direction
- maximume2
- Value
- 1.540ge2
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“investigate the effects of different germination media on seed germination and seedling growth of tomato”
e2“maximum shoot length (12.847cm), maximum stem diameter (0.310cm) and maximum fresh weight (1.540g) was recorded in soil + cocopeat + vermicompost (1:1:1) as a growing media”
Claim · model-written summary
Optimum growth of tomato seedlings was observed when soil, cocopeat, vermicompost and FYM were used in equal proportions.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume1
- Outcome
- optimum growth of tomato seedlingse3
- Qualifier
- when soil, cocopeat, vermicompost and FYM were used in equal proportionse3
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“investigate the effects of different germination media on seed germination and seedling growth of tomato”
e3“optimum growth of tomato seedlings was observed when soil, cocopeat, vermicompost and FYM were used in equal proportions”
Claim · model-written summary
Growing media significantly differed in germination and growth parameters of tomato.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume1
- Treatment
- different germination mediae1
- Outcome
- germination parameters and growth parameterse4
Not reportedComparatorDirection
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Verbatim
e1“investigate the effects of different germination media on seed germination and seedling growth of tomato”
e4“There were significant differences in the germination parameters and growth parameters”
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