Abstract
Abstract Several metal salts were effective in killing root tips of squash, lima bean, and Kentucky coffeetree seedlings without damaging the rest of the plant in greenhouse trials. Silver nitrate was effective in promoting root branching of woody plant seedlings in a field trial.
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Claims 4
Claim · model-written summary
Several metal salts killed root tips of squash without damaging the rest of the plant in greenhouse trials.
- Taxon
- squashe0
- Treatment
- Several metal saltse0
- Outcome
- killing root tipse0
- Qualifier
- without damaging the rest of the plante0
- Setting
- greenhouse trialse0
Not reportedComparatorDirection
Verbatim
e0“Several metal salts were effective in killing root tips of squash, lima bean, and Kentucky coffeetree seedlings without damaging the rest of the plant in greenhouse trials”
Claim · model-written summary
Several metal salts killed root tips of lima bean without damaging the rest of the plant in greenhouse trials.
- Taxon
- lima bean
Phaseolus lunatuse0 - Treatment
- Several metal saltse0
- Outcome
- killing root tipse0
- Qualifier
- without damaging the rest of the plante0
- Setting
- greenhouse trialse0
Not reportedComparatorDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Several metal salts were effective in killing root tips of squash, lima bean, and Kentucky coffeetree seedlings without damaging the rest of the plant in greenhouse trials”
Claim · model-written summary
Several metal salts killed root tips of Kentucky coffeetree seedlings without damaging the rest of the plant in greenhouse trials.
- Taxon
- Kentucky coffeetree
Gymnocladus dioicuse0 - Treatment
- Several metal saltse0
- Outcome
- killing root tipse0
- Qualifier
- without damaging the rest of the plante0
- Setting
- greenhouse trialse0
Not reportedComparatorDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Several metal salts were effective in killing root tips of squash, lima bean, and Kentucky coffeetree seedlings without damaging the rest of the plant in greenhouse trials”
Claim · model-written summary
Silver nitrate promoted root branching of woody plant seedlings in a field trial.
- Taxon
- woody plant seedlingse1
- Treatment
- Silver nitratee1
- Outcome
- root branchinge1
- Direction
- promotinge1
- Setting
- field triale1
Not reportedComparator
Verbatim
e1“Silver nitrate was effective in promoting root branching of woody plant seedlings in a field trial”
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