Abstract
Lucerne(Medicago sativa L.) plants were planted in pots to investigate the effects of applying silicon on their root growth.The results showed that application of Si can increase number of secondary roots,which increased root volume and root biomass,promote the growth of crown diameter;root volume was increased by 33%~55% and root biomass was increased by over 35%,and the number of secondary roots was increased by 100%,crown diameter was increased by 1.25 times.This study showed that application of silicon can promote root growth of lucerne,which enhanced the ability to absorb water and nutrients and strengthen the drought resistance.
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Claims 5
Claim · model-written summary
Silicon increased lucerne root volume by 33%~55%.
- Taxon
- Lucerne
Medicago sativae1 - Treatment
- applying silicone1
- Outcome
- root volumee0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 33%~55%e0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“root volume was increased by 33%~55%”
e1“Lucerne(Medicago sativa L.) plants were planted in pots to investigate the effects of applying silicon on their root growth”
Claim · model-written summary
Silicon increased lucerne root biomass by over 35%.
- Taxon
- LucerneMedicago sativae1
- Treatment
- applying silicone1
- Outcome
- root biomasse0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- over 35%e0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“root biomass was increased by over 35%”
e1“Lucerne(Medicago sativa L.) plants were planted in pots to investigate the effects of applying silicon on their root growth”
Claim · model-written summary
Silicon increased the number of secondary roots by 100%.
- Taxon
- LucerneMedicago sativae1
- Treatment
- applying silicone1
- Outcome
- number of secondary rootse0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 100%e0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“the number of secondary roots was increased by 100%”
e1“Lucerne(Medicago sativa L.) plants were planted in pots to investigate the effects of applying silicon on their root growth”
Claim · model-written summary
Silicon increased lucerne crown diameter by 1.25 times.
- Taxon
- LucerneMedicago sativae1
- Treatment
- applying silicone1
- Outcome
- crown diametere0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 1.25 timese0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“crown diameter was increased by 1.25 times”
e1“Lucerne(Medicago sativa L.) plants were planted in pots to investigate the effects of applying silicon on their root growth”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors infer that silicon enhanced lucerne water and nutrient absorption and drought resistance.
- Taxon
- lucerneMedicago sativae0
- Treatment
- application of silicone0
- Outcome
- ability to absorb water and nutrients and strengthen the drought resistancee0
- Direction
- enhancede0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“application of silicon can promote root growth of lucerne,which enhanced the ability to absorb water and nutrients and strengthen the drought resistance”
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