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Salt reduced rice germination speed, germination energy and final germination percentage.

Taxon: RiceOryza sativat0
Treatment: Salt treatmente0
Outcome: speed of germination, germination, germination energye0
Direction: reductione0

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“Salt treatment resulted in the reduction of speed of germination, germination, germination energy, germination energy percentage, final germination percentage”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 253–411

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“Rice”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 30–34

Title

Exogenous Putrescine Enhances Rice Seed Germination in Salinity Stress

Md. Abdus Sabur; Md. Anwarul Haque; Md. Shahidul Islam; et al. Asian Journal of Applied Sciences 2022. doi:10.24203/ajas.v10i5.7044

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Intervention effect Salt reduced rice germination energy percentage and final germination percentage.
Intervention effect Salt reduced rice shoot length, root length and dry weight.
Intervention effect Salt increased rice proline content.
Observation BRRI 48 was most affected by salinity for germination and growth.
Observation GHORIAL was least affected by salinity compared with other rice varieties.
Intervention effect Exogenous putrescine significantly enhanced rice seed germination.
Intervention effect Exogenous putrescine significantly enhanced rice shoot and root length.
Observation The authors conclude plant putrescine reduced rice salt tolerance.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivesignificant (as stated)measured

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Seeds soaked with germination agents had significantly higher germination potentiality, germination rate and germination index than the control

Taxon: seedless watermelont0
Treatment: germination agentse2
Outcome: germination potentiality, germination rate, germination indexe2
Direction: significantly highere2
Comparator: CKe2

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“seedless watermelon”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 71–90

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“The germination potentiality, germination rate, germination index and vigor index of those seeds soaked with germination agents were significantly higher than CK”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 262–423

Title

Study on effect of different germinationagents on seeds germination of seedless watermelon

Mi Li Guangdong nongye kexue 2013

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Intervention effect Water promoted seed germination of seedless watermelon
Intervention effect GA promoted seed germination of seedless watermelon
Intervention effect SA promoted seed germination of seedless watermelon
Intervention effect H2O2 promoted seed germination of seedless watermelon
Intervention effect Seeds soaked with germination agents had significantly higher vigor index than the control
Observation Each of the four germination agents had its own optimal combination of concentration and soaking time
Association Germination rate order from high to low was water, H2O2, GA, SA for the optimal combinations
Association Vigor index order was H2O2, SA, water, GA
Intervention effect Soaking cracked seeds in water for 48 hours had the same positive germination effect as 0.1 mmol/L H2O2 soaked for 3 hours

Method / resourceobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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The cure model separates the effect of factors on germination capacity (final germination percentage) from the effect on germination velocity (germination rate) and uniformity.

Outcome: effect of factors/covariates on germination capacity (final germination percentage)e1
Comparator: germination velocity (germination rate)e1

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“can separate the effect of factors/covariates on germination capacity (final germination percentage) from that on germination velocity (germination rate) and uniformity”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1400–1568

Title

The cure model: an improved way to describe seed germination?

A ONOFRI; M B MESGARAN; F TEI; et al. Weed Research 2011. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3180.2011.00870.x

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Method / resource The cure model holds the potential to be used successfully in germination assays, as an extension to conventional accelerated failure time (AFT) models.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

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With longer storage, germination percentage, germination potential and germination index decreased.

Taxon: wheatgrass speciest0
Treatment: prolonging storage periode0
Outcome: germination percentage, germination potential and germination indexe0
Direction: decreasede0

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“With the prolonging storage period,germination percentage, germination potential and germination index decreased”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 154–266

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“wheatgrass species”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 35–53

Title

Study on seed germination of three wheatgrass species in desert steppe

Liu Defu Caoye kexue 2007

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultsignificant (as stated)measured

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Priming significantly affected germination percentage, rate, daily germination, time to germination, and rate index.

Taxon: Cucurbita pepoCucurbita pepot0
Treatment: priminge0
Outcome: germination percentage, germination rate, mean daily germinatione0

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“priming effect was significant on germination percentage, germination rate, mean daily germination, the average time required for germination and germination rate index”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 443–611

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“Cucurbita pepo”
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Title

Effect of Seed Priming on Cucurbita pepo Germination under Drought Stress

Kazem Badeleh; Mehdi Aghighi Shahverdi; Haeshmat Omidi DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) 2015

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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Germination exponent, germination energy and germination rate were increased by SMZ-TMP.

Taxon: MuskmelonCucumis meloe7
Treatment: SMZ-TMPe7
Outcome: germination exponent,germination energy,germination ratee0
Direction: increaseinferrede0

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“Muskmelon seeds was treated with different concentration of SMZ-TMP”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 0–67

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“germination exponent,germination energy,germination rate”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 291–347

Title

Influence of Sulfamethoxazolum-trimetho-privum Treatment of Muskmelon Seeds on Germination and Vigor

Yin Xian-quan Northern Horticulture 2007

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Intervention effect SMZ-TMP at lower concentration significantly promoted germination and growth of muskmelon seed.
Intervention effect Root and shoot ratio and biomass were increased by SMZ-TMP.
Intervention effect A concentration of 0.4 mg/L SMZ-TMP gave the best result.
Intervention effect SMZ-TMP solutions of different concentrations reduced relative electrical conductivity and MDA content.
Intervention effect The reduction in relative electrical conductivity and MDA content became smaller with increasing SMZ-TMP concentration.
Intervention effect Seed protein and amino acid content were increased by SMZ-TMP soaking pretreatment.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultsignificant (as stated)measured

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Potassium nitrate significantly affected Germination %, mean germination rate, germination index.

Treatment: potassium nitratee0
Outcome: Germination %, mean germination rate, germination indexe0

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“All germination and early seedling development characteristics were significantly affected by potassium nitrate. Germination %, mean germination rate, germination index, mean daily germination percent, synchronization of germination, peak value for germination, and germination value all had a significant influence.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 879–1195

Title

Priming seeds with potassium nitrate is associated with modulation of seed germination and seedling growth ecology of cucumis metuliferus

Moses Mutetwa; Brian Panashe Mafukidze; Brenda Tsungi Makaure; et al. EUREKA Life Sciences 2023. doi:10.21303/2504-5695.2023.003030

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Intervention effect Potassium nitrate significantly affected mean daily germination percent, synchronization of germination, peak value for germination.
Intervention effect Potassium nitrate significantly affected germination value.
Intervention effect The lowest mean germination time occurred with 3 % KNO3 priming.
Intervention effect The lowest time to 50 % germination occurred with 3 % KNO3 priming.
Intervention effect The 2.5 % KNO3 group differed significantly for seedling height, root length, seedling length.
Intervention effect The 2.5 % KNO3 group differed significantly for fresh biomass, and dry weight.
Recommendation Farmers are advised to use 2.5 % KNO3 for priming.

Observationobservedoriginal resultsignificant (as stated)measured

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Seed and temperature treatments differed significantly for daily germination percentage, germination rate, mean germination time, germination velocity index and vigor index.

Taxon: maizeZea mayst0
Outcome: daily germination percentage, germination rate, mean germination time, germination velocity index and vigor indexe0

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“Highly significant differences (P < 0.001) were observed for daily germination percentage, germination rate, mean germination time, germination velocity index and vigor index.”
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“Maize”
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Title

Germination Characteristics of SC701 Maize Hybrid According to Size and Shape at Different Temperature Regimes

Dolapo Bola Akinnuoye; Albert Thembinkosi Modi Plant Production Science 2015. doi:10.1626/pps.18.514

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Association Flat seeds germinated faster than round seeds at constant temperatures.
Association Small seeds germinated faster than large seeds.
Association Small and flat seeds had higher vigor index than large and round seeds.
Intervention effect Alternating 20/30°C gave higher vigor index than constant temperatures in all seed groups.
Observation Root: shoot ratio, seedling dry mass and fresh mass differed significantly among treatments.
Association Higher temperatures were associated with better germination.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultsignificant (as stated)measured

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Germination treatments differed significantly in germination capacity, germination speed and uniformity of germination.

Taxon: Artocarpus altilisArtocarpus altilist0
Treatment: seed size and storaget0
Outcome: germination capacity (%), germination speed and uniformity of germinatione0

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“there is a significant difference (p 0.05) in dormancy period, number of days to complete germination, germination capacity (%), germination speed and uniformity of germination”
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“seed size and storage on the germination of Artocarpus altilis”
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Title

Effect of seed size and storage on the germination of Artocarpus altilis (Parkinson: Forsberg)

H.O. Okonkwo; RI Oyediran; PH Dan Journal of Research in Forestry, Wildlife and Environment 2020

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Intervention effect Germination treatments differed significantly in dormancy period and days to complete germination.
Intervention effect Testa removal improved germination of Artocarpus altilis seeds.
Intervention effect Storage negatively affected germination of the seeds.
Intervention effect Immediate sowing after processing of fresh seeds improved germination.
Observation The authors conclude that Artocarpus altilis seeds are recalcitrant.
Recommendation The authors state that field genebanks will be required to preserve and conserve the germplasm of the species.
Recommendation To propagate the plant from seed, large seeds should be selected to improve seedling quality.

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Germination values below 13 indicated poor germination.

Outcome: poor germinatione0
Value: below 13e0

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“poor germination by germination values below 13”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 498–545

Title

Effects of Stratification on Western Hemlock Germination

D. G. W. Edwards Canadian Journal of Forest Research 1973. doi:10.1139/x73-077

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Intervention effect Stratification had little or no effect on germination capacity.
Intervention effect Stratification significantly increased germination rate.
Intervention effect One to two weeks of moist chilling gave the greatest germination-rate increase.
Intervention effect Naked stratification in plastic bags gave nearly the same response.
Intervention effect Beyond two weeks of stratification, increments in germination rate progressively diminished.
Observation Germination values over 30 indicated excellent germinability.

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