Paper · 1980

Effect of seed size on germination, test weight and seedling vigour in Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench.

A. R. Singh; S. D. Choudhari; N. L. Bhale

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Abstract

Sowing large seeds, compared with medium and small seeds, increased the germination percentage and root and shoot lengths in 9 sorghum cv. There were significant differences in 100-seed wt., germination percentage, root and shoot lengths and vol. of seedlings between cv

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Sowing large sorghum seeds increased germination percentage and root and shoot lengths compared with medium and small seeds.

Taxon
Sorghum bicolor (L.) MoenchSorghum bicolort0
Material
sorghum cve1
Treatment
Sowing large seedse1
Outcome
germination percentage and root and shoot lengthse1
Direction
increasede1
Comparator
medium and small seedse1

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Sorghum bicolor
Sorghum bicolor · TaxonNo machine-readable author provided. Pethan assumed (based on copyright claims). · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Effect of seed size on germination, test weight and seedling vigour in Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench”

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“Sowing large seeds, compared with medium and small seeds, increased the germination percentage and root and shoot lengths in 9 sorghum cv”

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Observationobservedoriginal resultsignificant (as stated)measured

Claim · model-written summary

Sorghum cultivars differed significantly in 100-seed weight, germination percentage, root and shoot lengths and seedling volume.

Taxon
Sorghum bicolor (L.) MoenchSorghum bicolort0
Outcome
100-seed wt., germination percentage, root and shoot lengths and vol. of seedlingse2
Qualifier
between cve2

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Sorghum bicolor
Sorghum bicolor · TaxonNo machine-readable author provided. Pethan assumed (based on copyright claims). · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Effect of seed size on germination, test weight and seedling vigour in Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench”

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“There were significant differences in 100-seed wt., germination percentage, root and shoot lengths and vol. of seedlings between cv”

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property · growth · Sorghum bicolor (sorghum)Positive and negative results

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