Abstract
Abstract Radish (Raphanus sativus) and Swiss Chard (Beta vulgaris) seedlings, grown hydroponically, exhibited significantly greater increases in height and weight in medium containing α-mannoside supplemented with calcium and manganese salts, than in control treatments lacking one or more of those components. Furthermore, seeds sown on medium containing α-mannoside plus Ca2+and Mn2+showed accelerated germination. Calcium and manganese are necessary to maintain the protein conformation of mannose-binding lectins. In the presence of those cations, glycosides displace specific sugars bound to lectins, making them available to support plant growth. Keywords: plant growthseed germinationlectinglycosidecalciummanganese ACKNOWLEDGMENT We greatly appreciate the clarity of expression contributed by our colleague and past co-author in the series, Professor Emerita Valrie A. Gerard. Elucidation of concepts is brought to the forefront by her profound understanding of the field.
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Claim · model-written summary
Radish seedlings on medium with alpha-mannoside plus calcium and manganese salts had significantly greater height and weight increases than controls lacking one or more components.
- Taxon
- Radish (Raphanus sativus)
Raphanus sativuse0 - Treatment
- α-mannoside supplemented with calcium and manganese saltse0
- Outcome
- height and weighte0
- Direction
- greater increasese0
- Comparator
- control treatments lacking one or more of those componentse0
- Setting
- hydroponicallye0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Radish (Raphanus sativus) and Swiss Chard (Beta vulgaris) seedlings, grown hydroponically, exhibited significantly greater increases in height and weight in medium containing α-mannoside supplemented with calcium and manganese salts, than in control treatments lacking one or more of those components”
Claim · model-written summary
Swiss chard seedlings on medium with alpha-mannoside plus calcium and manganese salts had significantly greater height and weight increases than controls lacking one or more components.
- Taxon
- Swiss Chard (Beta vulgaris)
Beta vulgarise0 - Treatment
- α-mannoside supplemented with calcium and manganese saltse0
- Outcome
- height and weighte0
- Direction
- greater increasese0
- Comparator
- control treatments lacking one or more of those componentse0
- Setting
- hydroponicallye0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Radish (Raphanus sativus) and Swiss Chard (Beta vulgaris) seedlings, grown hydroponically, exhibited significantly greater increases in height and weight in medium containing α-mannoside supplemented with calcium and manganese salts, than in control treatments lacking one or more of those components”
Claim · model-written summary
Seeds sown on medium with alpha-mannoside plus calcium and manganese showed accelerated germination.
Not reportedTaxonComparator
Verbatim
e1“seeds sown on medium containing α-mannoside plus Ca2+and Mn2+showed accelerated germination”
Claim · model-written summary
Glycosides displace sugars bound to mannose-binding lectins, making them available to support plant growth.
- Gene
- mannose-binding lectinse2
- Compound
- glycosidese3
- Outcome
- plant growthe3
- Qualifier
- glycosides displace specific sugars bound to lectinse3
Not reportedTaxon
Verbatim
e2“Calcium and manganese are necessary to maintain the protein conformation of mannose-binding lectins”
e3“In the presence of those cations, glycosides displace specific sugars bound to lectins, making them available to support plant growth”
Claim · model-written summary
Calcium and manganese are necessary to maintain the protein conformation of mannose-binding lectins.
- Treatment
- Calcium and manganesee2
- Gene
- mannose-binding lectinse2
- Outcome
- protein conformation of mannose-binding lectinse2
Not reportedTaxon
Verbatim
e2“Calcium and manganese are necessary to maintain the protein conformation of mannose-binding lectins”
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