Abstract
A field experiment was carried out during the chithiraipattam (April-May) in India in 2010 to study the effects of foliar applications of different concentrations of seaweed liquid fertilizer (SLF) of Sargassum wightii on growth, biochemical constituents and antioxidant enzymes of Helianthus annuus L. to explore the possibilities of reducing or avoiding chemical fertilizers and to obtain the highest growth and productive parameters. The foliar spray was given twice in 15days interval at two concentrations (2.5%, 5.0%) of SLF. The aqueous extract of Sargassum wightii was found to promote almost all the parameters such as shoot length, root length, leaf length, leaf breadth, fresh weight, dry weight and number of leaves. The biochemical contents such as chlorophyll a, b, total chlorophyll, carotenoids, carbohydrate, total phenols and antioxidant enzymes such as catalase, peroxidase and glutathione peroxidase (GPX) were also found to be higher in the leaves. Among the two concentrations 2.5% was found to produce better results in almost all the parameters. The results revealed that foliar application of seaweed extract could be a promising option for pollution free non toxic growth enhancement of Helianthus annuus L.
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Claims 8
Claim · model-written summary
Seaweed liquid fertilizer promoted shoot length, root length and leaf length of sunflower.
- Taxon
- Helianthus annuus L.
Helianthus annuuse1 - Treatment
- seaweed liquid fertilizer (SLF) of Sargassum wightiie1
- Outcome
- shoot length, root length, leaf lengthe2
- Direction
- promotee2
- Setting
- field experimente0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“A field experiment was carried out during the chithiraipattam (April-May) in India in 2010”
e1“to study the effects of foliar applications of different concentrations of seaweed liquid fertilizer (SLF) of Sargassum wightii on growth, biochemical constituents and antioxidant enzymes of Helianthus annuus L.”
e2“The aqueous extract of Sargassum wightii was found to promote almost all the parameters such as shoot length, root length, leaf length, leaf breadth, fresh weight, dry weight and number of leaves”
Claim · model-written summary
Seaweed liquid fertilizer promoted leaf breadth, fresh weight and dry weight of sunflower.
- Taxon
- Helianthus annuus L.Helianthus annuuse1
- Treatment
- seaweed liquid fertilizer (SLF) of Sargassum wightiie1
- Outcome
- leaf breadth, fresh weight, dry weighte2
- Direction
- promotee2
- Setting
- field experimente0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“A field experiment was carried out during the chithiraipattam (April-May) in India in 2010”
e1“to study the effects of foliar applications of different concentrations of seaweed liquid fertilizer (SLF) of Sargassum wightii on growth, biochemical constituents and antioxidant enzymes of Helianthus annuus L.”
e2“The aqueous extract of Sargassum wightii was found to promote almost all the parameters such as shoot length, root length, leaf length, leaf breadth, fresh weight, dry weight and number of leaves”
Claim · model-written summary
Seaweed liquid fertilizer promoted the number of leaves of sunflower.
- Taxon
- Helianthus annuus L.Helianthus annuuse1
- Treatment
- seaweed liquid fertilizer (SLF) of Sargassum wightiie1
- Outcome
- number of leavese2
- Direction
- promotee2
- Setting
- field experimente0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“A field experiment was carried out during the chithiraipattam (April-May) in India in 2010”
e1“to study the effects of foliar applications of different concentrations of seaweed liquid fertilizer (SLF) of Sargassum wightii on growth, biochemical constituents and antioxidant enzymes of Helianthus annuus L.”
e2“The aqueous extract of Sargassum wightii was found to promote almost all the parameters such as shoot length, root length, leaf length, leaf breadth, fresh weight, dry weight and number of leaves”
Claim · model-written summary
Chlorophyll a, chlorophyll b and total chlorophyll were higher in the leaves of sunflower under seaweed liquid fertilizer.
- Taxon
- Helianthus annuus L.Helianthus annuuse1
- Organ / stage
- leavese3
- Treatment
- seaweed liquid fertilizer (SLF) of Sargassum wightiie1
- Outcome
- chlorophyll a, b, total chlorophylle3
- Direction
- highere3
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“to study the effects of foliar applications of different concentrations of seaweed liquid fertilizer (SLF) of Sargassum wightii on growth, biochemical constituents and antioxidant enzymes of Helianthus annuus L.”
e3“The biochemical contents such as chlorophyll a, b, total chlorophyll, carotenoids, carbohydrate, total phenols and antioxidant enzymes such as catalase, peroxidase and glutathione peroxidase (GPX) were also found to be higher in the leaves”
Claim · model-written summary
Carotenoids, carbohydrate and total phenols were higher in the leaves of sunflower under seaweed liquid fertilizer.
- Taxon
- Helianthus annuus L.Helianthus annuuse1
- Organ / stage
- leavese3
- Treatment
- seaweed liquid fertilizer (SLF) of Sargassum wightiie1
- Outcome
- carotenoids, carbohydrate, total phenolse3
- Direction
- highere3
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“to study the effects of foliar applications of different concentrations of seaweed liquid fertilizer (SLF) of Sargassum wightii on growth, biochemical constituents and antioxidant enzymes of Helianthus annuus L.”
e3“The biochemical contents such as chlorophyll a, b, total chlorophyll, carotenoids, carbohydrate, total phenols and antioxidant enzymes such as catalase, peroxidase and glutathione peroxidase (GPX) were also found to be higher in the leaves”
Claim · model-written summary
Catalase, peroxidase and glutathione peroxidase activities were higher in the leaves of sunflower under seaweed liquid fertilizer.
- Taxon
- Helianthus annuus L.Helianthus annuuse1
- Organ / stage
- leavese3
- Treatment
- seaweed liquid fertilizer (SLF) of Sargassum wightiie1
- Outcome
- catalase, peroxidase and glutathione peroxidase (GPX)e3
- Direction
- highere3
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“to study the effects of foliar applications of different concentrations of seaweed liquid fertilizer (SLF) of Sargassum wightii on growth, biochemical constituents and antioxidant enzymes of Helianthus annuus L.”
e3“The biochemical contents such as chlorophyll a, b, total chlorophyll, carotenoids, carbohydrate, total phenols and antioxidant enzymes such as catalase, peroxidase and glutathione peroxidase (GPX) were also found to be higher in the leaves”
Claim · model-written summary
Sunflower at 2.5% seaweed liquid fertilizer gave better results than at 5.0% in almost all parameters.
- Taxon
- Helianthus annuus L.Helianthus annuuse1
- Treatment
- 2.5%e4
- Outcome
- almost all the parameterse4
- Direction
- bettere4
- Comparator
- 5.0%e5
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“to study the effects of foliar applications of different concentrations of seaweed liquid fertilizer (SLF) of Sargassum wightii on growth, biochemical constituents and antioxidant enzymes of Helianthus annuus L.”
e4“Among the two concentrations 2.5% was found to produce better results in almost all the parameters”
e5“The foliar spray was given twice in 15days interval at two concentrations (2.5%, 5.0%) of SLF”
Claim · model-written summary
Foliar application of seaweed extract could be a promising option for growth enhancement of sunflower.
- Taxon
- Helianthus annuus L.Helianthus annuuse6
- Treatment
- foliar application of seaweed extracte6
- Outcome
- growth enhancemente6
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e6“The results revealed that foliar application of seaweed extract could be a promising option for pollution free non toxic growth enhancement of Helianthus annuus L.”
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