Abstract
BACKGROUND: This study determined the effects of two solid matrix priming methods on changes in the characteristics of two lots of the same variety of sugar beet fruits that differ in the level of vigour. RESULTS: Seed treatment within each level of vigour did not significantly affect helium and apparent density, total pore volume and total porosity. However, there was a tendency to increase porosity due to priming. This is probably why seed priming significantly increased mesopore diameter in both high and low vigour seeds. These changes increased the water content in the pericarp and the seeds and increased the water potential during germination. The high level of electrical conductivity of the fruit extracts was associated with low seed vigour. Low vigour resulted in higher humidity of the pericarp and decreased seed moisture and was also associated with lower water potential of the pericarp and seeds. CONCLUSIONS: A significant difference in the water content in the pericarp and seeds was indicative of imbibition and problems with water flow between these centres, which resulted in a low water diffusion coefficient of the pericarp. This low water diffusion coefficient was correlated with the prolongation of the seed germination time.
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Claims 11
Claim · model-written summary
Seed treatment within each level of vigour did not significantly affect helium and apparent density, total pore volume and total porosity.
- Taxon
- sugar beet
Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgarist0 - Treatment
- Seed treatmente0
- Outcome
- helium and apparent density, total pore volume and total porositye0
- Direction
- did not significantly affecte0
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e0“Seed treatment within each level of vigour did not significantly affect helium and apparent density, total pore volume and total porosity.”
t0“sugar beet”
Claim · model-written summary
there was a tendency to increase porosity due to priming.
- Taxon
- sugar beetBeta vulgaris subsp. vulgarist0
- Treatment
- priminge0
- Outcome
- porositye0
- Direction
- increasee0
Not reportedComparator
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e0“there was a tendency to increase porosity due to priming.”
t0“sugar beet”
Claim · model-written summary
seed priming significantly increased mesopore diameter in both high and low vigour seeds.
- Taxon
- sugar beetBeta vulgaris subsp. vulgarist0
- Treatment
- seed priminge0
- Outcome
- mesopore diametere0
- Direction
- increasede0
Not reportedComparator
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e0“seed priming significantly increased mesopore diameter in both high and low vigour seeds.”
t0“sugar beet”
Claim · model-written summary
These changes increased the water content in the pericarp and the seeds and increased the water potential during germination.
- Taxon
- sugar beetBeta vulgaris subsp. vulgarist0
- Outcome
- water content in the pericarp and the seedse0
- Direction
- increasede0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“These changes increased the water content in the pericarp and the seeds and increased the water potential during germination.”
t0“sugar beet”
Claim · model-written summary
These changes increased the water content in the pericarp and the seeds and increased the water potential during germination.
- Taxon
- sugar beetBeta vulgaris subsp. vulgarist0
- Outcome
- water potential during germinatione0
- Direction
- increasede0
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Verbatim
e0“These changes increased the water content in the pericarp and the seeds and increased the water potential during germination.”
t0“sugar beet”
Claim · model-written summary
The high level of electrical conductivity of the fruit extracts was associated with low seed vigour.
- Taxon
- sugar beetBeta vulgaris subsp. vulgarist0
- Organ / stage
- fruite0
- Outcome
- seed vigoure0
- Direction
- lowe0
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e0“The high level of electrical conductivity of the fruit extracts was associated with low seed vigour.”
t0“sugar beet”
Claim · model-written summary
Low vigour resulted in higher humidity of the pericarp and decreased seed moisture
- Taxon
- sugar beetBeta vulgaris subsp. vulgarist0
- Organ / stage
- pericarpe0
- Outcome
- humidity of the pericarpe0
- Direction
- highere0
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e0“Low vigour resulted in higher humidity of the pericarp and decreased seed moisture”
t0“sugar beet”
Claim · model-written summary
Low vigour resulted in higher humidity of the pericarp and decreased seed moisture
- Taxon
- sugar beetBeta vulgaris subsp. vulgarist0
- Organ / stage
- seede0
- Outcome
- seed moisturee0
- Direction
- decreasede0
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e0“Low vigour resulted in higher humidity of the pericarp and decreased seed moisture”
t0“sugar beet”
Claim · model-written summary
was also associated with lower water potential of the pericarp and seeds.
- Taxon
- sugar beetBeta vulgaris subsp. vulgarist0
- Organ / stage
- pericarp and seedse0
- Outcome
- water potential of the pericarp and seedse0
- Direction
- lowere0
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Verbatim
e0“was also associated with lower water potential of the pericarp and seeds.”
t0“sugar beet”
Claim · model-written summary
a low water diffusion coefficient of the pericarp.
- Taxon
- sugar beetBeta vulgaris subsp. vulgarist0
- Outcome
- water diffusion coefficient of the pericarpe0
- Direction
- lowe0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“a low water diffusion coefficient of the pericarp.”
t0“sugar beet”
Claim · model-written summary
This low water diffusion coefficient was correlated with the prolongation of the seed germination time.
- Taxon
- sugar beetBeta vulgaris subsp. vulgarist0
- Organ / stage
- seede0
- Outcome
- seed germination timee0
- Direction
- prolongatione0
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Verbatim
e0“This low water diffusion coefficient was correlated with the prolongation of the seed germination time.”
t0“sugar beet”
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