Abstract
A field experiment was conducted at the Agricultural Experiments and Researches Station, CairoUniversity, Giza, Egypt from 2008 to 2011 to study the influence of cutting treatment before seed production and plant densities on seed yield of two alfalfa genotypes (Laboon and El-wadi El-Gadid). In General, El-wadi El-Gadid surpassed Laboon in seed yield/feddan. Cutting genotypes twice before seed production recorded the highest seed yield and its components. Seed yield was significantly increased with increasing plant density from 8.400 to 134.400 plant/fed. The interaction between harvesting treatment and genotypes was significant for seed yield in 2010 and 2011 years. El-wadi El-Gadid produced the highest seed yield when cut twice. It also recorded the heaviest seed yield under plant density of 134.400 plant/fed. The second order interaction (El-wadi El-Gadid × cutting twice ×134.400 plant/fed) gave the highest seed yield in both years. Highly significant and negative correlation was observed between seed yield and number of pods /plant (-0.32) and seed index (-0.34).
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Claims 9
Claim · model-written summary
El-wadi El-Gadid outyielded Laboon in seed yield per feddan.
- Taxon
- alfalfa
Medicago sativat0 - Material
- El-wadi El-Gadide0
- Outcome
- seed yield/feddane0
- Direction
- surpassede0
- Comparator
- Laboone0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“El-wadi El-Gadid surpassed Laboon in seed yield/feddan”
t0“ALFALFA”
t1“ALFALFA”
Claim · model-written summary
Cutting twice produced the highest seed yield and components.
- Taxon
- alfalfaMedicago sativat0
- Treatment
- Cutting genotypes twice before seed productione0
- Outcome
- seed yield and its componentse0
- Direction
- higheste0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Cutting genotypes twice before seed production recorded the highest seed yield and its components”
t0“ALFALFA”
t1“ALFALFA”
Claim · model-written summary
Increasing density from 8.400 to 134.400 plant/fed significantly raised seed yield.
- Taxon
- alfalfaMedicago sativat0
- Treatment
- increasing plant density from 8.400 to 134.400 plant/fede0
- Outcome
- Seed yielde0
- Direction
- increasede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Seed yield was significantly increased with increasing plant density from 8.400 to 134.400 plant/fed”
t0“ALFALFA”
t1“ALFALFA”
Claim · model-written summary
Cutting treatment interacted significantly with genotype for seed yield in 2010 and 2011.
- Taxon
- alfalfaMedicago sativat0
- Material
- genotypese0
- Treatment
- harvesting treatmente0
- Outcome
- seed yielde0
Not reportedDirection
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Verbatim
e0“The interaction between harvesting treatment and genotypes was significant for seed yield in 2010 and 2011 years”
t0“ALFALFA”
t1“ALFALFA”
Claim · model-written summary
Twice-cut El-wadi El-Gadid had the highest seed yield.
- Taxon
- alfalfaMedicago sativat0
- Material
- El-wadi El-Gadide0
- Treatment
- cut twicee0
- Outcome
- seed yielde0
- Direction
- higheste0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“El-wadi El-Gadid produced the highest seed yield when cut twice”
t0“ALFALFA”
t1“ALFALFA”
Claim · model-written summary
El-wadi El-Gadid had its heaviest seed yield at 134.400 plant/fed.
- Taxon
- alfalfaMedicago sativat0
- Treatment
- plant density of 134.400 plant/fede0
- Outcome
- seed yielde0
- Direction
- heavieste0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“It also recorded the heaviest seed yield under plant density of 134.400 plant/fed”
t0“ALFALFA”
t1“ALFALFA”
Claim · model-written summary
El-wadi El-Gadid cut twice at 134.400 plant/fed had the highest seed yield in both years.
- Taxon
- alfalfaMedicago sativat0
- Material
- El-wadi El-Gadide0
- Treatment
- cutting twice ×134.400 plant/fede0
- Outcome
- seed yielde0
- Direction
- higheste0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“El-wadi El-Gadid × cutting twice ×134.400 plant/fed) gave the highest seed yield in both years”
t0“ALFALFA”
t1“ALFALFA”
Claim · model-written summary
Seed yield correlated negatively with pods per plant at -0.32.
- Taxon
- alfalfaMedicago sativat0
- Organ / stage
- pods /plante0
- Outcome
- seed yielde0
- Direction
- negativee0
- Value
- -0.32e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“negative correlation was observed between seed yield and number of pods /plant (-0.32)”
t0“ALFALFA”
t1“ALFALFA”
Claim · model-written summary
Seed yield correlated negatively with seed index at -0.34.
- Taxon
- alfalfaMedicago sativat0
- Outcome
- seed indexe0
- Direction
- negativee1
- Value
- -0.34e0
- Comparator
- seed yielde1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“seed index (-0.34)”
t0“ALFALFA”
t1“ALFALFA”
e1“Highly significant and negative correlation was observed between seed yield and number of pods /plant (-0.32) and seed index (-0.34)”
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