Abstract
Abstract Successive plantings were made from August through October in southeastern Florida to compare plant establishment methods and their effects on stand establishment, plant growth, and maturation (time to anthesis) of bell pepper ( Capsicum annuum L.). Direct-seeding treatments were germinated seeds planted in potassium starch acrylamide (PSA) gel, magnesium silicate clay (MSC) gel, plug-mix, MSC gel mix, PSA gel mix. Nongerminated seeds were covered with soil or plug-mix. Three types of containerized transplants were used for comparison of earliness to flowering. Regardless of planting date, the PSA gel mix treatment generally led to earlier emergence and more uniform plant stands compared with the other direct-seeding techniques tested. Fluid drilling with PSA (without plug-mix) typically led to reduced plant stands, whereas all other direct-seeding methods did not differ in stands. Plant dry weights were increased as much as 100% when seeds were sown in PSA gel mix rather than with other seeding treatments. Plants established by transplanting began flowering at least 16 days earlier than plants established via direct seeding. Direct-seeding germinated seeds in PSA gel mix or plug-mix led to earlier, more uniform anthesis than sowing nongerminated seeds in soil.
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Claims 6
Claim · model-written summary
PSA gel mix direct seeding led to earlier emergence than the other direct-seeding techniques tested.
- Taxon
- Capsicum annuum
Capsicum annuume1 - Treatment
- PSA gel mix treatmente2
- Outcome
- emergencee2
- Direction
- earliere2
- Comparator
- the other direct-seeding techniques testede2
- Setting
- southeastern Floridae0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Successive plantings were made from August through October in southeastern Florida to compare plant establishment methods”
e1“bell pepper ( Capsicum annuum L.)”
e2“the PSA gel mix treatment generally led to earlier emergence and more uniform plant stands compared with the other direct-seeding techniques tested”
Claim · model-written summary
PSA gel mix direct seeding gave more uniform plant stands than the other direct-seeding techniques tested.
- Taxon
- Capsicum annuumCapsicum annuume1
- Treatment
- PSA gel mix treatmente2
- Outcome
- plant standse2
- Direction
- more uniforme2
- Comparator
- the other direct-seeding techniques testede2
- Setting
- southeastern Floridae0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Successive plantings were made from August through October in southeastern Florida to compare plant establishment methods”
e1“bell pepper ( Capsicum annuum L.)”
e2“the PSA gel mix treatment generally led to earlier emergence and more uniform plant stands compared with the other direct-seeding techniques tested”
Claim · model-written summary
Fluid drilling with PSA without plug-mix reduced plant stands.
- Taxon
- Capsicum annuumCapsicum annuume1
- Treatment
- Fluid drilling with PSA (without plug-mix)e3
- Outcome
- plant standse3
- Direction
- reducede3
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“bell pepper ( Capsicum annuum L.)”
e3“Fluid drilling with PSA (without plug-mix) typically led to reduced plant stands”
Claim · model-written summary
Plant dry weight increased by as much as 100% when seeds were sown in PSA gel mix.
- Taxon
- Capsicum annuumCapsicum annuume1
- Treatment
- seeds were sown in PSA gel mixe4
- Outcome
- Plant dry weightse4
- Direction
- increasede4
- Value
- 100%e4
- Comparator
- other seeding treatmentse4
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“bell pepper ( Capsicum annuum L.)”
e4“Plant dry weights were increased as much as 100% when seeds were sown in PSA gel mix rather than with other seeding treatments”
Claim · model-written summary
Transplanted plants began flowering at least 16 days earlier than directly seeded plants.
- Taxon
- Capsicum annuumCapsicum annuume1
- Treatment
- Plants established by transplantinge5
- Outcome
- began floweringe5
- Direction
- earliere5
- Value
- at least 16 dayse5
- Comparator
- plants established via direct seedinge5
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“bell pepper ( Capsicum annuum L.)”
e5“Plants established by transplanting began flowering at least 16 days earlier than plants established via direct seeding”
Claim · model-written summary
Direct-seeded germinated seeds in PSA gel mix or plug-mix gave earlier, more uniform anthesis than nongerminated seeds sown in soil.
- Taxon
- Capsicum annuumCapsicum annuume1
- Treatment
- Direct-seeding germinated seeds in PSA gel mix or plug-mixe6
- Outcome
- anthesise6
- Direction
- earliere6
- Comparator
- sowing nongerminated seeds in soile6
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“bell pepper ( Capsicum annuum L.)”
e6“Direct-seeding germinated seeds in PSA gel mix or plug-mix led to earlier, more uniform anthesis than sowing nongerminated seeds in soil”
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