Abstract
The objectives of the study were to evaluate the effect of pretreatment methods on germination of Senna spectabilis seed and determine the effect of pretreatment methods on height and root collar diameter growth of Senna spectabilis seedlings. The experimental treatments involved were control; seeds soaked in cold water for 12 h, 24 h, and 48 h; seeds soaked in hot water and allowed to cool for 12 h, 24 h, and 48 h; and nicked seeds using secateurs. The experiment was arranged in a completely randomized design (CRD) with four replications. The data variables assessed were seedling height, root collar diameter, and survival rate. Data were subjected to one-way ANOVA using Minitab software. Results showed that there were significant differences <a:math xmlns:a="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" id="M1"> <a:mfenced open="(" close=")" separators="|"> <a:mrow> <a:mi>p</a:mi> <a:mo>≤</a:mo> <a:mtext>0.</a:mtext> <a:mn>05</a:mn> </a:mrow> </a:mfenced> </a:math> among treatment means on germination, seedling height, and root collar diameter, while the survival rate was not statistically significant <f:math xmlns:f="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" id="M2"> <f:mfenced open="(" close=")" separators="|"> <f:mrow> <f:mi>p</f:mi> <f:mo>≥</f:mo> <f:mn>0.05</f:mn> </f:mrow> </f:mfenced> </f:math> . Nicked seeds and those soaked in hot water and allowed to cool for 12 h had an outstanding performance in terms of germination and seedling growth. It is, therefore, recommended that farmers should be encouraged to use nicked and hot water soaked for 12 h seed in order to achieve high germination and growth efficiencies in their homestead gardens.
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Claim · model-written summary
Pretreatment means differed significantly in germination.
- Taxon
- Senna spectabilis
Senna spectabilist0 - Treatment
- treatmente1
- Outcome
- germinatione1
- Comparator
- treatment meanse1
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e0“significant differences”
e1“among treatment means on germination”
t0“Senna spectabilis”
Claim · model-written summary
Pretreatment means differed significantly in seedling height.
- Taxon
- Senna spectabilisSenna spectabilist0
- Treatment
- treatmente1
- Outcome
- seedling heighte1
- Comparator
- treatment meanse1
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e0“significant differences”
e1“among treatment means on germination, seedling height, and root collar diameter”
t0“Senna spectabilis”
Claim · model-written summary
Pretreatment means differed significantly in root collar diameter.
- Taxon
- Senna spectabilisSenna spectabilist0
- Treatment
- treatmente1
- Outcome
- root collar diametere1
- Comparator
- treatment meanse1
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e0“significant differences”
e1“among treatment means on germination, seedling height, and root collar diameter”
t0“Senna spectabilis”
Claim · model-written summary
Survival rate did not differ significantly among pretreatments.
- Taxon
- Senna spectabilisSenna spectabilist0
- Treatment
- treatmente1
- Outcome
- survival ratee0
- Comparator
- treatment meanse1
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e0“the survival rate was not statistically significant”
e1“among treatment means on germination, seedling height, and root collar diameter”
t0“Senna spectabilis”
Claim · model-written summary
Nicked seeds performed well for germination and seedling growth.
- Taxon
- Senna spectabilisSenna spectabilist0
- Treatment
- Nicked seedse0
- Outcome
- germination and seedling growthe0
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- outstanding performancee0
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e0“Nicked seeds and those soaked in hot water and allowed to cool for 12 h had an outstanding performance in terms of germination and seedling growth.”
t0“Senna spectabilis”
Claim · model-written summary
Seeds soaked in hot water for 12 h performed well for germination and seedling growth.
- Taxon
- Senna spectabilisSenna spectabilist0
- Treatment
- soaked in hot water and allowed to cool for 12 he0
- Outcome
- germination and seedling growthe0
- Direction
- outstanding performancee0
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e0“Nicked seeds and those soaked in hot water and allowed to cool for 12 h had an outstanding performance in terms of germination and seedling growth.”
t0“Senna spectabilis”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors recommend nicking seeds for high germination and growth.
- Taxon
- Senna spectabilisSenna spectabilist0
- Outcome
- use nickede0
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e0“farmers should be encouraged to use nicked and hot water soaked for 12 h seed in order to achieve high germination and growth efficiencies in their homestead gardens”
t0“Senna spectabilis”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors recommend soaking seeds in hot water for 12 h for high germination and growth.
- Taxon
- Senna spectabilisSenna spectabilist0
- Outcome
- hot water soaked for 12 h seede0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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e0“farmers should be encouraged to use nicked and hot water soaked for 12 h seed in order to achieve high germination and growth efficiencies in their homestead gardens”
t0“Senna spectabilis”