Paper · 1975 · HortScience

The Effect of Ethephon on Onion Seedstalk Height and Seed Production Characteristics1

J. N. Corgan

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Open access · cc-by-nc-nd

Abstract

Abstract (2-Chloroethyl)phosphonic acid (ethephon) applied to onions ( Allium cepa L. cv. Excel) at 5% seedstalk emergence at 2500, 5000, or 10,000 ppm reduced seedstalk height from 94 to 68, 62, and 54 cm, respectively. Lodging at seed harvest was reduced from 53% to 10%. The 2500 and 5000 ppm treatments had no effects on seed yield, but the 10,000 ppm treatment tended to lower it. Seed weight and seed germination were not affected by treatment.

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Claims 8

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Ethephon at 2500 ppm reduced onion seedstalk height to 68 cm from 94 cm.

Taxon
onionsAllium cepae1
Treatment
ethephone1
Outcome
seedstalk heighte1
Direction
reducede1
Value
68e1
Qualifier
at 2500e1

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Allium cepa
Allium cepa · TaxonMehdi · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e1

“(2-Chloroethyl)phosphonic acid (ethephon) applied to onions ( Allium cepa L. cv. Excel) at 5% seedstalk emergence at 2500, 5000, or 10,000 ppm reduced seedstalk height from 94 to 68, 62, and 54 cm, respectively”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 9–219 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Ethephon at 5000 ppm reduced onion seedstalk height to 62 cm from 94 cm.

Taxon
onionsAllium cepae1
Treatment
ethephone1
Outcome
seedstalk heighte1
Direction
reducede1
Value
62e1
Qualifier
5000e1

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Allium cepa
Allium cepa · TaxonMehdi · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e1

“(2-Chloroethyl)phosphonic acid (ethephon) applied to onions ( Allium cepa L. cv. Excel) at 5% seedstalk emergence at 2500, 5000, or 10,000 ppm reduced seedstalk height from 94 to 68, 62, and 54 cm, respectively”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 9–219 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Ethephon at 10,000 ppm reduced onion seedstalk height to 54 cm from 94 cm.

Taxon
onionsAllium cepae1
Treatment
ethephone1
Outcome
seedstalk heighte1
Direction
reducede1
Value
54 cme1
Qualifier
10,000 ppme1

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Allium cepa
Allium cepa · TaxonMehdi · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e1

“(2-Chloroethyl)phosphonic acid (ethephon) applied to onions ( Allium cepa L. cv. Excel) at 5% seedstalk emergence at 2500, 5000, or 10,000 ppm reduced seedstalk height from 94 to 68, 62, and 54 cm, respectively”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Ethephon reduced lodging at seed harvest in onion from 53% to 10%.

Taxon
onionsAllium cepae1
Treatment
ethephone1
Outcome
Lodging at seed harveste3
Direction
reducede3
Value
from 53% to 10%e3

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Allium cepa
Allium cepa · TaxonMehdi · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e1

“(2-Chloroethyl)phosphonic acid (ethephon) applied to onions ( Allium cepa L. cv. Excel) at 5% seedstalk emergence at 2500, 5000, or 10,000 ppm reduced seedstalk height from 94 to 68, 62, and 54 cm, respectively”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 9–219 · show in text ↑
e3

“Lodging at seed harvest was reduced from 53% to 10%”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultno effectmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Ethephon at 2500 ppm had no effect on onion seed yield.

Taxon
onionsAllium cepae1
Treatment
ethephone1
Outcome
seed yielde2
Direction
no effectse2
Qualifier
2500e2

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Allium cepa
Allium cepa · TaxonMehdi · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e1

“(2-Chloroethyl)phosphonic acid (ethephon) applied to onions ( Allium cepa L. cv. Excel) at 5% seedstalk emergence at 2500, 5000, or 10,000 ppm reduced seedstalk height from 94 to 68, 62, and 54 cm, respectively”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 9–219 · show in text ↑
e2

“The 2500 and 5000 ppm treatments had no effects on seed yield”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 274–335 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultno effectmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Ethephon at 5000 ppm had no effect on onion seed yield.

Taxon
onionsAllium cepae1
Treatment
ethephone1
Outcome
seed yielde2
Direction
no effectse2
Qualifier
5000e2

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Allium cepa
Allium cepa · TaxonMehdi · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e1

“(2-Chloroethyl)phosphonic acid (ethephon) applied to onions ( Allium cepa L. cv. Excel) at 5% seedstalk emergence at 2500, 5000, or 10,000 ppm reduced seedstalk height from 94 to 68, 62, and 54 cm, respectively”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 9–219 · show in text ↑
e2

“The 2500 and 5000 ppm treatments had no effects on seed yield”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 274–335 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Ethephon at 10,000 ppm tended to lower onion seed yield.

Taxon
onionsAllium cepae1
Treatment
ethephone1
Outcome
seed yielde2
Direction
tended to lowere4
Qualifier
10,000 ppme4

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Allium cepa
Allium cepa · TaxonMehdi · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e1

“(2-Chloroethyl)phosphonic acid (ethephon) applied to onions ( Allium cepa L. cv. Excel) at 5% seedstalk emergence at 2500, 5000, or 10,000 ppm reduced seedstalk height from 94 to 68, 62, and 54 cm, respectively”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 9–219 · show in text ↑
e2

“The 2500 and 5000 ppm treatments had no effects on seed yield”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 274–335 · show in text ↑
e4

“the 10,000 ppm treatment tended to lower it”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultno effectmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Ethephon did not affect onion seed weight or seed germination.

Taxon
onionsAllium cepae1
Treatment
ethephone1
Outcome
Seed weight and seed germinatione5
Direction
not affectede5

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Allium cepa
Allium cepa · TaxonMehdi · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e1

“(2-Chloroethyl)phosphonic acid (ethephon) applied to onions ( Allium cepa L. cv. Excel) at 5% seedstalk emergence at 2500, 5000, or 10,000 ppm reduced seedstalk height from 94 to 68, 62, and 54 cm, respectively”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 9–219 · show in text ↑
e5

“Seed weight and seed germination were not affected by treatment”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 386–449 · show in text ↑

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