Abstract
Direct seeding is a restoration method that can benefit from the use of seed coating techniques to increase efficiency in the field. This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of sodium alginate as a seed-encapsulating agent and calcium chloride as a crosslinking agent for a model species. Three concentrations of alginate (1.5%, 2%, and 3%) and two concentrations of calcium chloride (5% and 10%) were used. Encapsulation occurred through a drip process. The treatments consisted of ten replications of ten Solanum lycopersicum L. (Solanaceae) seeds, totaling 600 seeds. We counted the number of seeds emitting radicle (SER), the mean germination time (MTG), the germination speed index (GSI), and the synchronization index (Z). Encapsulation using an alginate concentration of 2% and the lowest concentration of calcium chloride (5%) showed the best results for SER (66±18.5), MGT (10.5), GSI (0.63), and Z (-0.3562). The combination of a 2% alginate concentration with the lowest concentration of calcium chloride (5%) shows potential for applications in seed encapsulation.
Abstract from the paper’s OpenAlex record; open copy licensed cc-by-nc-nd. Read at the source ↗
The text the model read, with the source record’s inline markup (italics, sub- and superscripts) rendered and its character entities decoded; quote offsets refer to the raw text.
Claims 5
Claim · model-written summary
Two percent alginate with five percent calcium chloride gave the best seed radicle emission of 66±18.5.
- Taxon
- Solanum lycopersicum L.
Solanum lycopersicume2 - Treatment
- alginate concentration of 2% and the lowest concentration of calcium chloride (5%)e0
- Outcome
- SERe0
- Direction
- beste0
- Value
- 66±18.5e0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Encapsulation using an alginate concentration of 2% and the lowest concentration of calcium chloride (5%) showed the best results for SER (66±18.5), MGT (10.5), GSI (0.63), and Z (-0.3562).”
e2“Solanum lycopersicum L. (Solanaceae) seeds”
Claim · model-written summary
The same coating gave the best mean germination time of 10.5.
- Taxon
- Solanum lycopersicum L.Solanum lycopersicume2
- Treatment
- alginate concentration of 2% and the lowest concentration of calcium chloride (5%)e0
- Outcome
- MGTe0
- Direction
- beste0
- Value
- 10.5e0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Encapsulation using an alginate concentration of 2% and the lowest concentration of calcium chloride (5%) showed the best results for SER (66±18.5), MGT (10.5), GSI (0.63), and Z (-0.3562).”
e2“Solanum lycopersicum L. (Solanaceae) seeds”
Claim · model-written summary
The same coating gave the best germination speed index of 0.63.
- Taxon
- Solanum lycopersicum L.Solanum lycopersicume2
- Treatment
- alginate concentration of 2% and the lowest concentration of calcium chloride (5%)e0
- Outcome
- GSIe0
- Direction
- beste0
- Value
- 0.63e0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Encapsulation using an alginate concentration of 2% and the lowest concentration of calcium chloride (5%) showed the best results for SER (66±18.5), MGT (10.5), GSI (0.63), and Z (-0.3562).”
e2“Solanum lycopersicum L. (Solanaceae) seeds”
Claim · model-written summary
The same coating gave the best synchronization index of -0.3562.
- Taxon
- Solanum lycopersicum L.Solanum lycopersicume2
- Treatment
- alginate concentration of 2% and the lowest concentration of calcium chloride (5%)e0
- Outcome
- Ze0
- Direction
- beste0
- Value
- -0.3562e0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Encapsulation using an alginate concentration of 2% and the lowest concentration of calcium chloride (5%) showed the best results for SER (66±18.5), MGT (10.5), GSI (0.63), and Z (-0.3562).”
e2“Solanum lycopersicum L. (Solanaceae) seeds”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors identified the two percent alginate and five percent calcium chloride combination as promising for seed encapsulation.
- Taxon
- Solanum lycopersicum L.Solanum lycopersicume2
- Treatment
- 2% alginate concentration with the lowest concentration of calcium chloride (5%)e0
- Outcome
- potential for applications in seed encapsulatione0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The combination of a 2% alginate concentration with the lowest concentration of calcium chloride (5%) shows potential for applications in seed encapsulation.”
e2“Solanum lycopersicum L. (Solanaceae) seeds”
The same questions in other papers
calcium chloride dihydrate · growth · Solanum lycopersicum (tomato)Positive and negative results
9 papers in the same direction as this paper · 2 in the opposite direction
- negative
- negative
- positive
8 papers more in this group
See all 12 papers →alginate · growth · Solanum lycopersicum (tomato)Results agree
3 papers in the same direction as this paper
- positive
- positive
- positive
Claims are grouped by organism, treatment and what was measured or targeted. A paper counts as positive when any of its claims in the group is positive.