Abstract
An experiment was conducted from April 2020 to July 2021 to assess the effects of foliar applications of NPK (0, 0.5, 1, and 2 g/L) alongside two concentrations of GA? and BA (150 and 250 ppm) on the vegetative growth and chemical composition of Ficus benjamina L. under greenhouse conditions. Results indicated that applying GA? or BA with NPK at 1 g/L significantly increased plant height, with GA? showing a greater effect on stem diameter than BA. BA promoted branching, and both BA and GA? at 250 ppm enhanced root length and the fresh and dry weights of leaves, stems and roots. The lognest roots were observed with NPK at 2 g/L, while NPK at 1 g/L resulted in the heaviest fresh root weight. The maximum content of carbohydrate and nitrogen was obtained with 0.5 g/L NPK and there was relatively greater accumulation of potassium in plant treated with 1 g/L NPK The GA3 was more effective than BA in increasing nitrogen and phosphorus content in plants. BA and GA? increased chlorophyll-a and -b, with the combination of BA (150 ppm) and NPK (1 g/L) yielding the highest chlorophyll-b levels. The highest carotenoid content was achieved with NPK at 2 g/L combined with either GA? or BA. Treatment with BA at 150 ppm enhanced the chlorophyll a/b ratio, while GA? at 250 ppm more effectively increased the total chlorophyll-to-carotenoid ratio. These findings suggest that foliar application of NPK at 1 g/L, combined with either BA or GA? (250 ppm), optimizes vegetative growth and enhances the chemical composition of F. benjamina L. under greenhouse conditions, promoting both growth quality and vigor.
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Claim · model-written summary
GA? with 1 g/L NPK increased plant height.
- Taxon
- Ficus benjamina L.
Ficus benjaminat0 - Treatment
- GA? or BA with NPK at 1 g/Le0
- Outcome
- plant heighte0
- Direction
- increasede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“applying GA? or BA with NPK at 1 g/L significantly increased plant height, with GA? showing a greater effect on stem diameter than BA.”
t0“Ficus benjamina L.”
Claim · model-written summary
BA with 1 g/L NPK increased plant height.
- Taxon
- Ficus benjamina L.Ficus benjaminat0
- Treatment
- BA with NPK at 1 g/Le0
- Outcome
- plant heighte0
- Direction
- increasede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“applying GA? or BA with NPK at 1 g/L significantly increased plant height, with GA? showing a greater effect on stem diameter than BA.”
t0“Ficus benjamina L.”
Claim · model-written summary
GA? increased stem diameter more than BA.
- Taxon
- Ficus benjamina L.Ficus benjaminat0
- Treatment
- GA?e0
- Outcome
- stem diametere0
- Direction
- greatere0
- Comparator
- BAe0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“applying GA? or BA with NPK at 1 g/L significantly increased plant height, with GA? showing a greater effect on stem diameter than BA.”
t0“Ficus benjamina L.”
Claim · model-written summary
BA promoted branching.
- Taxon
- Ficus benjamina L.Ficus benjaminat0
- Treatment
- BAe0
- Outcome
- branchinge0
- Direction
- promotede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“BA promoted branching, and both BA and GA? at 250 ppm enhanced root length and the fresh and dry weights of leaves, stems and roots.”
t0“Ficus benjamina L.”
Claim · model-written summary
BA enhanced root length.
- Taxon
- Ficus benjamina L.Ficus benjaminat0
- Treatment
- BAe0
- Outcome
- root lengthe0
- Direction
- enhancede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“BA promoted branching, and both BA and GA? at 250 ppm enhanced root length and the fresh and dry weights of leaves, stems and roots.”
t0“Ficus benjamina L.”
Claim · model-written summary
GA? at 250 ppm enhanced root length.
- Taxon
- Ficus benjamina L.Ficus benjaminat0
- Treatment
- GA? at 250 ppme0
- Outcome
- root lengthe0
- Direction
- enhancede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“BA promoted branching, and both BA and GA? at 250 ppm enhanced root length and the fresh and dry weights of leaves, stems and roots.”
t0“Ficus benjamina L.”
Claim · model-written summary
BA enhanced fresh weights of leaves, stems and roots.
- Taxon
- Ficus benjamina L.Ficus benjaminat0
- Treatment
- BAe0
- Outcome
- fresh and dry weights of leaves, stems and rootse0
- Direction
- enhancede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“BA promoted branching, and both BA and GA? at 250 ppm enhanced root length and the fresh and dry weights of leaves, stems and roots.”
t0“Ficus benjamina L.”
Claim · model-written summary
BA enhanced dry weights of leaves, stems and roots.
- Taxon
- Ficus benjamina L.Ficus benjaminat0
- Treatment
- BAe0
- Outcome
- dry weights of leaves, stems and rootse0
- Direction
- enhancede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“BA promoted branching, and both BA and GA? at 250 ppm enhanced root length and the fresh and dry weights of leaves, stems and roots.”
t0“Ficus benjamina L.”
Claim · model-written summary
GA? at 250 ppm enhanced fresh weights of leaves, stems and roots.
- Taxon
- Ficus benjamina L.Ficus benjaminat0
- Treatment
- GA? at 250 ppme0
- Outcome
- fresh and dry weights of leaves, stems and rootse0
- Direction
- enhancede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“BA promoted branching, and both BA and GA? at 250 ppm enhanced root length and the fresh and dry weights of leaves, stems and roots.”
t0“Ficus benjamina L.”
Claim · model-written summary
GA? at 250 ppm enhanced dry weights of leaves, stems and roots.
- Taxon
- Ficus benjamina L.Ficus benjaminat0
- Treatment
- GA? at 250 ppme0
- Outcome
- dry weights of leaves, stems and rootse0
- Direction
- enhancede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“BA promoted branching, and both BA and GA? at 250 ppm enhanced root length and the fresh and dry weights of leaves, stems and roots.”
t0“Ficus benjamina L.”
Claim · model-written summary
NPK at 2 g/L produced the longest roots.
- Taxon
- Ficus benjamina L.Ficus benjaminat0
- Treatment
- NPK at 2 g/Le0
- Outcome
- rootse0
- Direction
- logneste0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“The lognest roots were observed with NPK at 2 g/L, while NPK at 1 g/L resulted in the heaviest fresh root weight.”
t0“Ficus benjamina L.”
Claim · model-written summary
NPK at 1 g/L produced the heaviest fresh root weight.
- Taxon
- Ficus benjamina L.Ficus benjaminat0
- Treatment
- NPK at 1 g/Le0
- Outcome
- fresh root weighte0
- Direction
- heavieste0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The lognest roots were observed with NPK at 2 g/L, while NPK at 1 g/L resulted in the heaviest fresh root weight.”
t0“Ficus benjamina L.”
Claim · model-written summary
NPK at 0.5 g/L maximized carbohydrate content.
- Taxon
- Ficus benjamina L.Ficus benjaminat0
- Treatment
- 0.5 g/L NPKe0
- Outcome
- content of carbohydratee0
- Direction
- maximume0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“The maximum content of carbohydrate and nitrogen was obtained with 0.5 g/L NPK and there was relatively greater accumulation of potassium in plant treated with 1 g/L NPK”
t0“Ficus benjamina L.”
Claim · model-written summary
NPK at 0.5 g/L maximized nitrogen content.
- Taxon
- Ficus benjamina L.Ficus benjaminat0
- Treatment
- 0.5 g/L NPKe0
- Outcome
- nitrogene0
- Direction
- maximume0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The maximum content of carbohydrate and nitrogen was obtained with 0.5 g/L NPK and there was relatively greater accumulation of potassium in plant treated with 1 g/L NPK”
t0“Ficus benjamina L.”
Claim · model-written summary
NPK at 1 g/L increased potassium accumulation.
- Taxon
- Ficus benjamina L.Ficus benjaminat0
- Treatment
- 1 g/L NPKe0
- Outcome
- accumulation of potassiume0
- Direction
- greatere0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The maximum content of carbohydrate and nitrogen was obtained with 0.5 g/L NPK and there was relatively greater accumulation of potassium in plant treated with 1 g/L NPK”
t0“Ficus benjamina L.”
Claim · model-written summary
GA3 increased nitrogen content more than BA.
- Taxon
- Ficus benjamina L.Ficus benjaminat0
- Treatment
- GA3e0
- Outcome
- nitrogene0
- Direction
- more effectivee0
- Comparator
- BAe0
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Verbatim
e0“The GA3 was more effective than BA in increasing nitrogen and phosphorus content in plants.”
t0“Ficus benjamina L.”
Claim · model-written summary
GA3 increased phosphorus content more than BA.
- Taxon
- Ficus benjamina L.Ficus benjaminat0
- Treatment
- GA3e0
- Outcome
- phosphorus contente0
- Direction
- more effectivee0
- Comparator
- BAe0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The GA3 was more effective than BA in increasing nitrogen and phosphorus content in plants.”
t0“Ficus benjamina L.”
Claim · model-written summary
BA increased chlorophyll a and b.
- Taxon
- Ficus benjamina L.Ficus benjaminat0
- Treatment
- BAe0
- Outcome
- chlorophyll-a and -be0
- Direction
- increasede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“BA and GA? increased chlorophyll-a and -b, with the combination of BA (150 ppm) and NPK (1 g/L) yielding the highest chlorophyll-b levels.”
t0“Ficus benjamina L.”
Claim · model-written summary
GA? increased chlorophyll a and b.
- Taxon
- Ficus benjamina L.Ficus benjaminat0
- Treatment
- GA?e0
- Outcome
- chlorophyll-a and -be0
- Direction
- increasede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“BA and GA? increased chlorophyll-a and -b, with the combination of BA (150 ppm) and NPK (1 g/L) yielding the highest chlorophyll-b levels.”
t0“Ficus benjamina L.”
Claim · model-written summary
BA at 150 ppm plus NPK at 1 g/L gave the highest chlorophyll b.
- Taxon
- Ficus benjamina L.Ficus benjaminat0
- Treatment
- BA (150 ppm) and NPK (1 g/L)e0
- Outcome
- chlorophyll-b levelse0
- Direction
- higheste0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“BA and GA? increased chlorophyll-a and -b, with the combination of BA (150 ppm) and NPK (1 g/L) yielding the highest chlorophyll-b levels.”
t0“Ficus benjamina L.”
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