Claim · model-written summary
Basal grains were heavier than grains of single-grained spikelets.
- Taxon
- oat
Avena sativat0 - Outcome
- weight of the basal grainse0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Comparator
- single grained spikelete0
Verbatim
e0“The decrease in size of additional grains in spikelets with more than one grain was balanced by increased weight of the basal grains as compared with the weight of a single grained spikelet.”
t0“oat”
Title
Yield characters of selected oat varieties in relation to cereal breeding technique
S. G. Stephens The Journal of Agricultural Science 1942. doi:10.1017/s0021859600047912
Other claims from this paper (6)
- Association Tillering had little or no effect on oat yield.
- Mechanism Oat yield adjusted to density mainly through grains per panicle.
- Association Spikelet weight was negatively correlated with population density.
- Association Spikelet weight was negatively correlated with grains per panicle.
- Observation Additional grains were smaller in multigrain spikelets.
- Observation Average grain weight per spikelet tended to remain constant.