Claim · model-written summary
Total leaf area before flowering decreased significantly as soil water potential decreased.
Verbatim
e0“The weight of shoots and the total leaf area of plants before flowering significantly decreased with decrease in the water potential of the root media.”
t0“Effect of soil water potential on growth and yield of sunflower (Helianthus annuus)”
Title
Effect of soil water potential on growth and yield of sunflower (Helianthus annuus)
N. Sionit; S. R. Ghorashy; M. Kheradnam The Journal of Agricultural Science 1973. doi:10.1017/s002185960005838x
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- Association Shoot weight before flowering decreased significantly as soil water potential decreased.
- Association Shoot weight fell sharply as soil water potential went from —0–32 to — 1–25 bars, then declined slowly to — 8'6 bars.
- Intervention effect Hundred-seed weight did not differ significantly among treatments.
- Intervention effect Oil percentage did not differ significantly among treatments.
- Intervention effect Total seed number differed significantly among treatments.
- Association Yield declined continuously with declining soil water potential, with no threshold above which yield was independent.