Claim · model-written summary
At 81 DAP, capitulum dry mass did not differ between control and TE-treated plants.
Helianthus annuusVerbatim
t0“sunflower”
e0“At 81 DAP, dry mass of capitulum did not differ among control and TE-treated plants”
Title
Are plant growth retardants a strategy to decrease lodging and increase yield of sunflower?
Marcia Eugenia Amaral Carvalho; Paulo Roberto de Camargo e Castro; Marcos Vinicius de Castro Ferraz Junior; et al. Comunicata Scientiae 2016. doi:10.14295/cs.v7i1.1286
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- Intervention effect Trinexapac-ethyl (TE) decreased sunflower plant height by 16.9%.
- Intervention effect Maleic hydrazide (MH) decreased sunflower plant height by 35.9%.
- Intervention effect Only TE positively influenced capitulum diameter, by 46.7% compared with control at 60 days after planting.
- Intervention effect Only TE positively influenced capitulum dry mass, by 311% compared with control at 60 days after planting.
- Intervention effect MH impaired capitulum diameter by 92.9%.
- Intervention effect MH impaired capitulum dry mass by 74.7%.
- Recommendation The authors conclude that TE application is a potential strategy to decrease lodging probability without affecting sunflower yield.