Comparison of Plant Morphology, Yield and Nutritional Quality of Fagopyrum esculentum and Fagopyrum tataricum Grown under Field Conditions in Belgium

Buckwheat is a pseudocereal with high nutritional and nutraceutical properties. Although common buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum) is the main cultivated species, Tartary buckwheat (Fagopyrum tataricum) is gaining interest. In this paper, we compared plant growth, yield-related parameters and seed nutritional qualities of two varieties of F. esculentum and F. tataricum under field conditions in Belgium. Fagopyrum esculentum flowered earlier, produced less nodes, less branches, less inflorescences, but more flowers per inflorescence than F. tataricum. The yield was higher in F. tataricum, while the thousand-grain weight was higher in F. esculentum. Yield ranged between 2037 kg/ha and 3667 kg/ha depending on the species and year. Regarding nutritional qualities, seeds of F. esculentum contained more proteins (15.4% vs. 12.8%) than seeds of F. tataricum although their amino acid profile was similar. Seeds of F. esculentum contained also more Mg (1.36 vs. 1.15 mg/g dry weight (DW)) and less Fe (22.9 vs. 32.6 µg/g DW) and Zn (19.6 vs. 24.5 µg/g DW) than F. tataricum. The main difference between seed nutritional quality was the concentration of flavonoids that was 60 times higher in F. tataricum than in F. esculentum. Both species grow well under Belgian conditions and showed good seed quality.

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Effect of Ethrel Seed Treatment on Growth, Yield, and Grade of Two Virginia-Type Peanut Cultivars1

Peanut Science ◽

10.3146/i0095-3679-13-2-4 ◽

1986 ◽

Vol 13 (2) ◽

pp. 60-63

Author(s):

T. A. Coffelt ◽

R. K. Howell

Keyword(s):

Experimental Design ◽

Arachis Hypogaea ◽

Seed Treatment ◽

Growth Yield ◽

Dry Weight ◽

Field Conditions ◽

Pod Yield ◽

Arachis Hypogaea L ◽

Untreated Check ◽

Treated Seed

Abstract Two virginia-type peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) cultivars, NC 6 and NC 7, were observed to germinate slowly under field conditions. Three seed treatments (1%, 5%, and 10%) of ethrel, cis-N-((1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethyl)thio)4-cyclo-hexene-1,2-dicarboximide, were prepared with a recommended seed treatment (45% Difolitan and 25% PCNB) and dusted on the seed. The experimental design was a 2 (cultivars) × 4 (3 ethrel treatments and an untreated check) factorial in a randomized complete block with four replications. The experiment was conducted for 2 years (1980 & 1981) at two locations (Suffolk, VA, and Beltsville, MD). Factors studied were: Stand counts (10 and 14 days after planting), plant dry weight (18 and 42 days after planting), pod yield, grams/100 seed, and percentages of meat, total sound mature kernels, extra large kernels, and fancy pods. No significant differences were found among ethrel treatments for any factor, except stand counts. Plots planted with ethrel-treated seed had significantly higher stand counts at 10 and 14 days than plots not planted with ethrel-treated seed. Significant differences occurred between locations for all factors, and between years for all factors, except stand counts at 14 days and grams/100 seed. Significant differences occurred between cultivars for all factors, except plant dry weight at 18 days, pod yield, and percentage of fancy pods. These results indicate that, while stands may be improved with ethrel-treated seed, no significant effects on yield or grade factors were found.

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Enhancement of growth and yield of Trigonella foenum graecum L. by foliar application of Pyraclostrobin (F500)

South Asian Journal of Experimental Biology ◽

10.38150/sajeb.5(5).p162-166 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 5 (5) ◽

pp. 162-166

Author(s):

Sonika Sharma ◽

Juhie Joshi ◽

K. N. Guruprasad

Keyword(s):

Seed Weight ◽

Seed Quality ◽

Foliar Application ◽

Foliar Spray ◽

Dry Weight ◽

Field Conditions ◽

Growth And Yield ◽

Trigonella Foenum Graecum ◽

Yield Parameters ◽

Trigonella Foenum Graecum L

Pyraclostrobin (F500), an agricultural fungicide derived from the fungal sec-ondary metabolite strobilurin, is known to enhance growth and yield of cere-als when applied on healthy plants. A field experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of Pyraclostrobin (F500) on growth and yield of healthy plants of fenugreek (Trigonella foenum graecum L.) var. Pusa early under field conditions. Pyraclostrobin (F500) was applied as a foliar spray in the four different concentrations (0.005 g L-1, 0.01 g L-1, 0.025 g L-1 and 0.1 g L-1), on 15th, 30th and 45th days after emergence of seedlings. Unsprayed plants served as control. F500 treatment enhanced the biomass (Plant height, fresh weight and dry weight) and yield parameters (Number of pods per plant, seeds per plant and 100 seed weight). Although enhancements in growth and yield parameters were observed with all the concentrations of F500 used, it was maximum at 0.01 g L-1 concentration. Enhanced biomass showed positive correlation with increase in yield and seed quality (seed weight per plant). Thus, F500 can be successfully employed as a foliar spray under field conditions to enhance the yield of T. foenum graecum.

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Impact of foliar application of seaweed saps on yield, nodulation and nutritional quality in green gram (Vigna radiata L)

Legume Research - An International Journal ◽

10.18805/lr.v39i2.9535 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 39 (2) ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

K. P. Raverkar ◽

Navneet Pareek ◽

Ramesh Chandra ◽

Swati Chauhan ◽

S. T. Zodape ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Vigna Radiata ◽

Nutritional Quality ◽

Foliar Application ◽

Root Nodules ◽

Growth Yield ◽

Dry Weight ◽

The World ◽

And Control ◽

Macro Algae

Seaweeds are marine macro algae, which form an important component of the marine living resources of the world. To evaluate the efficiency of seaweed (<italic>Kappaphycus</italic> and <italic>Gracilaria</italic>) saps on growth, yield and nutrition of <italic>Vigna radiata</italic>, an experiment was conducted during <italic>spring</italic> 2012 under field conditions. The ten treatments comprised two seaweed saps (K-sap & G-sap), four concentrations of each sap (2.5, 5, 10 and 15%), 7.5% of K-sap + 50% RDF (recommended dose of fertilizers) and control. The highest grain yield of 557 kg ha<sup>−1</sup> was harnessed due to two foliar applications of 10% K-sap + RDF. Increase in yield due to K-sap ranged between 29.32 to 33.81% while due to G-sap it was 25.74 to 26.15%. Foliar application of K-sap influenced the number and dry weight of root nodules at flowering. Application of seaweed saps also enhanced quality of grains in terms of protein, P and K content.

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Effect of Seed Extraction Methods of Tomato on Physiological Quality of Seeds and Seedlings

10.21203/rs.3.rs-33074/v1 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Alemu Degwale ◽

Tiru Tesfa ◽

Belete Meseret

Keyword(s):

Extraction Method ◽

Large Scale ◽

Seed Quality ◽

Dry Weight ◽

Extraction Methods ◽

Field Conditions ◽

Vegetable Crops ◽

Seed Extraction ◽

Physiological Quality

Abstract Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) belongs to the family Solanaceae is one of the most popular and most processed vegetable crops worldwide with a great nutritional contribution to the human diet. Even though its demand is increasing with increasing profitability, the production constricted by lack of quality seeds due mainly to lack of proper seed extraction method particularly for large scale seed production. Extensive disease epidemics might also be due to unsatisfactory seed extraction method. Empirical evidences are scanty on instant and latent effects of seed extraction methods of tomato seeds. Thus, this study was initiated to investigate the effect of seed extraction methods on physiological quality of seeds and seedlings of tomato. The experiment was carried under laboratory and field conditions in a completely randomized design. Results revealed that the highest germination percent (99.33 and 89.76% under laboratory and field conditions respectively) was obtained at 2% HCl for 60 minutes. Whereas, maximum weight of 1000 seeds (4.277g) was found at 1% of HCl for 30 minutes whereas maximum mycoflora load (36%) was observed from 72 hours fermentation. Yet, no mycoflora was detected from higher concentration (2% and more HCl) and time length (60 minutes and longer time). Seed quality parameters like seedling length, seedling fresh weight, seedling dry weight, and vigour indices were significantly higher at extraction method of 2% HCl for 60 minutes. Thus it can be concluded that maximum physiological seed quality and best performance of seedlings of tomato can be obtained from 2% HCl for 60 minutes.

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Minimization of activated sludge production by chemically stimulated energy spilling

Water Science & Technology ◽

10.2166/wst.2000.0269 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 42 (12) ◽

pp. 189-200 ◽

Cited By ~ 32

Author(s):

G.-H. Chen ◽

H.-K. Mo ◽

S. Saby ◽

W.-k. Yip ◽

Y. Liu

Keyword(s):

Activated Sludge ◽

Growth Yield ◽

Dry Weight ◽

Staining Technique ◽

Microbial Culture ◽

Dapi Staining ◽

E Coli ◽

Energy Spilling ◽

Activated Sludge Processes ◽

Sludge Production

Minimization of excess sludge production in activated sludge processes has been pursued around the world in order to meet stringent environmental regulations on sludge treatment and disposal. To achieve this goal, physical, chemical, and biological approaches have been proposed. In this paper, a chemical compound, 3,3′,4′,5-tetrachlorosalicylanilide (TCS) was tested for enhancing microbial energy spilling of the sludgeso as to minimize its growth. In order to examine this, an exploratory study was conducted using both batch and continuous activated sludge cultures. Batch experiments with these two cultures were carried out at different initial concentrations of TCS. It has been confirmed that an addition of TCS is effective in reducing the production of both the sludge cultures, particularly the continuous culture where the observed growth yield was reduced by around 70%, when the initial TCS concentration was 0.8 ppm. Meanwhile, the substrate removal activity of this culture was found not to be affected at this TCS concentration. To further evaluate the TCS effect, a pure microbial culture of E. coli was employed. Batch experiment results with this culture implied that TCS might be able to reduce the cell density of E. coli drastically when an initial TCS concentration was greater than 0.12 ppm. It was also found that TCS was not toxic to this type of bacteria. Microscopic examinations with a 4′, 6-diamidino-2-phenylindole (DAPI) staining technique revealed that TCS neither affected the cell division nor altered the cell size of E. coli. However, both the cell ATP content and the cell dry weight were reduced significantly with the addition of TCS.

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Impact of seed film coating polymers on growth, yield and seed quality of rice (Oryza sativa L.)

Journal of Crop and Weed ◽

10.22271/09746315.2020.v16.i2.1323 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 16 (2) ◽

pp. 113-116

Author(s):

A. DUTTA ◽

P. K. BHATTACHARYA

Keyword(s):

Oryza Sativa ◽

Seed Quality ◽

Growth Yield ◽

Film Coating

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A Comparative Study of Soil and Foliar Nickel Application on Growth, Yield and Nutritional Quality of Barley (Hordeum Vulgare L.) Grown in Inceptisol

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis ◽

10.1080/00103624.2021.1879119 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-17

Author(s):

Omkar Kumar ◽

Satish Kumar Singh ◽

Abhik Patra ◽

Ashish Latare ◽

Sobh Nath Yadav

Keyword(s):

Hordeum Vulgare ◽

Comparative Study ◽

Nutritional Quality ◽

Growth Yield ◽

Hordeum Vulgare L

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Effect of Spaceflight on Tomato Seed Quality and Biochemical Characteristics of Mature Plants

Horticulturae ◽

10.3390/horticulturae7050089 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 7 (5) ◽

pp. 89

Author(s):

Elena Dzhos ◽

Nadezhda Golubkina ◽

Marina Antoshkina ◽

Irina Kondratyeva ◽

Andrew Koshevarov ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Seed Quality ◽

Space Station ◽

Field Conditions ◽

Tomato Seed ◽

Tomato Plants ◽

Biochemical Characteristics ◽

Tomato Seeds ◽

Genetic Modifications ◽

Total Antioxidant

Intensive space exploration includes profound investigations on the effect of weightlessness and cosmic radiation on plant growth and development. Tomato seeds are often used in such experiments though up to date the results have given rather vague information about biochemical changes in mature plants grown from seeds subjected to spaceflight. The effect of half a year of storage in the International Space Station (ISS) on tomato seeds (cultivar Podmoskovny ranny) was studied by analyzing the biochemical characteristics and mineral content of mature plants grown from these seeds both in greenhouse and field conditions. A significant increase was recorded in ascorbic acid, polyphenol and carotenoid contents, and total antioxidant activity (AOA), with higher changes in the field conditions compared to greenhouse. Contrary to control plants, the ones derived from space-stored seeds demonstrated a significant decrease in root AOA. The latter plants also showed a higher yield, but lower content of fruit dry matter, sugars, total dissolved solids and organic acids. The fruits of plants derived from space-stored seeds demonstrated decreased levels of Fe, Cu and taste index. The described results reflect the existence of oxidative stress in mature tomato plants as a long-term consequence of the effect of spaceflight on seed quality, whereas the higher yield may be attributed to genetic modifications.

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