Sentence examples for promoted seed from inspiring English sources
The application of exogenous GA (100 μM) promoted seed dormancy breaking and increased the final germination rate to 82% (week 15).
Experimental tests of nurse plant potential examined the extent to which P. pusilla (i) promoted seed germination, (ii) seedling emergence and (iii) establishment of two TDEF species, and (iv) ameliorated soil and microclimatic conditions over 8 months.
Overexpressing the S. brachiata SbSOS1 gene in tobacco conferred high salt tolerance, promoted seed germination and increased root length, shoot length, leaf area, fresh weight, dry weight, relative water content (RWC), chlorophyll, K+/Na+ ratio, membrane stability index, soluble sugar, proline and amino acid content relative to wild type (WT) plants.
Just what it is about smoke that promotes seed germination in species like brushes and grasses has not been known, however, until now.
The molecular data imply that the Mycenaceae promote seed germination and seedling growth.
However, its Arabidopsis homolog (AGG3) promotes seed and organ growth by increasing cell proliferation (Li et al., 2012).
Recently, studies show that cold atmospheric plasma systems could promote seed germination and growth [1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15].
Studies by Atiyeh et al. (2002) reported the benefits of vermicompost as bedding media to promote seed germination, seedling growth and productivity of plants.
Fire-related chemical germination cues, such as smoke, charcoal, and nitrogenous compounds (collectively termed 'smoke'), have also been recognised as promoting seed germination in MB flora.
Cytokinins promote seed germination by alleviating stresses (Miransari and Smith 2014), and seed germination can be enhanced by BR because it offsets the negative effects of ABA on germination (Zhang et al. 2009).
We first assessed seed imbibition following exposure to all temperature- and abrasion-based techniques to identify those most successful at promoting seed permeability and then evaluated the effectiveness of those techniques through a series of germination experiments.
