Correlation Study between Growth Parameters, Yield and Oil Quality of Anethum graveolens Linn.

Pre-sowing treatments to improve seed germination and seedling growth of Commiphora swynnertonii (Burrt.) and Synadenium glaucescens (Pax.)

“…In this study, correlation analysis established that the seedling dry matter content was significantly related with number of leaves per shoot, leaf area as well as the seedling fresh weight. These results are not very far from the findings of previous studies which established that growth parameters are good predictors of seedling survival based on ability to accumulate sufficient carbohydrates in their early stages of growth after emergence (Koca and Erekul, 2016;Özalkan et al, 2010;Rathore, 2020). Apart from the established relationship among growth parameters with an accumulation of dry matter in seedling tissues, the part least square analysis in Table 2 highlights that, of the four growth parameters; plant height, number of branches per shoot, number of leaves per shoot and leaf area, only two last two were better explaining the observed seedling dry matter content.…”

“…Previously, it has been established that the leaf is the most important machine giving the ability of the plants to transfer solar energy to biological energy by means of photosynthesis (Huang et al, 2019). Leaf area and number are functional traits of photosynthetic capacity which are closely related to plants' competitive abilities to survival in hostile natural environments after germination (Huang et al, 2019;Koca and Erekul, 2016;Rathore, 2020).…”