“…In addition, 0.5 mL of deionized water, the leaf extracts of the studied invasive species, and/or salt solution were added to each Petri dish every day. The number of the normal germinated seeds of L. sativa was confirmed daily for all the Petri dishes throughout the incubation period, and a seed was confirmed as germinated when its radicle had germinated (Yu et al 2022a, Xu et al 2023b, Yu et al 2023, Zhong et al 2023b).…”