Intervention effectmodel-written summary

Defoliation decreased 1000-seed weight relative to no defoliation.

A claim from Effect of defoliation on capsule development and yield and practics to prolong leaf functional period for high yield in sesame · 2001

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Defoliation decreased 1000-seed weight relative to no defoliation.

Treatment
defoliatione0
Outcome
1000-seed weighte0
Direction
decreasede0
Comparator
check (without defoliation)e0

Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleSettingValueQualifier

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Sesamum indicum
Sesamum indicum · TaxonFranz Xaver · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e0

“The unfull-seed rate increased and 1000-seed weight decreased by defoliation compared with the check (without defoliation)”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 329–451
t0

“sesame”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 120–126

Title

Effect of defoliation on capsule development and yield and practics to prolong leaf functional period for high yield in sesame

Sun Mei-ying Chinese Journal of Oil Crop Scieves 2001

Other claims from this paper (5)

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pruning · yield · Sesamum indicum (sesame)Results differ

13 papers: 11 positive, 2 negative or no effect

1 paper in the same direction as this claim · 11 in the opposite direction

  1. positive
    Nonclipped 33% defoliation yielded 90 to 102% of control regardless of stage.

    Recovery of Sesame from Defoliation and Growth Terminal Clipping · 1994 · compared with control

    Opposite direction

  2. positive
    Topping at 35 days after sowing significantly increased plant height, branch number and capsules per plant.

    Effect of Spacing and Topping on Yield of Summer Sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) · 2020

    Opposite direction

  3. positive
    Defoliation increased seed weight/capsule and harvest index.

    Monocarpk Senescence in Relation to Yield of Sesamum indicum During Source‐Sink Alteration · 1989

    Opposite direction

  4. positive
    Topping at 50, 70 or 80 days raised yield by 5.38%–10.61%.

    Effect on Sesame Yield,Quality and Photosynthetic Character after Topping in Different Stage in Different Site · 2010 · compared with no-topping(CK)

    Opposite direction

  5. positive
    Topping on day 24 after initial flowering increased sesame seed yield by 11.8% versus no topping.

    Effects of Topping Date on Seed Yield and Photosynthetic Rate of Sesame · 2012 · compared with no topping treatment

    Opposite direction

  6. positive
    Manual topping at 30 DAS favorably influenced yield traits, nutrient uptake and yield of sesame variety AKT-101 compared with no topping.

    Effect of Topping on Yield and Nutrient Uptake of Summer Sesamum · 2012 · compared with no topping

    Opposite direction

  7. positive
    Chemical thinning and singling saved more than 100yuan /666. 7m2 in labor cost.

    Sesame mechanical planting techniques based on combination of agricultural machinery and agronomy · 2014

    Opposite direction

  8. positive
    Cutting mungbean cover crop at 5 plants per m2 increased sesame seed yield by 84% compared with the weed-infested plot.

    Interaction of Density and Management of Mungbean (Vigna radiata L.) on Sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) Seed Yield and Weeds Control · 2017 · compared with weed infested plot

    Opposite direction

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Claims are grouped by organism, treatment and what was measured or targeted. A paper counts as positive when any of its claims in the group is positive.