Intervention effectmodel-written summary

Alnus with the Comptonia Frankia isolate grew in height 1.9 times faster than with the A. crispa isolate.

A claim from The effect of Frankia isolates from Comptoniaperegrina and Alnuscrispa on the growth of Alnusglutinosa, A. cordata, and A. incana clones · 1981

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Alnus with the Comptonia Frankia isolate grew in height 1.9 times faster than with the A. crispa isolate.

Taxon
AlnusAlnuse0e1
Treatment
inoculated with the Comptonia isolatee0
Interactor
Comptonia isolatee0e1symbiont
Outcome
grew in heighte0
Direction
1.9 timese0
Value
1.9 timese0
Comparator
inoculated with the A. crispa isolatee0

Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageSecond interactorSecond interactor roleSettingQualifier

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Alnus
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Verbatim

e0

“Alnus plants inoculated with the Comptonia isolate grew in height at a rate 1.9 times that of Alnus plants inoculated with the A. crispa isolate”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 639–783
e1

“Three Alnus clones, one each of A. glutinosa (L.) Gaertn., A. cordata (Lois.) Desg., and A. incana (L.) Ait., were inoculated with Frankia isolates”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 0–147

Title

The effect of Frankia isolates from Comptoniaperegrina and Alnuscrispa on the growth of Alnusglutinosa, A. cordata, and A. incana clones

Jeffrey O. Dawson; Soon-Hwa Sun Canadian Journal of Forest Research 1981. doi:10.1139/x81-108

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Record rev-1934ea66bf688c68b0ef5af067e4d4595b37190e0c116f85763f388272b2388e · schema claims-v0.9 · position 4 in the model’s answer

inoculation · growth · Alnus (alders)Results agree

5 papers: 5 positive, 0 negative or no effect

4 papers in the same direction as this claim

  1. positive
    Frankia alni inoculation significantly increased aerial biomass allocation in alder plants.

    The Symbiosis between Frankia and Alder Shrubs Results in a Tolerance of the Environmental Stress Associated With Tailings from the Canadian Oil Sands Industry · 2014

    Same direction

  2. positive
    Soil-borne inoculum improved alder seedling growth over two years.

    Use of on-site mycorrhizal inoculum for plant establishment on abandoned mined lands. Final report, 31 May 1988-31 March 1990 · 1990

    Same direction

  3. positive
    Frankia inoculation significantly affected alder growth.

    Establishment of Nitrogen-Fixing Frankia, Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi, and Their Effects on Alder (Alnus glutinosa L.) Growth in Post-Mining Heap Soils · 2024

    Same direction

  4. positive
    Inoculation of nine-week-old seedlings improved growth.

    Development, production and application of alder-Frankia symbionts for the remediation and revegetation of oil sands process affected material (OSPM) in Athabasca · 2012

    Same 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.