Intervention effectmodel-written summary

Drought and salinity stress reduces water retention.

A claim from Drought and salinity stress alters ROS accumulation, water retention, and osmolyte content in sorghum plants · 2016

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Drought and salinity stress reduces water retention.

Taxon
sorghum plantsSorghume0
Treatment
Drought and salinity stresse5
Outcome
water retentione5
Direction
reducese5

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Sorghum
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“This study investigates the effect of drought and salinity stress on plant growth, water retention, oxidative damage, chlorophyll content, and proline accumulation in sorghum plants”

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“Drought and salinity stress inhibits plant growth and reduces water retention”

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Title

Drought and salinity stress alters ROS accumulation, water retention, and osmolyte content in sorghum plants

X. Nxele; A. Klein; B.K. Ndimba South African Journal of Botany 2016. doi:10.1016/j.sajb.2016.11.003

Other claims from this paper (6)

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drought · physiology: water · SorghumResults differ

25 papers: 9 positive, 16 negative or no effect

15 papers in the same direction as this claim · 9 in the opposite direction

  1. negative
    PEG treatment significantly decreased relative water content, seedling biomass and seedling vigor index of 9-day-old fodder sorghum seedlings relative to distilled water.

    Seedling growth responses of fodder sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] genotypes under drought stress · 2025 · compared with distilled water

    Same directionCites this paper

  2. positive
    Osmotic adjustment was observed under water deficit conditions in sorghum.

    Leaf Water Relations, Osmotic Adjustment, Cell Membrane Stability, Epicuticular Wax Load and Growth as Affected by Increasing Water Deficits in Sorghum · 1992 · compared with irrigated control

    Opposite direction

  3. positive
    Sorghum exposed to salt and then water stress had reduced water loss rates.

    Whole-Plant Carbon Balance During Osmotic Adjustment to Drought and Salinity Stress · 1986

    Opposite direction

  4. positive
    Water stress increased water use efficiency in bloom sorghum lines.

    Relationship between Water use Efficiency and Cuticular Wax Deposition in Warm Season Forage Crops Grown under Water Deficit Conditions · 1987

    Opposite direction

  5. positive
    WUE of aboveground biomass yield was highest under moderate drought stress in sweet sorghum.

    Canopy and leaf photosynthetic characteristics and water use efficiency of sweet sorghum under drought stress · 2012

    Opposite direction

  6. positive
    PEG strengthened leaf osmotic adjustment ability.

    Physiological, Metabolome and Gene Expression Analyses Reveal the Accumulation and Biosynthesis Pathways of Soluble Sugars and Amino Acids in Sweet Sorghum under Osmotic Stresses · 2024

    Opposite direction

  7. positive
    Moderate water stress enhanced single-leaf water use efficiency of sorghum.

    Effects of drought stress and rewatering on photosynthetic physiological characteristics of sorghum · 2011

    Opposite direction

  8. positive
    Cultivar 3197B had a more negative osmotic potential than San Chi San under water stress.

    Relationship of Osmotic Adjustment to Elongation Growth of Sorghum Leaves Under Water Stress · 1991 · compared with San Chi San

    Opposite direction

16 papers more in this group

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salinity · physiology: water · SorghumPositive and negative results

9 papers: 5 positive, 4 negative or no effect

3 papers in the same direction as this claim · 5 in the opposite direction

  1. positive
    Sorghum exposed to salt and then water stress had reduced water loss rates.

    Whole-Plant Carbon Balance During Osmotic Adjustment to Drought and Salinity Stress · 1986

    Opposite direction

  2. positive
    Salt increased water use efficiency in sorghum.

    Carbon Balance and Water Relations of Sorghum Exposed to Salt and Water Stress · 1985 · compared with nutrient solution

    Opposite direction

  3. positive
    Compared with 0 M GA3 at 0 mM NaCl, slight salt stress of 50 mM NaCl improved cumulative water uptake, germination and germination index of sweet sorghum seeds.

    Effects of gibberellic acid on water uptake and germination of sweet sorghum seeds under salinity stress · 2019 · compared with 0 M GA3 at 0 mM NaCl

    Opposite direction

  4. positive
    Plants showed osmotic adjustment as salinity increased.

    Stomatal Regulation and Osmotic Adjustment in Sorghum in Response to Salinity · 2022

    Opposite direction

  5. positive
    In saline-alkaline soil, Pn, Gs, WUE and SPAD were higher in Xingaoliang 3 than in Xingaoliang 9.

    Photosynthetic characteristics and agronomic traits of sweet sorghum in saline-alkaline soil · 2014 · compared with Xingaoliang 9

    Opposite direction

  6. negative
    Increasing salinity impaired leaf water status and ionic homeostasis.

    Potentiality of Melatonin for Reinforcing Salinity Tolerance in Sorghum Seedlings via Boosting Photosynthetic Pigments, Ionic and Osmotic Homeostasis and Reducing the Carbonyl/Oxidative Stress Markers · 2024

    Same direction

  7. negative
    Relative water content declined with increasing salt stress.

    Variation in Physiological Responses to Salt Stress in Sorghum [Sorghum bicolor L. Moench] · 2020 · compared with canal water

    Same direction

  8. negative
    Saline irrigation significantly decreased relative water content.

    Effect of Irrigation Water Salinity, Sowing Techniques and Mulching on Physio-Biochemical Traits of Fodder Sorghum · 2024

    Same direction

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