Intervention effectmodel-written summary

Maize growth and agronomic traits were higher after 100 minutes of UV exposure.

A claim from Mutagenic Effects of Ultraviolet Radiation on Growth and Agronomic Characters in Maize Cultivars · 2016

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivesignificant (as stated)measured

Claim · model-written summary

Maize growth and agronomic traits were higher after 100 minutes of UV exposure.

Taxon
MaizeZea mayst0
Treatment
100 minutes of UV radiatione0
Outcome
growth and agronomic characterse0
Direction
highere0
Comparator
other exposure periodse0

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Zea mays
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Verbatim

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“All the growth and agronomic characters at 100 minutes of UV radiation were significantly higher (p<0.05) than other exposure periods”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 859–992
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“Maize Cultivars”

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Title

Mutagenic Effects of Ultraviolet Radiation on Growth and Agronomic Characters in Maize Cultivars

O.B. Bello Molecular Plant Breeding 2016. doi:10.5376/mpb.2016.07.0001

Record rev-723bf466de196bbb98faee79786e975704d09f2c6b8cb2342b17cd9e474b32de · schema claims-v0.9 · position 1 in the model’s answer

uv · growth · Zea mays (maize)Positive and negative results

24 papers: 9 positive, 15 negative or no effect

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

  1. negative
    Height fell by up to 18.9% in six of eight cultivars under increased UVB at all developmental stages.

    Effects of Solar UVB Radiation on Growth, Flowering and Yield of Central and Southern European Maize Cultivars (Zea mays L.) · 1996

    Opposite direction

  2. no effect
    UV-C did not significantly affect germination percentage.

    Exposure to Ultraviolet (UV-C) Radiation Increases Germination Rate of Maize (Zea maize L.) and Sugar Beet (Beta vulgaris) Seeds · 2019

    Opposite direction

  3. negative
    UV-B radiation reduced maize stem elongation, leaf area expansion and biomass accumulation.

    Maize growth and developmental responses to temperature and ultraviolet-B radiation interaction · 2014

    Opposite direction

  4. negative
    UV-B decreased maize leaf length, width and weight.

    Protective Effect of Nitric Oxide against Oxidative Stress under UV-B Radiation in Maize Leaves · 2010

    Opposite direction

  5. negative
    Enhanced UV-B adversely affected maize growth, particularly plant height when exposure began at elongation.

    Modulated increased UV-B radiation affects crop growth and grain yield and quality of maize in the field · 2012

    Opposite direction

  6. negative
    UVA reduced early maize growth.

    Fluorescence study of maize irradiated by UVA · 1998

    Opposite direction

  7. no effect
    UV-B exposure caused little or no change in pollen germination or rupture percentage.

    In vitro Germination Characteristics of Maize Pollen to Detect Biological Activity of Environmental Pollutants · 1981

    Opposite direction

  8. negative
    Higher UV-C doses inhibited maize coleoptile elongation.

    Effects of UV‐C radiation on extension growth, H+‐extrusion and transmembrane electric potential in maize coleoptile segments · 1988

    Opposite direction

15 papers more in this group

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radiation · growth · Zea mays (maize)Positive and negative results

30 papers: 20 positive, 10 negative or no effect

19 papers in the same direction as this claim · 9 in the opposite direction · 1 reporting no difference from an alternative

  1. no effect
    Laser irradiation showed no significant vigour-test effect for VC-AZ versus control.

    Laser irradiation effects on field performance of maize seed genotypes · 2009 · compared with control experiment

    Opposite direction

  2. negative
    Under radiation-dominated conditions, the early onset of high soil temperature limited maize seedling growth in simulation.

    Simulating Maize Emergence Using Soil and Climate Data · 1996

    Opposite direction

  3. no effect
    UV-B exposure caused little or no change in pollen germination or rupture percentage.

    In vitro Germination Characteristics of Maize Pollen to Detect Biological Activity of Environmental Pollutants · 1981

    Opposite direction

  4. negative
    Gamma irradiation from 100 to 300 Gy significantly decreased plant height and leaf number in maize.

    Effect of Gamma Cobalt-60 Radiation to Morphology and Agronomic of Three Maize Cultivar (Zea mays L.) · 2017

    Opposite direction

  5. no effect
    Irradiated soils did not impair the growth of maize seedlings compared with control soils.

    An Evaluation of Irradiation Treatment to Disinfect Soil Tare from Globodera spp. · 2022 · compared with control soils

    Opposite direction

  6. negative
    Co-60 gamma rays at 10 Gy gave the lowest maize shoot length percentage, 37.5%, relative to controls.

    Molecular, biophysical, and biochemical studies on irradiated Zea mays seeds using various sources of gamma rays for dosimetrical applications · 2025 · compared with control groups

    Opposite direction

  7. negative
    Enhanced UV-B radiation inhibited the fresh weight and dry weight of maize seedlings in a dose-dependent manner.

    The Variation of Biomass and Photosynthesis of Different Maize Inbred Lines and Hybrids to Enhanced Ultraviolet-B Radiation · 2014

    Opposite direction

  8. negative
    60Co gamma rays decreased germination impetus and germination rate of maize seeds.

    Study of M_(1) Mutagenic Effects of Heavy Ion Irradiation on Maize Seeds · 2004

    Opposite direction

21 papers more in this group

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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.