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Lineage-specific alleles that decrease trichome density persist in natural populations.

Taxon: Arabidopsis thalianaArabidopsis thalianat0
Material: lineage-specific allelese0
Outcome: trichome densitye0
Direction: decreasee0

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“many lineage-specific alleles that either increase or decrease trichome density persist in natural populations”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1046–1156

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“Arabidopsis thaliana”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 59–79

Title

Mapping Quantitative Trait Loci in Multiple Populations of Arabidopsis thaliana Identifies Natural Allelic Variation for Trichome Density

V Vaughan Symonds; A Veronica Godoy; Teresa Alconada; et al. Genetics 2005. doi:10.1534/genetics.104.031948

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Observation Seven of nine trichome-density QTL were population-specific.
Observation Two trichome-density QTL mapped in all four populations.
Observation Lineage-specific alleles that increase trichome density persist in natural populations.
Observation Most genetic variation in trichome density was additive.
Recommendation The authors conclude multiple populations help characterize the genetic architecture of natural variation.

Mechanismhypothesisoriginal resultbasis n/a

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The MtCAS31 and AtICE1 interaction is hypothesized to cause the decrease in stomatal density that enhances drought resistance in transgenic Arabidopsis.

Taxon: ArabidopsisArabidopsise6
Gene: AtICE1e6
Outcome: decrease in stomatal densitye6
Qualifier: the interaction of MtCAS31 and AtICE1e6

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“We hypothesize that the interaction of MtCAS31 and AtICE1 caused the decrease in stomatal density to enhance the drought resistance of transgenic Arabidopsis”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1421–1578

Title

Overexpression of MtCAS31 enhances drought tolerance in transgenic Arabidopsis by reducing stomatal density

Can Xie; Rongxue Zhang; Yueting Qu; et al. New Phytologist 2012. doi:10.1111/j.1469-8137.2012.04136.x

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Intervention effect After a 3-h drought treatment, MtCAS31 expression in Medicago truncatula increased 600-fold.
Intervention effect MtCAS31 overexpression reduced stomatal density in transgenic Arabidopsis.
Intervention effect MtCAS31 overexpression markedly enhanced drought tolerance in transgenic Arabidopsis.
Observation MtCAS31 could interact with AtICE1 and the AtICE1 homologous protein Mt7g083900.1 both in vitro and in vivo.

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Chilling, planting density, rubbing, cutting and repeated subculture generally decrease plant DNA methylation.

Taxon: plantt0
Treatment: chilling, planting density, rubbing, cutting, and successive rounds of subculturee0
Outcome: levels of DNA methylatione0
Direction: decreasee0

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“Abiotic stresses such as chilling, planting density, rubbing, cutting, and successive rounds of subculture generally decrease the levels of DNA methylation”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 140–295

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“Plant genomic DNA methylation”
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Title

Plant genomic DNA methylation in response to stresses: Potential applications and challenges in plant breeding

Hai Peng; Jing Zhang Progress in Natural Science Materials International 2009. doi:10.1016/j.pnsc.2008.10.014

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Observationobservedoriginal resultno effectmeasured

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SEC3A puncta density did not decrease after these cells stopped growing.

Taxon: ArabidopsisArabidopsist0
Outcome: density of punctae0
Direction: does not decreasee0
Qualifier: after growth terminatione0

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“Arabidopsis”
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“The density of puncta does not decrease after growth termination of these cells, but decreases strongly when exocytosis is inhibited by treatment with brefeldin A.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 935–1098

Title

The Arabidopsis exocyst subunit SEC3A is essential for embryo development and accumulates in transient puncta at the plasma membrane

Ying Zhang; Richard Immink; Chun‐Ming Liu; et al. New Phytologist 2013. doi:10.1111/nph.12236

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Marker density as low as 500 did not decrease prediction accuracy.

Taxon: spring wheatTriticum aestivumt0
Outcome: prediction accuracye0
Direction: without decreasinge0
Value: 500e0

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“marker density could be as low as 500 without decreasing the prediction accuracy”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1018–1098

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“spring wheat”
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Title

Leveraging historical trials to predict Fusarium head blight resistance in spring wheat breeding programs

Charlotte Brault; Emily J. Conley; Andrew J. Green; et al. The Plant Genome 2025. doi:10.1002/tpg2.20559

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Method / resource Reproducing kernel Hilbert space was the best prediction method across settings with mean accuracy 0.63.
Method / resource Training set optimization was useful for two traits.
Method / resource Prediction of unrelated breeding populations significantly decreased accuracy, although some traits and populations retained encouraging values.
Method / resource Adding the URSN population increased prediction accuracy up to 0.19 as the number of breeding-program training lines fell.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

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HIC knockdown markedly decreases trichome density.

Taxon: cottonGossypium hirsutumt0
Treatment: knockdown of HICe0
Gene: HICe0
Outcome: densitye0
Direction: decreasee0

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“knockdown of HIC results in a marked decrease in density”
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“cotton”
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Title

Natural variation at the cotton HIC locus increases trichome density and enhances resistance to aphids

Yanan Wang; Qi Zhou; Jilong Zhang; et al. The Plant Journal 2024. doi:10.1111/tpj.17050

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultsignificant (as stated)measured

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OsYDA1 overexpression significantly decreased stomatal density in Arabidopsis.

Taxon: ArabidopsisArabidopsise0
Treatment: Overexpressione0
Gene: OsYDA1e1
Outcome: stomatal densitye0
Direction: decreasee0

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“Overexpression of either of these genes in Arabidopsis resulted in a significant decrease in stomatal density and water-loss rate.”
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“OsYDA1 and OsYDA2”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 537–554

Title

Characterization of Rice OsYDA Gene in Regulating Stomatal Development

Zheng Guo 2011

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Observation Two rice AtYDA orthologs, OsYDA1 and OsYDA2, were cloned.
Intervention effect OsYDA2 overexpression significantly decreased stomatal density in Arabidopsis.
Intervention effect OsYDA1 overexpression significantly decreased water-loss rate in Arabidopsis.
Intervention effect OsYDA2 overexpression significantly decreased water-loss rate in Arabidopsis.
Intervention effect Arabidopsis expressing ΔN-OsYDA1 showed a dramatically reduced stomatal index.
Intervention effect Arabidopsis expressing ΔN-OsYDA2 showed a dramatically reduced stomatal index.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultsignificant (as stated)measured

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OsYDA2 overexpression significantly decreased stomatal density in Arabidopsis.

Taxon: ArabidopsisArabidopsise0
Treatment: Overexpressione0
Gene: OsYDA2e1
Outcome: stomatal densitye0
Direction: decreasee0

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“Overexpression of either of these genes in Arabidopsis resulted in a significant decrease in stomatal density and water-loss rate.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 555–685

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“OsYDA1 and OsYDA2”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 537–554

Title

Characterization of Rice OsYDA Gene in Regulating Stomatal Development

Zheng Guo 2011

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Observation Two rice AtYDA orthologs, OsYDA1 and OsYDA2, were cloned.
Intervention effect OsYDA1 overexpression significantly decreased stomatal density in Arabidopsis.
Intervention effect OsYDA1 overexpression significantly decreased water-loss rate in Arabidopsis.
Intervention effect OsYDA2 overexpression significantly decreased water-loss rate in Arabidopsis.
Intervention effect Arabidopsis expressing ΔN-OsYDA1 showed a dramatically reduced stomatal index.
Intervention effect Arabidopsis expressing ΔN-OsYDA2 showed a dramatically reduced stomatal index.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivesignificant (as stated)measured

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CsLOX silencing significantly decreased glandular trichome density.

Taxon: cucumberCucumis sativust0
Treatment: Virus induced gene silence (VIGS)e0
Gene: CsLOXe0
Outcome: GT densitye0
Direction: decreasee0

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“Virus induced gene silence (VIGS) assays showed a significant decrease in GT density in TRSV::CsLOX”
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“cucumber”
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Title

CsLOX facilitates glandular trichome development and increases jasmonate in cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.)

Songlin Yang; Zhongxuan Feng; Shanshan Fan; et al. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 2025. doi:10.1016/j.plaphy.2025.110397

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Observation CsLOX was highly expressed in glandular trichomes.
Intervention effect Cslox knockout lines had fewer glandular trichomes.
Intervention effect CsLOX overexpression increased trichome numbers significantly.
Intervention effect LOX inhibitor reduced trichome numbers more in wild type.
Intervention effect Methyl jasmonate increased GT density in Cslox lines.
Association JA and OPDA levels matched trichome density across tissues.
Association CsGCR1, CsGCR2 and CsTOE1B1 expression was associated with trichome development.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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PtaEPF1 overexpression decreased stomatal density in Arabidopsis and poplar.

Taxon: Arabidopsis and poplarPopulus Arabidopsise0
Treatment: PtaEPF1 was overexpressede0
Gene: PtaEPF1e0
Outcome: stomatal densitye0
Direction: decreasee0

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“PtaEPF1 was overexpressed in Arabidopsis and poplar and the resulting data indicated that both genes are able to decrease stomatal density”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1395–1533

Title

Decreased stomatal density in poplar leads to improved water-use efficiency and drought tolerance

Shaneka S. Lawson Purdue e-Pubs (Purdue University System) 2011

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Intervention effect AtEPF1 overexpression reduced stomatal density in Arabidopsis and poplar.
Observation The poplar homolog of AtEPF1 was identified and isolated as PtaEPF1.
Intervention effect Overexpression of PtaEPF1 limited leaf water loss in Arabidopsis and poplar.
Observation The transgenic plants exhibited several abnormal leaf phenotypes.
Observation No significant decrease in overall leaf biomass was detected in the transgenic poplar.

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