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In the second phase, cotyledon dry weight decreased while surface area increased.

Taxon: Xanthium strumariumXanthium strumariume1
Organ / stage: second phasee0
Outcome: dry weight decrease and surface area increasee0

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“a second phase of dry weight decrease and surface area increase”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 437–500

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“Xanthium strumarium”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 27–46

Title

Cotyledonary Senescence of Xanthium strumarium Linn

K. K. Gupta; S. K. Chatterjee Botanical Gazette 1974. doi:10.1086/336761

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Intervention effect Removing the supracotyledonary shoot delayed cotyledon senescence.
Intervention effect Removing the shoot increased cotyledon dry weight and surface area.
Intervention effect Gibberellic acid enhanced cotyledon senescence.
Intervention effect Benzyladenine retarded cotyledon senescence.
Observation Cotyledon dry weight and surface area increased in the initial phase.
Observation In the third phase, cotyledon dry weight decreased.
Observation Cotyledons ceased to expand in the third phase.
Intervention effect Shoot removal delayed the second and third phases by at least 10 days.
Intervention effect Cotyledon chlorophyll, nucleic acid and protein amounts differed between intact and shoot-removed seedlings.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultmeasured

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Days to bud and first flower increased with a decrease in temperature when plants were kept in the same regime.

Taxon: AlfalfaMedicago sativae0
Treatment: decrease in temperaturee1
Outcome: days to bud and first flowere1
Direction: increasede1
Qualifier: retained in the same regime to first flowere1

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“Alfalfa ( Medicago sativa L., cv. ‘Vernal’) plants were grown to bud in three temperature regimes”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 9–106

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“When plants were retained in the same regime to first flower, days to bud and first flower, dry weight of plant parts, total nonstructural carbohydrate (TNC), and in vitro digestible dry matter (IVDDM) percentages in plant parts increased with a decrease in temperature”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 268–537

Title

Influence of Temperature Change at Bud on Composition of Alfalfa at First Flower¹

P. L. Greenfield; Dale Smith Agronomy Journal 1973. doi:10.2134/agronj1973.00021962006500060007x

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Cotyledon acetone insoluble solids decreased after 84 hours.

Taxon: Cyamopsis tetragonolobaCyamopsis tetragonolobat0
Organ / stage: cotyledonse1
Outcome: acetone‐insoluble‐solidse0
Direction: net decreasee0
Qualifier: 84e0

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“the acetone‐insoluble‐solids, nitrogen and phosphorus showed only a net decrease after 84, 36 and 36 hr, respectively”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 950–1067

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“In the cotyledons, the dry weight temporarily increased”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 889–944

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“Cyamopsis tetragonoloba”
✓ located after whitespace/quote normalisation · title, characters 133–156

Title

THE ROLE OF THE ENDOSPERM IN THE GERMINATION OF LEGUMES: GALACTOMANNAN, NITROGEN, AND PHOSPHORUS CHANGES IN THE GERMINATION OF GUAR (CYAMOPSIS TETRAGONOLOBA; LEGUMINOSAE)

John H. McClendon; William G. Nolan; Herman F. Wenzler American Journal of Botany 1976. doi:10.1002/j.1537-2197.1976.tb11868.x

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Observation Guar endosperm contained 41% of seed dry weight.
Observation Guar endosperm contained 45% of seed acetone insoluble solids.
Observation Guar endosperm contained only 3–11% of seed nitrogen and phosphorus.
Observation At least 75% of endosperm acetone insoluble solids was galactomannan.
Observation About 12% of endosperm acetone insoluble solids was other listed constituents.
Observation All endosperm galactomannan disappeared during five days of germination.
Observation All but 5% of endosperm dry weight disappeared during germination.
Observation About one third of nitrogen and phosphorus from endosperm and seed coat translocated.
Observation Nitrogen and acetone insoluble solids accumulated linearly in the seedling axis after a 36-hour lag.
Observation Axis dry weight and phosphorus increased rapidly, then accumulated more slowly.
Observation Cotyledon dry weight temporarily increased.
Observation Cotyledon nitrogen and phosphorus decreased after 36 hours.
Observation Endosperm consisted largely of solid galactomannan without cell lumina.
Observation The endosperm aleurone layer was metabolically active.

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Cotyledon nitrogen and phosphorus decreased after 36 hours.

Taxon: Cyamopsis tetragonolobaCyamopsis tetragonolobat0
Organ / stage: cotyledonse1
Outcome: nitrogen and phosphoruse0
Direction: net decreasee0
Qualifier: 36 hre0

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e0
“the acetone‐insoluble‐solids, nitrogen and phosphorus showed only a net decrease after 84, 36 and 36 hr, respectively”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 950–1067

e1
“In the cotyledons, the dry weight temporarily increased”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 889–944

t0
“Cyamopsis tetragonoloba”
✓ located after whitespace/quote normalisation · title, characters 133–156

Title

THE ROLE OF THE ENDOSPERM IN THE GERMINATION OF LEGUMES: GALACTOMANNAN, NITROGEN, AND PHOSPHORUS CHANGES IN THE GERMINATION OF GUAR (CYAMOPSIS TETRAGONOLOBA; LEGUMINOSAE)

John H. McClendon; William G. Nolan; Herman F. Wenzler American Journal of Botany 1976. doi:10.1002/j.1537-2197.1976.tb11868.x

Other claims from this paper (14)

Observation Guar endosperm contained 41% of seed dry weight.
Observation Guar endosperm contained 45% of seed acetone insoluble solids.
Observation Guar endosperm contained only 3–11% of seed nitrogen and phosphorus.
Observation At least 75% of endosperm acetone insoluble solids was galactomannan.
Observation About 12% of endosperm acetone insoluble solids was other listed constituents.
Observation All endosperm galactomannan disappeared during five days of germination.
Observation All but 5% of endosperm dry weight disappeared during germination.
Observation About one third of nitrogen and phosphorus from endosperm and seed coat translocated.
Observation Nitrogen and acetone insoluble solids accumulated linearly in the seedling axis after a 36-hour lag.
Observation Axis dry weight and phosphorus increased rapidly, then accumulated more slowly.
Observation Cotyledon dry weight temporarily increased.
Observation Cotyledon acetone insoluble solids decreased after 84 hours.
Observation Endosperm consisted largely of solid galactomannan without cell lumina.
Observation The endosperm aleurone layer was metabolically active.

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A decline in stone growth rate was accompanied by a marked increase in soluble sugar in the flesh, without a compensating flesh growth increase.

Taxon: Prunus persicaPrunus persicae0
Organ / stage: fleshe5
Outcome: soluble sugar in the fleshe5
Qualifier: a marked increasee5

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“Both the fresh weight and dry weigh increase of peach fruit [Prunus persica (L.) Batsch. cv. Golden Queen] have a double-sigmoid pattern”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 0–136

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“Although the decrease in the growth rate of the stone was accompanied by a marked increase in soluble sugar in the flesh, there was no compensating increase in growth rate of the flesh”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 819–1003

Title

A Reappraisal of the Growth and Development of Peach Fruit

DJ Chalmers; BVD Ende Australian Journal of Plant Physiology 1975. doi:10.1071/pp9750623

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