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Nitrogen fertilizer affected root microbiome functionality.

Taxon: maize plantsZea mayse2
Organ / stage: rootse0
Treatment: N fertilizer applicatione0
Outcome: microbiome functionalitye0
Comparator: without N fertilizatione1

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“In the roots, N fertilizer application affected the bacterial community structure, the microbiome functionality, and the abundance of genes involved in the N cycle”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 340–503

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“without N fertilization”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 167–190

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“maize plants cultivated”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 88–111

Title

Nitrogen Fertilizer Application Alters the Root Endophyte Bacterial Microbiome in Maize Plants, but Not in the Stem or Rhizosphere Soil

Alejandra Miranda-Carrazco; Yendi E. Navarro-Noya; Bram Govaerts; et al. Microbiology Spectrum 2022. doi:10.1128/spectrum.01785-22

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Association Plant compartment defined bacterial community structure more strongly than agricultural techniques.
Intervention effect Nitrogen fertilizer affected root bacterial community structure.
Intervention effect Nitrogen fertilizer affected abundance of N-cycle genes in roots.
Intervention effect Nitrogen fertilizer had much smaller effects on rhizosphere and stem microbiomes than on root microbiomes.
Intervention effect Tillage did not affect the maize microbiome.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultmeasured

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The combined inoculation of bacteria and AMF gave higher metabolic functionality than single inoculation treatments.

Taxon: grapevineVitist0
Treatment: combined inoculation of bacteria and AMFe2
Outcome: metabolic functionalitye2
Direction: highere2
Comparator: single inoculation treatmentse2

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“Rhizobacteria from vineyard and commercial arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi induce synergistic microbiome shifts within grapevine root systems”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 0–138

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“The combined inoculation of bacteria and AMF resulted in a more complex bacterial network with higher metabolic functionality than single inoculation treatments”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1713–1873

Title

Rhizobacteria from vineyard and commercial arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi induce synergistic microbiome shifts within grapevine root systems

Romain Darriaut; Vincent Lailheugue; Jules Wastin; et al. Scientific Reports 2025. doi:10.1038/s41598-025-12673-5

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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Bacterial abundance increased in reused root channels.

Taxon: maizeZea mayst0
Treatment: reused root channelse0
Outcome: Bacterial abundancee0
Direction: increasede0

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“Bacterial abundance increased in reused root channels”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 870–923

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“maize”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 90–95

Title

Cover crop monocultures and mixtures enhance bacterial abundance and functionality in the maize root zone

Debjyoti Ghosh; Yijie Shi; Iris M Zimmermann; et al. ISME Communications 2024. doi:10.1093/ismeco/ycae132

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Observation Bacterial community differed significantly across cover species, depth and maize stage.
Association Bacterial abundance increased as cover crop diversity changed to mixtures.
Intervention effect Mixing cover crop families enhanced bacterial carbon and nitrogen cycles.
Association Deeper channels corresponded to higher bacterial 16S copies and subsoil presence.
Intervention effect Root-channel reuse improved bacterial pathway expression.

Intervention effectauthor interpretationoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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Azotobacter promoted root aerenchyma formation under stress.

Taxon: Zea maysZea mayst0
Treatment: Azotobactere0
Interactor: AzotobacterAzotobactere0symbiont
Outcome: aerenchyma formation in plants rootse0

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“Azotobacter facilitates the aerenchyma formation in plants roots under stress condition enabling gaseous exchange in roots.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 2691–2814

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“Scrutinize the integrated role of Azotobacter vinelandii in nitrogen assimilation, photosystem II functionality and aerenchyma formation of Zea mays under moisture stress environment”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 0–182

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Scrutinize the integrated role of Azotobacter vinelandii in nitrogen assimilation, photosystem II functionality and aerenchyma formation of Zea mays under moisture stress environment

Komal Nida; Zamin Shaheed Siddiqui; Zeeshan Ahmed Salman; et al. Plant Stress 2024. doi:10.1016/j.stress.2024.100378

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Intervention effect Azotobacter treatments lessened seedling growth decline under moisture stress.
Intervention effect Azotobacter treatments lessened biomass loss under moisture stress.
Intervention effect Bacterial applications maintained relative water content under moisture stress.
Intervention effect Treated plants had smaller osmotic potential decreases than controls.
Association Increasing moisture stress increased plant energy loss.
Intervention effect Untreated plants had higher qN than inoculated plants.
Intervention effect Untreated plants had higher NPQ than inoculated plants.
Intervention effect Azotobacter increased electron transport quantum yield in suboptimal moisture.
Intervention effect Azotobacter increased light reaction efficiency in suboptimal moisture.
Intervention effect Azotobacter increased biochemical reaction efficiency in suboptimal moisture.
Intervention effect Inoculated plants showed less nitrite decline than controls.
Intervention effect Inoculated plants showed less nitrate decline than controls.
Observation P2 plants showed a 22% protein decline.
Observation P2 plants showed 8.0% nitrite reductase activity change.
Observation P2 plants showed 5.1% nitrate reductase activity change.
Recommendation Authors propose Azotobacter use for sustainable agriculture under moisture stress.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultno effectmeasured

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Fungal colonization did not increase maize root surface area.

Taxon: maizeZea mayse0
Treatment: fungal colonizatione0
Outcome: root surface areae0
Direction: did not produce an increasee0

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“fungal colonization did not produce an increase in root surface area of maize”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 742–819

Title

investigation of arbuscular mycorrhizal status and functionality by electrical impedance and capacitance measurement

Tünde Takács; Anna Füzy; Kálmán Rajkai; et al. Acta Biologica Szegediensis 2014

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Intervention effect Mycorrhizal plants had lower electrical impedance than controls.
Intervention effect Mycorrhizal plants had higher electrical capacitance than controls.
Observation The AMF strains differed significantly in infectivity on cucumber and bean.
Observation The AMF strains differed significantly in effectivity on cucumber and bean.
Observation Measured values varied by host plant.
Method / resource EI and EC were applicable for in situ study of mycorrhizal function.

Intervention effectauthor interpretationoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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Root-channel reuse improved bacterial pathway expression.

Taxon: maizeZea mayst0
Treatment: root channel reusee0
Outcome: expression of metabolic pathways of the carbon and nitrogen cyclese0
Direction: improvede0

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“root channel reuse improved the expression of metabolic pathways of the carbon and nitrogen cycles and the bacterial communities”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1507–1635

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“maize”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 90–95

Title

Cover crop monocultures and mixtures enhance bacterial abundance and functionality in the maize root zone

Debjyoti Ghosh; Yijie Shi; Iris M Zimmermann; et al. ISME Communications 2024. doi:10.1093/ismeco/ycae132

Other claims from this paper (5)

Observation Bacterial community differed significantly across cover species, depth and maize stage.
Intervention effect Bacterial abundance increased in reused root channels.
Association Bacterial abundance increased as cover crop diversity changed to mixtures.
Intervention effect Mixing cover crop families enhanced bacterial carbon and nitrogen cycles.
Association Deeper channels corresponded to higher bacterial 16S copies and subsoil presence.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivesignificant (as stated)measured

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Rhizosphere or root microbiome composition was significantly less affected in TGRooZ-grown roots than in high-temperature-grown roots.

Treatment: TGRooZ-grown rootse1
Outcome: rhizosphere or root microbiome compositione1
Direction: less affectede1
Comparator: high-temperature-grown rootse1

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“gene expression and rhizosphere or root microbiome composition are significantly less affected in TGRooZ-grown roots than in high-temperature-grown roots”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 995–1148

Title

Temperature changes in the root ecosystem affect plant functionality

Mary Paz González-García; Carlos M. Conesa; Alberto Lozano-Enguita; et al. Plant Communications 2022. doi:10.1016/j.xplc.2022.100514

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivesignificant (as stated)measured

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Trehalose supplementation increased bacterial root colonization by approximately 105%.

Taxon: Arachis hypogaea L.Arachis hypogaeat0
Treatment: Trehalose supplementatione0
Interactor: Bradyrhizobium sp. SEMIA 6144Bradyrhizobium sp. SEMIA 6144e1symbiont
Outcome: bacterial colonizatione0
Direction: increasinge0
Value: approximately 105%e0

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“Arachis hypogaea L.”
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“Trehalose supplementation significantly enhanced root adhesion, increasing bacterial colonization by approximately 105%”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 745–864

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“Bradyrhizobium sp. SEMIA 6144”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 338–367

Title

Encapsulation in Trehalose-Supplemented Alginate Beads Maintains Bradyrhizobium Functionality and Mitigates Water Stress in Arachis hypogaea L.

Verónica Eliana Castilla Marín; Natalia Soledad Paulucci; Adriana Belén Cesari; et al. Agronomy 2026. doi:10.3390/agronomy16111056

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Observation Storage increased Bradyrhizobium motility and aggregation.
Observation Bacterial biofilm formation remained stable after storage.
Intervention effect Encapsulated bacterial inoculation improved plant growth under stress.
Intervention effect Encapsulated bacterial inoculation improved nodulation under stress.
Intervention effect Fresh-bead inoculation increased shoot length by up to 24%.
Intervention effect Fresh-bead inoculation maintained higher biomass than uninoculated controls.
Intervention effect Encapsulated formulations mitigated drought effects on nodulation and physiological parameters.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativesignificant (as stated)measured

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Paraquat statistically reduced soybean shoot and root dry weight.

Taxon: soybeanGlycine maxe0
Treatment: paraquat additione0
Interactor: Bradyrhizobium diazoefficiensBradyrhizobium diazoefficienst0symbionte0
Outcome: shoot and root dry weighte0
Direction: reducede0

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“In symbiosis with soybean, the paraquat addition statistically reduced the shoot and root dry weight of soybean plants, and number and development of the nodules.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 648–810

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“Bradyrhizobium diazoefficiens”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 75–104

Title

Oxidative Stress Produced by Paraquat Reduces Nitrogen Fixation in Soybean-Bradyrhizobium diazoefficiens Symbiosis by Decreasing Nodule Functionality

Germán Tortosa; Sergio Parejo; Juan J. Cabrera; et al. Nitrogen 2021. doi:10.3390/nitrogen2010003

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Observation The free living Bradyrhizobium tolerated paraquat up to a 50 µM threshold.
Intervention effect Paraquat reduced nodule number and development.
Intervention effect Paraquat negatively affected symbiotic nitrogen fixation.
Intervention effect At 100 µM paraquat, total nitrogen content fell close to 50%.
Intervention effect At 100 µM paraquat, fixed nitrogen fell close to 50%.
Mechanism The authors attribute these effects to impaired nodule functionality and oxidative status.
Intervention effect Paraquat treated nodules had lower leghaemoglobin content.
Intervention effect Paraquat treated nodules had higher lipid peroxidation.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Albendazole impaired arbuscule development and function at 0.75 μg g-1.

Taxon: Lotus japonicusLotus japonicuse1
Treatment: albendazolee0
Interactor: AMFe0symbiont
Outcome: development and functionality of arbusculese0
Direction: negative effectse0
Value: 0.75 μg g-1e0

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“Our analyses revealed negative effects of albendazole on the development and functionality of arbuscules, the symbiotic organelle of AMF, at a concentration of 0.75 μg g-1.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 760–932

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“the model-legume Lotus japonicus and the AMF Rhizophagus irregularis”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 690–758

Title

Veterinary drug albendazole inhibits root colonization and symbiotic function of the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Rhizophagus irregularis

Eleni Gkimprixi; Stathis Lagos; Christina N Nikolaou; et al. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 2023. doi:10.1093/femsec/fiad048

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Intervention effect Albendazole reduced expression of arbuscule formation and nutrient uptake genes.
Intervention effect Albendazole-treated plants had lower shoot phosphorus content.
Observation Albendazole was toxic to colonization capacity and function of R. irregularis at agriculturally plausible concentrations.

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