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Several available herbicides show promise for cogongrass control.

Taxon: Cogongrasst0
Treatment: herbicidese0
Outcome: promise of controle0

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“Several currently available herbicides show promise of control.”
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“Cogongrass”
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Cogongrass in Alabama after Sixty Years

Ray Dickens Weed Science 1974. doi:10.1017/s004317450003681x

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Observationobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

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Other hybrids did not show promise.

Taxon: sorghumSorghumt0
Outcome: did not show promisee0

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“Others belied the hope and did not show promise”
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“sorghum”
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Breeding for resistance to shoot fly, Atherigona soccata Rondani and stem borer, Chilo partellus (Swinhoe) in sorghum

Prem Kishore Journal of Entomological Research 2005

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Observation The varietal approach did not improve production or control insect attack in sorghum.
Observation Only a few hybrids, including CSH 9 and CSH 12R, performed encouragingly.
Intervention effect Resistant-by-resistant crosses did not improve over parents.
Intervention effect Resistant-by-susceptible crosses did not improve over parents.
Recommendation The authors recommend intermediate-by-intermediate crosses followed by pedigree selection for resistance.

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Long-read technologies show promise but lack widespread adoption.

Taxon: plante1
Outcome: show promisee0
Qualifier: lack widespread adoptione0

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“long-read technologies show promise but still lack widespread adoption”
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“Phytomycobiomes”
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“plant tissues and the rhizosphere”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 59–92

Title

Phytomycobiomes and Ecosystem Services: Mechanisms, Evidence and Routes to Application

Rizwan Ali Ansari; Kobilov Ergash Egamberdievich; Madjidova Tanzila Raximovna; et al. Journal of Fungi 2025. doi:10.3390/jof12010001

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Observation Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi show measurable gains in plant nutrient acquisition.
Observation Endophytes show measurable gains in disease resistance.
Observation Saprotrophic taxa show measurable gains in soil aggregation.
Method / resource ITS amplicon surveys give rapid taxonomic coverage but have primer bias.
Method / resource Shotgun metagenomics provides functional insight at significant financial cost.
Method / resource qPCR assays remain useful for targeted quantification.
Recommendation The authors regard phytomycobiomes as candidates to reduce synthetic inputs when guided by context-specific evidence.

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Several silvicultural techniques show promise for future plantation performance.

Outcome: performance of future plantationse0

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“several silvicultural techniques that are briefly described show promise for improving the performance of future plantations”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 921–1045

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Silvicultural management of Hypsipyla species

Caroline Hauxwell; J. Mayhew; A. Newton QUT ePrints (Queensland University of Technology) 1996

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Atoxigenic strains show promise for reducing aflatoxin contamination of figs.

Taxon: figsFicuse7
Outcome: reduction of aflatoxin contamination of figse7

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“Atoxigenic strains continue to show promise for the reduction of aflatoxin contamination of figs”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1735–1831

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BIOCONTROL OF AFLATOXINS IN FIGS

M.A. Doster; T.J. Michailides; L. Doster; et al. Acta Horticulturae 2008. doi:10.17660/actahortic.2008.798.31

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Many herbs reported in the study show promise as medicine, considering antimicrobial activity and cytotoxicity.

Taxon: herbse7
Outcome: show promise as medicinee7

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“Considering both antimicrobial activity and cytotoxicity, many herbs reported in this study show promise as medicine”
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Ethnobotanical study of Hakka traditional medicine in Ganzhou, China and their antibacterial, antifungal, and cytotoxic assessments

Haibo Hu; Yanfang Yang; Abdallah Aissa; et al. BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2022. doi:10.1186/s12906-022-03712-z

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Observation 93 Hakka plant species in 62 families were documented in Ganzhou.
Observation Hakka herbs were used for bathing in 97% of cases.
Observation Hakka herbs were used as food such as tea in 32% of cases.
Observation Hakka herbs were used as soup in 12% of cases.
Observation 24 Hakka medicines use plant parts differently from the Chinese Pharmacopoeia and Chinese Materia Medica.
Observation 5 Hakka plants are recorded for the first time as traditional medicines.
Observation Annual and perennial herbs were normally used as a whole plant.
Observation Woody plants were used as (tender) stem and leaf.
Observation 94% of Hakka herb extracts were active against one or more microorganisms.
Observation Most Hakka herbs were active against Gram-positive bacteria.
Observation Most Hakka herbs were active against Staphylococcus aureus in 67% of cases.
Observation Most Hakka herbs were active against Listeria innocua in 64% of cases.
Observation Hakka herb extracts showed cytotoxicity often against tumour cells but rarely against normal cells.
Observation External use of decoctions dominated Hakka herbal medicine use.

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Living and inert mulches show promise for controlling weeds.

Interactor: weedse0weed
Outcome: controlling weedse0

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“Mulches, both living [e.g., white clover [( Trifolium repens )] and inert (e.g., wood chips) show promise for controlling weeds”
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Title

Mulching Options for Northwest Organic and Conventional Orchards

David Granatstein; Kent Mullinix HortScience 2008. doi:10.21273/hortsci.43.1.45

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Observation Mulches show promise for conserving water and providing nitrogen.
Observation Mulches show promise for improving tree growth.
Observation Mulches may increase rodent pests and unwanted late-season nitrogen.
Recommendation Growers need orchard floor practices that maintain or improve soil quality.

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Cultivars Dace, Gita and Monta show commercial promise; Monta carries Rvi6.

Taxon: appleMalus domesticae0
Material: ‘Dace’, ‘Gita’, ’Monta’e3
Gene: Rvi6e3
Outcome: commercial promisee3

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“The commercial apple growing industry in Latvia”
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“Several cultivars already show commercial promise — ‘Dace’, ‘Gita’, ’Monta’ ( Rvi6 ) and the polygenic resistant ‘Laila’ and ‘Pure Ametist’”
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Current Achievements of the Latvian Apple Breeding Programme

Laila Ikase; Inese Drudze; Gunārs Lācis Proceedings of the Latvian Academy of Sciences Section B Natural Exact and Applied Sciences 2022. doi:10.2478/prolas-2022-0066

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Both tested fungicides show promise for further evaluation against this root rot.

Taxon: Lespedeza davuricaLespedeza davuricat0
Treatment: Both fungicidese7
Outcome: promise for further valuatione7

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“causing root rot of Lespedeza davurica”
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“Both fungicides show promise for further valuation”
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Identification and fungicide sensitivity of Monosporascus lespedezae sp. nov. causing root rot of Lespedeza davurica in Gansu, China

Tong Tong Wang; Yue Yang Zhang; Yan Feng Jia; et al. Frontiers in Plant Science 2026. doi:10.3389/fpls.2026.1869588

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Bacillus thuriengiensis sprays show promise for obliquebanded leafroller control.

Treatment: Bacillus thuriengiensis sprayse0
Interactor: obliquebanded leafrollerChoristoneura rosaceanae0pest
Second interactor: Bacillus thuriengiensise0biocontrol_agent
Outcome: controlling obliquebanded leafrollere0
Direction: controllinge0

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“Bacillus thuriengiensis sprays, liquid-lime-sulfur, and biological control show promise in controlling obliquebanded leafroller.”
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Plant Protection for Pistachio

Brent A. Holtz HortTechnology 2002. doi:10.21273/horttech.12.4.626

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Intervention effect Verticillium wilt is controlled with resistant rootstocks.
Observation Botryosphaeria blight blights fruit clusters.
Observation Alternaria late blight defoliates trees.
Intervention effect Drip or buried drip irrigation reduced disease.
Intervention effect Pruning Botryosphaeria blight infections reduced overwintering inoculum and disease.
Intervention effect Dormant carbaryl and oil applications control phytocoris while being less toxic to beneficial insects.
Observation Trees compensate for early insect damage by maturing more remaining kernels.
Intervention effect Eliminating alternate hosts reduces Calocoris pests.
Recommendation Weeds should remain undisturbed from bloom until shell hardening when Lygus is present.
Observation Stink bugs can penetrate hardened shells and cause internal nut necrosis and epicarp lesion.
Observation Leaffooted bugs can penetrate hardened shells and cause internal nut necrosis and epicarp lesion.
Intervention effect Degree day timing increases insecticide efficacy against navel orangeworm.
Intervention effect Degree day timing increases insecticide efficacy against obliquebanded leafroller.
Intervention effect Destroying unharvested overwintering fruit manages navel orangeworm more effectively.
Intervention effect Liquid lime sulfur shows promise for obliquebanded leafroller control.
Intervention effect Biological control shows promise for obliquebanded leafroller control.

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