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Dry matter was 35% of fresh foliage biomass.

Taxon: Black wattle (Acacia mearnsii)Acacia mearnsiit0
Outcome: fresh foliage biomasse0
Value: 35%e0
Qualifier: fresh foliage biomasse0

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“it was 35% of the fresh foliage biomass and 60% of the fresh woody biomass”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 2675–2749

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“Black wattle (Acacia mearnsii)”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 0–30

Title

Black wattle (Acacia mearnsii) and the fever tree (Acacia xanthophloea) in alleycropping systems.

Luis Jeremias. Nhamucho ResearchSpace (University of KwaZulu-Natal) 2006

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Observation Black wattle had better growth and biomass than fever tree associations.
Observation Black wattle mean ground-level diameter after 12 months was 48 mm.
Observation Black wattle mean breast-height diameter after 12 months was 36 mm.
Observation Black wattle total height over the same period was about 406 cm.
Observation Black wattle fresh pruning foliage with maize and cowpea was about 5.6 t/ha.
Observation Black wattle fresh pruning foliage with pumpkin was 4.5 t/ha.
Observation Alleygrazing prunings yielded about 7.66 t/ha fresh foliage.
Observation Black wattle dry foliage biomass with maize and cowpeas was 1.96 t/ha.
Observation Black wattle dry foliage biomass with pumpkin was 1.58 t/ha.
Observation Black wattle dry foliage biomass with E. curvula was 2.68 t/ha.
Observation Dry matter was 60% of fresh woody biomass.
Observation Fever tree growth was not significant during the study.
Observation P. maximum germinated unevenly across seed lots.
Observation Pumpkin and cowpea biomass had good NDF and ADF values.
Observation E. curvula and maize stover had fair NDF and ADF values.
Observation Black wattle foliage had poor NDF and ADF values.
Recommendation Black wattle fodder should be mixed with digestible fodder to increase intake and avoid tannin hazard.
Method / resource Regression equations linked tree ground diameter with age and foliage biomass with breast-height diameter.

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About 50% of biomass was lost over winter, mainly foliage.

Organ / stage: foliagee0
Outcome: biomasse0
Direction: loste0
Value: 50%e0

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“About 50% of the biomass was lost during the winter, mainly in foliage”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 780–850

Title

Seasonal patterns of growth and tissue nutrient content in strawberries

Geoffrey M. May; Marvin P. Pritts; Mary Jo Kelly Journal of Plant Nutrition 1994. doi:10.1080/01904169409364795

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Observation Plant growth was linear during establishment.
Observation Leaves contributed the largest share of accumulated biomass.
Observation Nutrient concentrations stayed relatively constant or declined during establishment.
Association The percent biomass increase always exceeded the percent nutrient-concentration decline.
Observation Within six spring weeks, plant size recovered to the previous autumn level.
Observation Roots alone lost biomass during fruiting.
Observation Foliar nutrient concentrations showed varying patterns during fruiting.
Observation Nutrient limitations likely have their strongest effects during the fluctuating fruiting period.

Intervention effectauthor interpretationoriginal resultnegativemeasured

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Thinning appeared to reduce total foliage biomass.

Taxon: Shortleaf PinePinus echinatat0
Treatment: thinninge0
Outcome: total foliage biomasse0
Direction: reducee0

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“Shortleaf Pine”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 83–97

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“thinning seemed to reduce the total foliage biomass”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 994–1045

Title

Aboveground Biomass Partitioning Due To Thinning in Naturally Regenerated Evenaged Shortleaf Pine (Pinus Echinata Mill.) Stands in Southeast Oklahoma

Gyawali, Nabin SHAREOK (University of Oklahoma) 2014

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Intervention effect Total tree and bole wood biomass in thinned plots converged toward unthinned plots.
Intervention effect At site one, 70% stocking exceeded unthinned biomass after 16 years.
Association Heavily thinned stands may take longer to converge in biomass.
Association Foliage and bark biomass fell as thinning intensity rose.
Intervention effect Thinning significantly affected the biomass proportions in branches and bark.
Intervention effect Except for heavy thinning, thinning did not significantly affect bole allocation proportion.
Intervention effect Heavy thinning appeared to increase foliage fraction, without statistical significance.
Association Better sites allocated more biomass to bole wood.
Association Better sites allocated less biomass to foliage.

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All treatments allocated the most biomass to foliage.

Taxon: Loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.)Pinus taedat0
Outcome: more biomass to foliagee0

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“All treatments allocated more biomass to foliage”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1986–2034

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“Loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.)”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1099–1129

Title

SIMULATED MINE LAND RECLAMATION IMPACT ON BIOMASS PARTITIONING AND NUTRIENT CONTENTS IN LOBLOLLY PINE

Osarumen Egharevba Index of Texas Archaeology Open Access Grey Literature from the Lone Star State 2020

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Method / resource Allometric equations estimated pine biomass from tree dimensions.
Intervention effect FRA improved estimated biomass accumulation relative to pan scraper reclamation.
Observation FRA produced 759 g foliage biomass.
Observation FRA produced 344 g branch biomass.
Observation FRA produced 440 g stem biomass.
Observation FRA produced 273 g root biomass.
Observation FRA produced 1579 g aboveground biomass.
Observation FRA produced 1865 g total tree mass.
Observation Pan scraper treatment produced 159 g foliage, 67 g branch and 90 g stem biomass.
Observation Pan scraper treatment produced 77 g root, 334 g aboveground and 420 g total biomass.
Observation Undisturbed control trees had 244 g foliage, 111 g branch and 154 g stem biomass.
Observation Undisturbed control trees had 102 g root, 537 g aboveground and 648 g total biomass.
Intervention effect Root biomass allocation was relatively higher with pan scraper than FRA.
Intervention effect Tree biomass nutrient accumulation was highest under FRA.
Observation Tree tissue nutrient concentrations declined from foliage to stem to root, except N and Mg under pan scraper treatment.
Observation Foliage nutrient concentrations met or exceeded adapted critical concentrations except for N.
Observation N was the most abundant nutrient in all treatments and highest in foliage biomass.
Recommendation Authors concluded FRA can improve seedling growth and biomass production in the Gulf Coastal Plain.

Method / resourceobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

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DBH regressions predicted branch and foliage biomass poorly.

Outcome: biomass of branch and foliagee0
Direction: poore0
Comparator: DBHe0

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“the precision and reliability were poor of the regressions between the DBH and the biomass of branch and foliage”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 836–948

Title

Biomass estimation of dendrocalamopsis vario-striata plantation in southeast China

Benzhi Zhou; Xiaoming Wang; Yonghui Cao; et al. World Automation Congress 2012

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The most susceptible genotypes lost root and foliage biomass.

Taxon: AvocadoPersea americanat0
Material: most susceptible genotypese0
Outcome: biomass loss in root and foliagee0
Direction: losse0

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“Avocado”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 0–7

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“biomass loss in root and foliage in the most susceptible genotypes”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1238–1304

Title

Avocado genotypes resistant to Phytophthora cinnamomi in Colombia

Yeison David López-Galé; Mauricio Fernando Martínez; Liliana Rios-Rojas; et al. Scientia Agricola 2025. doi:10.1590/1678-992x-2024-0117

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P. macrocarpa allocated proportionally more biomass to foliage.

Taxon: P. macrocarpaPterygota macrocarpae0
Outcome: biomass in foliagee0
Direction: moree0

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“P. macrocarpa and M. altissima invested proportionally more biomass in foliage”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1237–1315

Title

Growth dynamics and allometric modeling of four commercial forest tree species in Côte d’Ivoire

Anique Ahou Gbotto; Georges Abéssika Kouakou Yao; Beda Innocent Adji; et al. GSC Advanced Research and Reviews 2026. doi:10.30574/gscarr.2026.26.1.0396

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Observation The four tree species differed in leaf emergence, internode elongation and resource allocation.
Observation T. superba had faster height and diameter growth.
Observation T. ivorensis had faster height and diameter growth.
Observation M. altissima allocated proportionally more biomass to foliage.

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M. altissima allocated proportionally more biomass to foliage.

Taxon: M. altissimaMansonia altissimae0
Outcome: biomass in foliagee0
Direction: moree0

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“P. macrocarpa and M. altissima invested proportionally more biomass in foliage”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1237–1315

Title

Growth dynamics and allometric modeling of four commercial forest tree species in Côte d’Ivoire

Anique Ahou Gbotto; Georges Abéssika Kouakou Yao; Beda Innocent Adji; et al. GSC Advanced Research and Reviews 2026. doi:10.30574/gscarr.2026.26.1.0396

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Observation The four tree species differed in leaf emergence, internode elongation and resource allocation.
Observation T. superba had faster height and diameter growth.
Observation T. ivorensis had faster height and diameter growth.
Observation P. macrocarpa allocated proportionally more biomass to foliage.

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Branches and foliage contributed a low proportion of D. vario-striata biomass.

Taxon: dendrocalamopsis vario-striataBambusa variostriatat0
Outcome: proportion of biomass of branch and foliagee0
Direction: lowe0

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“The proportion of biomass of branch and foliage was low.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1207–1263

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“dendrocalamopsis vario-striata”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 22–52

Title

Biomass estimation of dendrocalamopsis vario-striata plantation in southeast China

Benzhi Zhou; Xiaoming Wang; Yonghui Cao; et al. World Automation Congress 2012

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Thorns and foliage accounted for 13% of biomass.

Taxon: Bambusa bambosBambusa bambose1
Outcome: thorns+foliagee0
Value: 13%e0

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“followed by thorns+foliage (13%)”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 337–369

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“Bambusa bambos”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 65–79

Title

Aboveground biomass production and nutrient uptake of thorny bamboo (Bambusa bambos (L.) Voss) in the homegardens of Thrissur, Kerala

B. Mohan Kumar; G. Rajesh Journal of Tropical Agriculture 2006

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Observation Bamboo clumps averaged 2417 kg aboveground biomass per clump.
Observation Aboveground bamboo biomass accumulated at 241.7 Mg per hectare.
Observation Live culms held the highest biomass share, 82%.
Observation Dead culms accounted for about 5% of biomass.
Method / resource Allometric relationships linked biomass and culm number to clump diameter.
Observation Nutrient export was highest in live culms, followed by leaves and twigs and dead culms.
Observation Mean nitrogen removal was 9.22 kg per clump.
Observation Mean phosphorus removal was 1.22 kg per clump.
Observation Mean potassium removal was 14.4 kg per clump.
Observation Forest floor litter averaged 909 g per square metre.

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