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Increasing replications from five to six gave only a small decrease in L.S.D.

Taxon: CornZea mays subsp. mayst0
Outcome: L.S.D.e0
Direction: decreasee0
Value: 5 to 6e0

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“There was only a small decrease in L.S.D. by increasing the replications from 5 to 6.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 391–476

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“Hybrid Corn”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 26–37

Title

Field Plot Technique With Hybrid Corn Under Alabama Conditions¹

A. A. Fleming; T. Hayden Rogers; T. A. Bancroft Agronomy Journal 1957. doi:10.2134/agronj1957.00021962004900010001x

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Method / resource Plots one to three rows wide and 10 to 15 hills long were most efficient.
Recommendation Two-row plots 10 to 15 hills long were considered optimal for general use.
Recommendation A basic unit larger than five plants may be advantageous.
Recommendation The precision gain did not justify using simple lattice over randomized blocks.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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A pronounced decrease in dropping rate was observed under short day.

Taxon: soy beanGlycine maxe0
Treatment: short daye4
Outcome: dropping ratee4
Direction: decreasee4

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“Observations were made on blooming and dropping of flowers and young pods of soy bean plants”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 3–95

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“A pronounced decrease in dropping rate was observed in plots under short day”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 562–638

Title

Physiological Studies on Blooming and Podding in Soy Bean Plant (Preliminary Report) : (1) Experimental Studies on Flower Dropping and Pod Shedding

Masani KAMAE Japanese Journal of Crop Science 1952. doi:10.1626/jcs.21.117

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Associationauthor interpretationoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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For three named viruses, a fixed virus to tannin ratio appeared necessary for a fixed decrease in infectivity.

Taxon: Raspberryt0
Interactor: potato ring necrosis, tobacco mosaic and tobacco necrosis virusese0pathogen
Outcome: infectivitye0
Direction: decreasee0

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“With potato ring necrosis, tobacco mosaic and tobacco necrosis viruses, there seems to be a fixed ratio between the amount of virus and the amount of tannin needed to decrease infectivity by a fixed proportion”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 735–944

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“Leaves of Raspberry”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 56–75

Title

Some Properties of an Inhibitor of Virus Infection from Leaves of Raspberry

C. H. Cadman Journal of General Microbiology 1959. doi:10.1099/00221287-20-1-113

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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Transfer to benzimidazole interrupted protein decline and induced some protein resynthesis, with a corresponding soluble-nitrogen decrease.

Taxon: wheatTriticum aestivumt0
Treatment: benzimidazolee0
Outcome: proteine0
Direction: some resynthesise0
Comparator: watere0

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“The progressive decrease in protein of detached leaves on water was interrupted on transfer to benzimidazole, after which some resynthesis of protein took place with a corresponding decrease in the soluble nitrogen fraction.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 708–932

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“METABOLIC CHANGES IN DETACHED WHEAT LEAVES FLOATED ON BENZIMIDAZOLE AND THE EFFECT OF THESE CHANGES ON RUST REACTION”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 0–116

Title

METABOLIC CHANGES IN DETACHED WHEAT LEAVES FLOATED ON BENZIMIDAZOLE AND THE EFFECT OF THESE CHANGES ON RUST REACTION

D. J. Samborski; F. R. Forsyth; Clayton Person Canadian Journal of Botany 1958. doi:10.1139/b58-054

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Intervention effect Khapli leaves were susceptible to rust on water.
Intervention effect Khapli leaves resisted rust on 40 p.p.m. benzimidazole.
Intervention effect Khapli leaves were susceptible on 40 p.p.m. benzimidazole with 1% glucose.
Intervention effect Khapli leaves resisted rust on 60 p.p.m. benzimidazole with 1% glucose.
Observation Little Club leaves were susceptible to rust under every treatment.
Intervention effect Prior water floating for 2 to 4 days made Khapli susceptible at 40 p.p.m. benzimidazole and resistant or partly resistant at higher concentrations.
Intervention effect Prior DDT spraying made Khapli susceptible at 40 p.p.m. benzimidazole and resistant or partly resistant at higher concentrations.
Intervention effect Glucose added to benzimidazole increased soluble nitrogen in detached leaves.
Intervention effect Leaves on water had more alcohol-soluble carbohydrate than leaves on benzimidazole.

Intervention effectauthor interpretationreview summarypositivebasis n/a

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Chilean nitrate was said to decrease wilting in hot dry weather.

Taxon: Ragi (Eleusine coracana)Eleusine coracanat0
Treatment: Chilean nitratee0
Outcome: wiltinge0
Direction: decreasese0
Qualifier: hot dry weathere0

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“Chilean nitrate also decreases wilting in hot dry weather.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1171–1229

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“Ragi (Eleusine coracana)”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 36–60

Title

Chilean Nitrate as a Fertilizer for Ragi (Eleusine coracana)

RAYAPPA PILLAI M; PURUSHOTHAMAN G Madras Agricultural Journal 1958. doi:10.29321/maj.10.a04118

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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Added silicon slightly reduced barley boron necrosis.

Taxon: BarleyHordeum vulgaree1
Treatment: addition of silicone0
Outcome: necrosis due to borone0
Direction: decreasee0
Qualifier: only a slight decreasee0

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“the addition of silicon resulted in only a slight decrease in the necrosis due to boron”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1232–1319

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“Barley plants grown in standard Hoagland solutions”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 177–227

Title

Manganese and Boron Toxicities in Standard Culture Solutions1

D. Emerton Williams; James Vlamis Soil Science Society of America Journal 1957. doi:10.2136/sssaj1957.03615995002100020018x

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Observation Recommended manganese and boron concentrations were toxic to barley.
Observation Recommended manganese and boron concentrations were slightly toxic to lettuce.
Observation Recommended manganese and boron concentrations were non-toxic to tomato plants.
Observation Barley in standard Hoagland solution developed dark brown older-leaf spots.
Association Higher manganese and boron concentrations were associated with decrease in barley yield.
Association Higher manganese and boron concentrations were associated with increase in barley spotting.
Association Barley leaf manganese content correlated with toxicity symptoms.
Intervention effect Decreasing the manganese concentration repressed or prevented barley manganese spots.
Intervention effect increasing the macro-salt concentration repressed or prevented barley manganese spots.
Intervention effect adding sodium silicate repressed or prevented barley manganese spots.
Intervention effect Supplemental calcium salts reduced barley leaf manganese.
Intervention effect Supplemental magnesium salts reduced barley leaf manganese.
Intervention effect Supplemental potassium salts reduced barley leaf manganese.
Intervention effect Silicon repressed barley manganese toxicity symptoms.
Intervention effect Silicon had no effect on barley leaf manganese content.
Intervention effect Reducing the boron concentration eliminated boron spotting in barley.
Intervention effect increasing the macro-salt concentration eliminated boron spotting in barley.
Observation Winter-grown barley tolerated higher manganese before toxicity symptoms than summer-grown plants.
Observation Winter-grown barley tolerated higher boron concentrations before toxicity symptoms than summer-grown plants.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Gibberellin treatment decreased rot.

Taxon: Vitis viniferaVitis viniferat0
Treatment: gibberellint1
Outcome: rote0
Direction: decreasee0

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“a decrease in rot”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 762–779

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“Vitis vinifera”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 31–45

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“gibberellin”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 10–21

Title

Effect of gibberellin on seededVitis vinifera, and its translocation within the vine

Robert J. Weaver; Stanley B. McCune Hilgardia 1959. doi:10.3733/hilg.v28n20p625

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Intervention effect Gibberellin treatment elongated and loosened Zinfandel clusters.
Intervention effect Gibberellin treatment produced shot berries in Zinfandel.
Intervention effect Gibberellin treatment accelerated flowering, fruit coloration and ripening.
Intervention effect Gibberellin treatment raised soluble solids percentage.
Intervention effect Gibberellin treatment reduced crop yield somewhat.
Intervention effect Carignane vines sprayed with gibberellin gave results similar to Zinfandel.
Intervention effect Sprayed Carignane clusters lost crop weight because they had fewer berries.
Intervention effect Gibberellin did not translocate between shoots according to shoot elongation.
Intervention effect Spraying only the apical 6 inches of Red Malaga shoots gave as much additional growth as spraying the whole shoot.
Intervention effect Treating the basal leaf of Carignane shoots moved more gibberellin to the apex than treating an apical leaf.
Intervention effect Gibberellin absorbed by Zinfandel leaves caused substantial cluster elongation.
Intervention effect Gibberellin absorbed by Zinfandel leaves caused shot berry development.

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As plowing was delayed, the decline in emergence percentage became a stronger driver of weed population decrease, which the authors attribute to emergence percentage being closely related to air temperature.

Taxon: weede4
Treatment: plowing is delayede4
Outcome: weed populatione4
Qualifier: emergence percentage is closely related with air temperaturee4

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“As the plowing is delayed, decrease in emergence percentage becomes more influencial in decreasing weed population, because the emergence percentage is closely related with air temperature”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 305–493

Title

Changes of Weed Communities by Methods of Cultivation in Winter Cropping on Drained Paddy Fields : (1) Influence of plowing time on the structure of weed communities and the quantity of weeds

Masao ARAI; Takayoshi KATAOKA Japanese Journal of Crop Science 1958. doi:10.1626/jcs.26.203

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Association Plowing time changed the structure of the weed community.
Association Weed quantity decreased strikingly as plowing was delayed.
Association The relative influence of viable seed population and emergence percentage on the population of emergence varied.
Intervention effect Growth and yield of wheat were scarcely affected by delaying seeding time.
Recommendation Regulating seeding time according to weed density is an effective weed control method for wheat and barley in warm regions.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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Weekly crude candicidin spray decreased mildew infection in young bean plants.

Taxon: beane0
Treatment: an aqueous suspension of crude candicidin (660 mcg/ml)e0
Interactor: mildewe0pathogen
Outcome: mildew infectione0
Direction: decreasee0

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“Spraying young bean plants once a week with an aqueous suspension of crude candicidin (660 mcg/ml) resulted in a decrease of a mildew infection.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1190–1334

Title

Candicidin, A New Antifungal Antibiotic

Hubert Lechevalier; Robert F. Acker; Charles T. Corke; et al. Mycologia 1953. doi:10.1080/00275514.1953.12024259

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Intervention effect Candicidin did not injure pea seed germination at 125 mcg/ml.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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Nectar increasing treatments tended to decrease mustard stem weight and flower number.

Taxon: mustarde1
Treatment: Treatments increasing nectar productione0
Outcome: stem weight and total number of flowerse0
Direction: decreasee0

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“Treatments increasing nectar production tended ( a ) to decrease stem weight and total number of flowers”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1296–1400

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“The influence of nitrogen, phosphate and potash on the secretion of nectar. Part I”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 0–82

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“The influence of nitrogen, phosphate and potash on the secretion of nectar. Part I”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 0–82

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“Mustard . In this experiment the quantity of water supplied to the plants was varied as well as the fertilizers. On the last sampling occasion nectar was more frequently obtained from plants with the lower dose of nitrate than from those with the higher dose.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 767–1026

Title

The influence of nitrogen, phosphate and potash on the secretion of nectar. Part I

Margaret Ryle The Journal of Agricultural Science 1954. doi:10.1017/s0021859600045263

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Intervention effect Extra potash significantly increased apple sugar per flower.
Intervention effect Phosphate tended to increase apple sugar per flower.
Intervention effect At higher potash, nitrogen significantly increased the previous apple crop.
Intervention effect At higher potash, nitrogen decreased apple nectar yield.
Observation Potash increased apple nectar yield most when its crop effect was small, and vice versa.
Intervention effect Lower nitrate yielded nectar more frequently in mustard at the final sampling.
Intervention effect Under high water and low nitrate, extra potash increased mustard sugar per flower.
Intervention effect With high nitrate, extra potash decreased mustard sugar per flower.
Intervention effect Phosphate had no significant or consistent effect on mustard nectar yield.
Intervention effect Nectar increasing treatments tended to delay mustard flower production.
Intervention effect Nectar increasing treatments tended to increase mustard petal length.
Intervention effect Nectar increasing treatments tended to increase mustard plants with pigmented withering leaves.
Intervention effect Extra nitrate increased frequency of nectar recovery in buckwheat.
Intervention effect Extra potash increased frequency of nectar recovery in buckwheat.
Intervention effect Extra nitrate increased buckwheat stem weight and flower sprays.
Intervention effect Extra potash increased buckwheat stem weight and flower sprays.
Intervention effect Phosphate had little effect on buckwheat stem weight and flower sprays.

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