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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

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Dry weight of plumule and radicle decreased with increasing NaCl compared with control.

Taxon: tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
Treatment: increasing NaCl salt solutionse0
Outcome: dry weight of plumule and radiclee0
Direction: decreasee0
Comparator: controle0

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“dry weight of plumule and radicle decrease with increasing NaCl salt solutions in the germination media compare to control”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1649–1771

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“tomato”
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Title

Effect of salinity on seed germination and seedling growth of tomato

Foysal Foysal; Md Delwar; Md Ahsan; et al. Fundamental and applied agriculture 2022. doi:10.5455/faa.131830

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultno effectmeasured

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Tomato dry weight was unchanged across light-dark cycles.

Taxon: tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
Treatment: varying light–dark cyclese0
Outcome: total dry weighte0
Direction: remained unchangede0

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“Total dry weight showed different behaviors in both species, since in tomato the total dry weight remained unchanged under varying light–dark cycles, whereas in cucumber seedlings there was a clear decrease compared to the control treatment.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 513–754

Title

Physiological Responses of Tomato and Cucumber Seedlings under Different Light–Dark Cycles

Pedro García-Caparrós; Francisco Sabio; Francisco Javier Barbero; et al. Agronomy 2020. doi:10.3390/agronomy10070945

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Intervention effect Cucumber dry weight decreased relative to control.
Intervention effect T2 yielded best water content in tomato and cucumber.
Observation Nitrogen, P and K content and partitioning had different patterns across cycles.
Intervention effect Chlorophyll b and a+b declined significantly under T1 and T2 versus T0 in both species.
Observation Leaf soluble sugar and proline concentrations were highest under control conditions.

Intervention effectauthor interpretationoriginal resultnegativemeasured

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Increased Pb concentrations may reduce growth parameters (shoot length, root length, fresh weight and dry weight) of tomato.

Taxon: tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
Treatment: increased Pb concentrationse4
Outcome: growth parameters (shoot length, root length, fresh weight and dry weight)e4
Direction: reductione4

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“tomato plant (Pusa ruby)”
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“Plants exposed to increased Pb concentrations may display a diversity of detrimental symptoms, decrease in the germination rate, reduction in growth parameters (shoot length, root length, fresh weight and dry weight)”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 622–838

Title

Evaluation of Alpha-Amylase Inhibition by Catharanthus roseus and Azadirachta indica Leaf Extracts: An In Vitro Approach

Chinthana Handankere Basavaraju; Shilpashree Bettadapura Muralidhar; Arpitha G; et al. International Journal of Environmental Sciences 2025. doi:10.64252/vdhg0g50

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Intervention effect Germination rate decreases as the lead concentration in soil increases in tomato.
Intervention effect At 0.2 mg/L Pb the germination ratio in tomato is about 1:10, which is around negligible.
Intervention effect Lead content in root, shoot and leaf of tomato increases as lead concentration increases from control.
Intervention effect Chlorophyll content and tissue water content of tomato decrease under increased Pb concentrations.
Recommendation Mitigation strategies on lead should be used to avoid toxicity to tomato plants.
Intervention effect Elevated lead concentrations, particularly 0.2 mg/L Pb, had a detrimental effect on the uptake of elements by roots, shoots and leaves of tomato.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

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Fresh weight of plumule and radicle decreased with increasing NaCl compared with control.

Taxon: tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
Treatment: increasing NaCl salt solutionse0
Outcome: fresh weight of plumule and radiclee0
Direction: decreasee0
Comparator: controle0

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“fresh weight of plumule and radicle, dry weight of plumule and radicle decrease with increasing NaCl salt solutions in the germination media compare to control”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1612–1771

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“tomato”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 62–68

Title

Effect of salinity on seed germination and seedling growth of tomato

Foysal Foysal; Md Delwar; Md Ahsan; et al. Fundamental and applied agriculture 2022. doi:10.5455/faa.131830

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativesignificant (as stated)measured

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Increasing copper concentration significantly decreased fresh weight of roots and aerial parts and fresh and dry plant weight of tomato in both seasons.

Taxon: tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
Treatment: increasing the Cu concentratione1
Outcome: fresh weight of roots and aerial parts, fresh and dry weight of the tomato plante1
Direction: decreasee1
Qualifier: in both seasonse1
Comparator: Cu at 48 ppb (control treatment)e0
Setting: open soilless systemt0

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“Alleviation of Copper Stress in Tomato Plants using Proline and Melatonin in an Open Soilless System”
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“increasing the Cu concentration led to a significant decrease in the fresh weight of roots and aerial parts, fresh and dry weight of the tomato plant, number of fruits per plant, average fruit weight, and plant productivity in both seasons”
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“The highest mean values for the previous characteristics were achieved by applying Cu at 48 ppb (control treatment)”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1165–1280

Title

Alleviation of Copper Stress in Tomato Plants using Proline and Melatonin in an Open Soilless System

Sary Brengi Alexandria Science Exchange Journal 2024. doi:10.21608/asejaiqjsae.2024.349483

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Intervention effect Increasing copper concentration significantly decreased fruit number, average fruit weight and plant productivity of tomato in both seasons.
Intervention effect The lowest copper level (192 ppb) decreased leaf nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium contents of tomato.
Intervention effect Increasing copper concentration in the nutrient solution increased copper contents in roots, stems, leaves and fruits of tomato.
Intervention effect Chlorophyll content of tomato leaves increased from 48 to 96 ppb copper and then decreased sharply up to 192 ppb.
Intervention effect Increasing copper concentration decreased protein and proline contents of tomato leaves.
Intervention effect Increasing copper concentration increased hydrogen peroxide, MDA and catalase activity in tomato roots and leaves.
Intervention effect Increasing copper concentration increased superoxide dismutase in tomato roots and leaves.
Intervention effect Proline sprays gave tomato leaves more nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and chlorophyll than the control under copper stress.
Intervention effect Melatonin (MT2) sprays gave tomato leaves more nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and chlorophyll than the control under copper stress.
Intervention effect Proline sprays improved plant growth characteristics of tomato compared with the control under copper stress.
Intervention effect Melatonin (MT2) sprays improved plant growth characteristics of tomato compared with the control under copper stress.
Intervention effect Proline and melatonin treatments improved the antioxidant content of tomato roots and leaves under copper stress.
Intervention effect Proline and melatonin treatments helped increase fruit number, average fruit weight and plant productivity of tomato under copper stress.
Recommendation The authors suggest that melatonin (MT2) and proline (Pro2) can reduce the harmful effects of excess copper in tomato.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativesignificant (as stated)measured

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Salinity decreased tomato seedling dry weight by 17-29%.

Taxon: tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
Treatment: Salinity stress (50 mM and 100 mM NaCl)e2
Outcome: seedling dry weighte2
Direction: decreasee2
Value: 17-29%e2
Comparator: control (no stress conditions)e2

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“TOMATO (SOLANUM LYCOPERSICUM L.)”
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“Under salinity stress (50 mM and 100 mM NaCl), a significant decrease in the germination percentage (2-11%), seedling dry weight (17-29%), total seedling length (17-26%), seed vigour index I (19-32%), seed vigour index II (18-35%), and chlorophyll content (24-55%) was detected, whereas a significant increase in the proline content (84-131%), superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity (20-32%), and catalase (CAT) activity (1…” Show full quote
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STANDARDIZING THE APPROPRIATE DOSES OF ZINC OXIDE NANOPARTICLES FOR ENHANCING THE QUALITY OF TOMATO (SOLANUM LYCOPERSICUM L.) SEEDS GROWN UNDER SALINE CONDITIONS

T. GHOSH; S.K. YADAV; S. YADAV; et al. Applied Ecology and Environmental Research 2025. doi:10.15666/aeer/2303_58595881

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Intervention effect ZnO NP priming at 750 ppm for 6 h gave significantly greater germination (92%) than the controls.
Intervention effect ZnO NP priming at 750 ppm for 6 h gave significantly greater seed vigour index I (1399) than the controls.
Intervention effect ZnO NP priming at 750 ppm for 6 h gave significantly greater seed vigour index II (1813) than the controls.
Intervention effect Salinity decreased tomato germination percentage by 2-11%.
Intervention effect Salinity decreased tomato total seedling length by 17-26%.
Intervention effect Salinity decreased seed vigour index I by 19-32%.
Intervention effect Salinity decreased seed vigour index II by 18-35%.
Intervention effect Salinity decreased chlorophyll content by 24-55%.
Intervention effect Salinity increased proline content by 84-131%.
Intervention effect Salinity increased superoxide dismutase activity by 20-32%.
Intervention effect Salinity increased catalase activity by 19-39%.
Association ZnO NP nanopriming increased chlorophyll production, antioxidative mechanisms and osmotic regulation in tomato seedlings.
Association ZnO NP nanopriming reduced ROS and lipid peroxidation accumulation in tomato seedlings.

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Decreased soil labile P directly influenced declining shoot dry weight.

Taxon: TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
Compound: soil labile Pe0
Outcome: SDWe0
Direction: declinee0

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“Tomato”
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“Tomato foliar and root P fraction allocation was directly influenced by the increase in soil moderately labile P, while the decline in SDW was directly influenced by the decrease in soil labile P.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1122–1318

Title

Low Nocturnal Temperature Alters Tomato Foliar and Root Phosphorus Fractions Allocation by Reducing Soil Phosphorus Availability

Qingwen Shi; Ru Ma; Zhouping Sun; et al. Horticulturae 2023. doi:10.3390/horticulturae9050536

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Observation Low nocturnal temperature decreased soil P availability.
Observation Low nocturnal temperature decreasing soil labile P.
Observation Low nocturnal temperature increasing soil moderately labile P.
Observation foliar inorganic P decreased at 9 and 6 °C.
Observation metabolite P decreased at 9 and 6 °C.
Observation nucleic acid P decreased at 9 and 6 °C.
Observation residual P decreased at 9 and 6 °C.
Observation Root root nucleic acid P decreased at 9 and 6 °C.
Observation Root lipid P decreased at 9 and 6 °C.
Observation Root metabolite P increased at 9 and 6 °C.
Association Increased soil moderately labile P directly influenced foliar and root P fraction allocation.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivesignificant (as stated)measured

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T. asperellum treatment significantly improved plant dry weight and chlorophyll content of tomato seedlings under NaCl stress compared with control.

Taxon: tomatoSolanum lycopersicume1
Treatment: Treatment with T. asperellum isolatese0
Interactor: T. asperellumTrichoderma asperellume0other
Outcome: plant dry weight and chlorophyll contente1
Direction: improvemente1
Qualifier: NaCl (0-200 mM) stresse2
Comparator: controle1

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“Treatment with T. asperellum isolates”
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“tomato seedlings showed significant improvement in seed germination; shoot and root length, shoot and root fresh weight, plant dry weight and chlorophyll content along with decrease in seedling death as compared to control”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 711–933

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“varying concentrations of NaCl (0-200 mM) stress”
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Title

Role of Trichoderma asperellum in mitigating NaCl stress in tomato substantiated by anti-oxidative enzymes

Narasimhamurthy Konappa; Soumya Krishnamurthy; Abijith M. Singh; et al. Microbial Science Archives 2023. doi:10.47587/msa.2023.3305

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

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Water deficit decreased shoot dry weight of tomato seedlings by 39%.

Taxon: tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
Treatment: Water deficit conditions (50% of field capacity)e5
Outcome: shoot dry weighte5
Direction: decreasede5
Value: 39%e5
Comparator: control (B0D0)e5

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“Water deficit conditions (50% of field capacity) caused decrease in indole acetic acid (IAA), gibberellic acid (GA), salicylic acid (SA), cytokine, zeatin, and jasmonic acid content of tomato seedlings by ratios of 83%, 93%, 82%, 89%, 50%, and 57%, respectively, and shoot fresh weight, root fresh weight, shoot dry weight, root dry weight, plant height, stem diameter, and leaf area decreased by 43%, 19%, 39%, 29%, 20%…” Show full quote
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1013–1494

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“tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) seedlings”
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Title

Drought stress amelioration in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) seedlings by biostimulant as regenerative agent

Metin Turan; Melek Ekinci; Sanem Argin; et al. Frontiers in Plant Science 2023. doi:10.3389/fpls.2023.1211210

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Intervention effect Biostimulant applications ameliorated the growth and physiological parameters of drought-stressed tomato seedlings.
Intervention effect The 4 L ha -1 biostimulant dose was the most effective for restoring plant growth under drought.
Intervention effect Soil amendment with biostimulant enhanced soil organic matter and total N, P, Ca and Cu content.
Intervention effect Water deficit decreased indole acetic acid (IAA) content of tomato seedlings by 83%.
Intervention effect Water deficit decreased gibberellic acid (GA) content of tomato seedlings by 93%.
Intervention effect Water deficit decreased salicylic acid (SA) content of tomato seedlings by 82%.
Intervention effect Water deficit decreased cytokine content of tomato seedlings by 89%.
Intervention effect Water deficit decreased zeatin content of tomato seedlings by 50%.
Intervention effect Water deficit decreased jasmonic acid content of tomato seedlings by 57%.
Intervention effect Water deficit decreased shoot fresh weight of tomato seedlings by 43%.
Intervention effect Water deficit decreased root fresh weight of tomato seedlings by 19%.
Intervention effect Water deficit decreased root dry weight of tomato seedlings by 29%.
Intervention effect Water deficit decreased plant height of tomato seedlings by 20%.
Intervention effect Water deficit decreased stem diameter of tomato seedlings by 18%.
Intervention effect Water deficit decreased leaf area of tomato seedlings by 50%.
Intervention effect Drought reduced LRWC of tomato seedlings by 21% compared with the control.
Intervention effect Drought reduced chlorophyll a of tomato seedlings by 16% compared with the control.
Intervention effect Drought reduced chlorophyll b of tomato seedlings by 21% compared with the control.
Intervention effect Drought reduced total chlorophyll contents of tomato seedlings by 17% compared with the control.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

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Water deficit decreased root dry weight of tomato seedlings by 29%.

Taxon: tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
Treatment: Water deficit conditions (50% of field capacity)e5
Outcome: root dry weighte5
Direction: decreasede5
Value: 29%e5
Comparator: control (B0D0)e5

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“Water deficit conditions (50% of field capacity) caused decrease in indole acetic acid (IAA), gibberellic acid (GA), salicylic acid (SA), cytokine, zeatin, and jasmonic acid content of tomato seedlings by ratios of 83%, 93%, 82%, 89%, 50%, and 57%, respectively, and shoot fresh weight, root fresh weight, shoot dry weight, root dry weight, plant height, stem diameter, and leaf area decreased by 43%, 19%, 39%, 29%, 20%…” Show full quote
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“tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) seedlings”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 31–73

Title

Drought stress amelioration in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) seedlings by biostimulant as regenerative agent

Metin Turan; Melek Ekinci; Sanem Argin; et al. Frontiers in Plant Science 2023. doi:10.3389/fpls.2023.1211210

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Intervention effect Biostimulant applications ameliorated the growth and physiological parameters of drought-stressed tomato seedlings.
Intervention effect The 4 L ha -1 biostimulant dose was the most effective for restoring plant growth under drought.
Intervention effect Soil amendment with biostimulant enhanced soil organic matter and total N, P, Ca and Cu content.
Intervention effect Water deficit decreased indole acetic acid (IAA) content of tomato seedlings by 83%.
Intervention effect Water deficit decreased gibberellic acid (GA) content of tomato seedlings by 93%.
Intervention effect Water deficit decreased salicylic acid (SA) content of tomato seedlings by 82%.
Intervention effect Water deficit decreased cytokine content of tomato seedlings by 89%.
Intervention effect Water deficit decreased zeatin content of tomato seedlings by 50%.
Intervention effect Water deficit decreased jasmonic acid content of tomato seedlings by 57%.
Intervention effect Water deficit decreased shoot fresh weight of tomato seedlings by 43%.
Intervention effect Water deficit decreased root fresh weight of tomato seedlings by 19%.
Intervention effect Water deficit decreased shoot dry weight of tomato seedlings by 39%.
Intervention effect Water deficit decreased plant height of tomato seedlings by 20%.
Intervention effect Water deficit decreased stem diameter of tomato seedlings by 18%.
Intervention effect Water deficit decreased leaf area of tomato seedlings by 50%.
Intervention effect Drought reduced LRWC of tomato seedlings by 21% compared with the control.
Intervention effect Drought reduced chlorophyll a of tomato seedlings by 16% compared with the control.
Intervention effect Drought reduced chlorophyll b of tomato seedlings by 21% compared with the control.
Intervention effect Drought reduced total chlorophyll contents of tomato seedlings by 17% compared with the control.

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