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Physiology, metabolism & abiotic stress 124

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Associationauthor interpretationreview summarybasis n/a

Claim · model-written summary

Plants differ in silicon accumulation depending on root type and functionality.

Taxon
PlantsViridiplantaee0
Organ / stage
roote0
Outcome
accumulate silicone0
Qualifier
root type and functionalitye0

Not reportedDirection

Verbatim

e0

“Plants accumulate silicon differently, depending on their root type and functionality”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 506–591

Title

Increasing plant resistance with silicon applications

Prisa, Domenico Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) 2023. doi:10.5281/zenodo.8134052

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Observationobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Tetraploid plants maintained improved root functionality and cytosolic potassium and sodium homeostasis under salt stress.

Taxon
tetraploid plantse0
Organ / stage
roote0
Treatment
salt stresse0
Outcome
root functionalitye0
Direction
superiore0

Verbatim

e0

“tetraploid plants exhibited superior root functionality under salt stress, maintaining improved cytosolic K + /Na + homeostasis”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 811–938

Title

Polyploidization leads to salt stress resilience via ethylene signaling in citrus plants

Xin Song; Miao Zhang; Ting‐Ting Wang; et al. New Phytologist 2025. doi:10.1111/nph.20428

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Suppressing ZmPgb1.1 compromised the events sustaining QC and root meristem functionality under low oxygen.

Treatment
suppressing ZmPgb1.1e0
Gene
ZmPgb1.1e0
Outcome
functionality of the QC and root meristemse0
Direction
compromisede0

Not reportedTaxonComparator

Verbatim

e0

“These events, compromised in QCs suppressing ZmPgb1.1, ensure the functionality of the QC and root meristems under conditions of low oxygen”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 930–1069

Title

Stem cell fate in hypoxic root apical meristems is influenced by phytoglobin expression

Mohammed M Mira; Eman A El-Khateeb; Reda M Gaafar; et al. Journal of Experimental Botany 2019. doi:10.1093/jxb/erz410

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Plant interactions & biotic stress 94

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Nitrogen fertilizer affected root microbiome functionality.

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

Not reportedDirection

Verbatim

e0

“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
e1

“without N fertilization”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 167–190
e2

“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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Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Symbiotic NIN proteins acquired nitrate-independent functionality.

Taxon
legumese1
Gene
NIN proteinse0
Outcome
nitrate independent functionalitye0

Verbatim

e0

“symbiotic NIN proteins were optimized for their role in symbiosis by acquiring nitrate independent functionality”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 643–755
t0

“root nodule symbiosis”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 59–80
e1

“Nitrogen-fixing nodule symbiosis is an ecologically and economically important trait in legumes and some related species”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 0–120

Title

Ancestral functionality and symbiotic refinement of NIN in root nodule symbiosis

Jieyu Liu; Siqi Yan; Min Li; et al. Nature Communications 2026. doi:10.1038/s41467-026-71330-1

Other claims from this paper (5)
Associationobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

In multispecies forest plots, predicted bacterial plant-growth functionality declined with increasing root functional dispersion.

Taxon
treee1
Organ / stage
rootse0
Interactor
BacteriaBacteriae2symbiont
Outcome
bacterial functionality linked to plant growth activitiese0
Direction
declinede0
Setting
multispecies forest plotse0

Verbatim

e0

“In multispecies forest plots, the bacterial functionality linked to plant growth activities declined with the increasing functional dispersion of the roots.”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 791–947
e1

“tree growth and fitness”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 320–343
e2

“Bacteria are among the key plant growth-promoting microorganisms”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 242–306

Title

Low root functional dispersion enhances functionality of plant growth by influencing bacterial activities in European forest soils

Luis Daniel Prada‐Salcedo; Janna Wambsganss; Jürgen Bauhus; et al. Environmental Microbiology 2020. doi:10.1111/1462-2920.15244

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Breeding, agronomy & horticulture 61

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Mechanismauthor interpretationoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Authors conclude stress tolerance depends on root integrity and functionality.

Taxon
grapevineVitist0
Organ / stage
roote0
Outcome
tolerance to abiotic stress conditionse0
Qualifier
root integrity/functionalitye0

Verbatim

e0

“the tolerance to abiotic stress conditions, such as WS and NaCl exposure, depends on root integrity/functionality”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1639–1752
t0

“Biochemical and physiological responses of two grapevine rootstock genotypes to drought and salt treatments”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 0–107

Title

Biochemical and physiological responses of two grapevine rootstock genotypes to drought and salt treatments

F. Meggio; B. Prinsi; A.S. Negri; et al. Australian Journal of Grape and Wine Research 2014. doi:10.1111/ajgw.12071

Other claims from this paper (5)
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Nitrogen fertilizer affected root microbiome functionality.

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

Not reportedDirection

Verbatim

e0

“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
e1

“without N fertilization”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 167–190
e2

“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

Other claims from this paper (5)
Associationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Soil nutrient and microbiome functionality correlations strengthened.

Outcome
correlations between soil nutrients (organic matter, total/available N/P) and microbiome functionalitye0
Direction
strengthenede0
Setting
soile0

Not reportedTaxon

Verbatim

e0

“strengthened correlations between soil nutrients (organic matter, total/available N/P) and microbiome functionality”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 2112–2227

Title

Agricultural residue-based Bacillus tequilensis Bt-RS fermentation enhances banana growth, root metabolism, and rhizosphere microbiome

Na Deng; Zhengquan Feng; Jingran Sun; et al. Scientia Horticulturae 2025. doi:10.1016/j.scienta.2025.114404

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Molecular genetics & genomics 48

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Method / resourceobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Genome-wide WGCNA identified system-level functionality of genes associated with specific root traits.

Taxon
maizeZea mayst0
Outcome
system‐level functionality of genes associated with specific root traitse0

Not reportedComparatorValue

Verbatim

t0

“maize”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 144–149
e0

“Genome‐wide WGCNA identified system‐level functionality of genes associated with specific root traits”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1374–1475

Title

Multivariate analyses of root phenotype and dynamic transcriptome underscore valuable root traits and water‐deficit responsive gene networks in maize

Xia Zhang; Junling Pang; Xuhui Ma; et al. Plant Direct 2019. doi:10.1002/pld3.130

Other claims from this paper (8)
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Suppressing ZmPgb1.1 compromised the events sustaining QC and root meristem functionality under low oxygen.

Treatment
suppressing ZmPgb1.1e0
Gene
ZmPgb1.1e0
Outcome
functionality of the QC and root meristemse0
Direction
compromisede0

Not reportedTaxonComparator

Verbatim

e0

“These events, compromised in QCs suppressing ZmPgb1.1, ensure the functionality of the QC and root meristems under conditions of low oxygen”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 930–1069

Title

Stem cell fate in hypoxic root apical meristems is influenced by phytoglobin expression

Mohammed M Mira; Eman A El-Khateeb; Reda M Gaafar; et al. Journal of Experimental Botany 2019. doi:10.1093/jxb/erz410

Other claims from this paper (5)
Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Symbiotic NIN proteins acquired nitrate-independent functionality.

Taxon
legumese1
Gene
NIN proteinse0
Outcome
nitrate independent functionalitye0

Verbatim

e0

“symbiotic NIN proteins were optimized for their role in symbiosis by acquiring nitrate independent functionality”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 643–755
t0

“root nodule symbiosis”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 59–80
e1

“Nitrogen-fixing nodule symbiosis is an ecologically and economically important trait in legumes and some related species”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 0–120

Title

Ancestral functionality and symbiotic refinement of NIN in root nodule symbiosis

Jieyu Liu; Siqi Yan; Min Li; et al. Nature Communications 2026. doi:10.1038/s41467-026-71330-1

Other claims from this paper (5)

Woody plants 40

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Observationobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Tetraploid plants maintained improved root functionality and cytosolic potassium and sodium homeostasis under salt stress.

Taxon
tetraploid plantse0
Organ / stage
roote0
Treatment
salt stresse0
Outcome
root functionalitye0
Direction
superiore0

Verbatim

e0

“tetraploid plants exhibited superior root functionality under salt stress, maintaining improved cytosolic K + /Na + homeostasis”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 811–938

Title

Polyploidization leads to salt stress resilience via ethylene signaling in citrus plants

Xin Song; Miao Zhang; Ting‐Ting Wang; et al. New Phytologist 2025. doi:10.1111/nph.20428

Other claims from this paper (4)
Mechanismauthor interpretationoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Authors conclude stress tolerance depends on root integrity and functionality.

Taxon
grapevineVitist0
Organ / stage
roote0
Outcome
tolerance to abiotic stress conditionse0
Qualifier
root integrity/functionalitye0

Verbatim

e0

“the tolerance to abiotic stress conditions, such as WS and NaCl exposure, depends on root integrity/functionality”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1639–1752
t0

“Biochemical and physiological responses of two grapevine rootstock genotypes to drought and salt treatments”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 0–107

Title

Biochemical and physiological responses of two grapevine rootstock genotypes to drought and salt treatments

F. Meggio; B. Prinsi; A.S. Negri; et al. Australian Journal of Grape and Wine Research 2014. doi:10.1111/ajgw.12071

Other claims from this paper (5)
Observationobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Without exogenous auxins and activated charcoal, oak plantlets had weak root development and reduced functionality.

Taxon
Quercus roburQuercus roburt0
Treatment
without exogenous auxins and ACe0
Outcome
weak root development, reduced functionalitye0

Not reportedDirection

Verbatim

e0

“Plantlets grown without exogenous auxins and AC displayed weak root development, reduced functionality, lower photosynthetic pigments, and elevated starch and free IAA content”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 412–587
t0

“Quercus robur”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 20–33

Title

In vitro rooting of Quercus robur, activated charcoal vs. exogenous auxin: a morphophysiological approach

João Paulo Rodrigues Martins; Mikołaj Krzysztof Wawrzyniak; Ewa Marzena Kalemba; et al. Plant Cell Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC) 2023. doi:10.1007/s11240-023-02656-7

Other claims from this paper (9)

Development, reproduction & morphology 26

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Suppressing ZmPgb1.1 compromised the events sustaining QC and root meristem functionality under low oxygen.

Treatment
suppressing ZmPgb1.1e0
Gene
ZmPgb1.1e0
Outcome
functionality of the QC and root meristemse0
Direction
compromisede0

Not reportedTaxonComparator

Verbatim

e0

“These events, compromised in QCs suppressing ZmPgb1.1, ensure the functionality of the QC and root meristems under conditions of low oxygen”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 930–1069

Title

Stem cell fate in hypoxic root apical meristems is influenced by phytoglobin expression

Mohammed M Mira; Eman A El-Khateeb; Reda M Gaafar; et al. Journal of Experimental Botany 2019. doi:10.1093/jxb/erz410

Other claims from this paper (5)
Observationobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Without exogenous auxins and activated charcoal, oak plantlets had weak root development and reduced functionality.

Taxon
Quercus roburQuercus roburt0
Treatment
without exogenous auxins and ACe0
Outcome
weak root development, reduced functionalitye0

Not reportedDirection

Verbatim

e0

“Plantlets grown without exogenous auxins and AC displayed weak root development, reduced functionality, lower photosynthetic pigments, and elevated starch and free IAA content”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 412–587
t0

“Quercus robur”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 20–33

Title

In vitro rooting of Quercus robur, activated charcoal vs. exogenous auxin: a morphophysiological approach

João Paulo Rodrigues Martins; Mikołaj Krzysztof Wawrzyniak; Ewa Marzena Kalemba; et al. Plant Cell Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC) 2023. doi:10.1007/s11240-023-02656-7

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Method / resourceobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

GiA Roots is extensible: an end-user can add functionality to estimate novel RSA traits.

Outcome
GiA Roots is extensiblee0

Not reportedComparator

Verbatim

e0

“GiA Roots is extensible and an end-user can add functionality so that GiA Roots can estimate novel RSA traits”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1407–1516

Title

GiA Roots: software for the high throughput analysis of plant root system architecture

Taras Galkovskyi; Yuriy Mileyko; Alexander Bucksch; et al. BMC Plant Biology 2012. doi:10.1186/1471-2229-12-116

Other claims from this paper (4)

Ecology, evolution & diversity 26

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Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Symbiotic NIN proteins acquired nitrate-independent functionality.

Taxon
legumese1
Gene
NIN proteinse0
Outcome
nitrate independent functionalitye0

Verbatim

e0

“symbiotic NIN proteins were optimized for their role in symbiosis by acquiring nitrate independent functionality”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 643–755
t0

“root nodule symbiosis”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 59–80
e1

“Nitrogen-fixing nodule symbiosis is an ecologically and economically important trait in legumes and some related species”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 0–120

Title

Ancestral functionality and symbiotic refinement of NIN in root nodule symbiosis

Jieyu Liu; Siqi Yan; Min Li; et al. Nature Communications 2026. doi:10.1038/s41467-026-71330-1

Other claims from this paper (5)
Associationobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

In multispecies forest plots, predicted bacterial plant-growth functionality declined with increasing root functional dispersion.

Taxon
treee1
Organ / stage
rootse0
Interactor
BacteriaBacteriae2symbiont
Outcome
bacterial functionality linked to plant growth activitiese0
Direction
declinede0
Setting
multispecies forest plotse0

Verbatim

e0

“In multispecies forest plots, the bacterial functionality linked to plant growth activities declined with the increasing functional dispersion of the roots.”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 791–947
e1

“tree growth and fitness”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 320–343
e2

“Bacteria are among the key plant growth-promoting microorganisms”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 242–306

Title

Low root functional dispersion enhances functionality of plant growth by influencing bacterial activities in European forest soils

Luis Daniel Prada‐Salcedo; Janna Wambsganss; Jürgen Bauhus; et al. Environmental Microbiology 2020. doi:10.1111/1462-2920.15244

Other claims from this paper (6)
Associationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Abundant bacterial operational taxonomic units were decoupled from bacterial functionality.

Taxon
treee1
Interactor
BacteriaBacteriae2symbiont
Outcome
bacterial functionalitye0

Not reportedDirection

Verbatim

e0

“enriched abundant bacterial operational taxonomic units are decoupled from bacterial functionality.”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 975–1074
e1

“tree growth and fitness”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 320–343
e2

“Bacteria are among the key plant growth-promoting microorganisms”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 242–306

Title

Low root functional dispersion enhances functionality of plant growth by influencing bacterial activities in European forest soils

Luis Daniel Prada‐Salcedo; Janna Wambsganss; Jürgen Bauhus; et al. Environmental Microbiology 2020. doi:10.1111/1462-2920.15244

Other claims from this paper (6)

Methods & resources 10

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Method / resourceobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Genome-wide WGCNA identified system-level functionality of genes associated with specific root traits.

Taxon
maizeZea mayst0
Outcome
system‐level functionality of genes associated with specific root traitse0

Not reportedComparatorValue

Verbatim

t0

“maize”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 144–149
e0

“Genome‐wide WGCNA identified system‐level functionality of genes associated with specific root traits”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1374–1475

Title

Multivariate analyses of root phenotype and dynamic transcriptome underscore valuable root traits and water‐deficit responsive gene networks in maize

Xia Zhang; Junling Pang; Xuhui Ma; et al. Plant Direct 2019. doi:10.1002/pld3.130

Other claims from this paper (8)
Method / resourceauthor interpretationoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

RootDS provides greater functionality in disease score data sets and alternative image sets for RSML.

Taxon
common beanPhaseolus vulgarise1
Interactor
Fusarium root rote1pathogen
Outcome
greater functionality in disease score data setse0
Direction
greatere0

Not reportedComparatorValue

Verbatim

e0

“the RootDS pipeline provides greater functionality in disease score data sets and provides an alternative method for generating image sets for use in available RSML software.”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1215–1389
e1

“We tested the pipeline in common bean inoculated with Fusarium root rot.”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 900–972

Title

An image‐based technique for automated root disease severity assessment using PlantCV

Logan D. Pierz; Dilyn R. Heslinga; C. Robin Buell; et al. Applications in Plant Sciences 2023. doi:10.1002/aps3.11507

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Method / resourceobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Partial least squares discriminant analysis distinguished cassavas by starch functionality.

Taxon
cassavasManihot esculentae0
Outcome
divergence among the cassavase0
Comparator
starch functionalitye0

Verbatim

e0

“partial least square discriminant analysis, which highlighted the divergence among the cassavas based on starch functionality.”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1113–1239

Title

Assessing variation in physicochemical, structural, and functional properties of root starches from novel Tanzanian cassava (Manihot esculentaCrantz.) landraces

Mariam K. Mtunguja; Maysaya Thitisaksakul; Yasinta C. Muzanila; et al. Starch - Stärke 2015. doi:10.1002/star.201500179

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