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Mechanismauthor interpretationoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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Osmotic adjustment was presented as the cause of the smaller decrease in relative water content.

Taxon: Eucalyptus urophyllaEucalyptus urophyllat0
Outcome: relative water contente0
Qualifier: osmotic adjustmente0

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“relative water content had a less decrease, due to osmotic adjustment”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1016–1085

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“Eucalyptus urophylla”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 27–47

Title

Physiological responses of Eucalyptus urophylla young plants treated with biostimulant under water deficit

Rayka Kristian Alves Santos; Paulo Araquém Ramos Cairo; Romário Pereira Barbosa; et al. Ciência Florestal 2019. doi:10.5902/1980509826206

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Intervention effect Stimulate® spraying raised net photosynthesis in water-limited Eucalyptus plants.
Intervention effect Stimulate® spraying lessened the decrease in relative water content under water limitation.
Intervention effect Stimulate® spraying produced greater plant height under water deficit.
Intervention effect Stimulate® spraying produced longer main roots under water deficit.
Recommendation The authors recommend Stimulate® as a viable option to mitigate physiological effects of water stress in young Eucalyptus.

Mechanismobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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Fennel osmoregulation prevented a sharp fall in relative water content.

Taxon: fennelAnethum foeniculume0
Outcome: relative water contente0
Qualifier: active osmoregulatione0

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“fennel exhibited active osmoregulation which prevented a sharp decrease in relative water content”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 353–450

Title

Assessing photosynthetic performance of fennel (Foeniculum vulgare Mill) influenced by plant growth regulators and drought stress imposed at vegetative and reproductive stages

Ghasem Parmoon; Ali Ebadi; Soodabeh Jahanbakhsh; et al. Italian Journal of Agronomy 2019. doi:10.4081/ija.2019.1319

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Observation Fennel maintained high chlorophyll index, photosynthesis and transpiration under mild stress.
Intervention effect Severe stress reduced leaf chlorophyll index by 22%.
Intervention effect Severe stress reduced net photosynthesis by 24%.
Intervention effect Severe stress reduced transpiration by 50%.
Intervention effect Drought increased chlorophyll a fluorescence.
Intervention effect Severe vegetative stage drought increased Vk and Wk by 44%.
Intervention effect Severe flowering stage drought increased Vk and Wk by 34%.
Mechanism Elevated Vk and Wk indicated failure of water splitting in PSII.
Intervention effect Vegetative drought increased VJ by 16%.
Intervention effect Vegetative drought increased VI by 22%.
Intervention effect Reproductive drought increased VJ by 19%.
Intervention effect Reproductive drought increased VI by 30%.
Intervention effect PGRs reduced VJ, VI, Vk and Wk.
Intervention effect Three PGRs stimulated biomass production to about 1.6 fold control.
Association PGR effects were mainly independent of drought level.

Mechanismauthor interpretationoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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Potassium-induced increases in relative water content and membrane stability were interpreted as protective against salt stress.

Taxon: cottonGossypium hirsutumt0
Treatment: Ke0
Outcome: protective mechanisms against NaCl stresse0
Qualifier: relative water content and membrane stability indexe0

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“In conclusion, K-induced decrease in Na + , increase in Ca 2+ , K + , K + : Na + ratio, relative water content and membrane stability index provide protective mechanisms against NaCl stress.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1861–2051

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“cotton”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 90–96

Title

Ameliorative effects of potassium nutrition on yield and fiber quality characteristics of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) under NaCl stress

Muhammad Ashraf; Sher Muhammad Shahzad; Muhammad Imtiaz; et al. Soil & Environment 2017. doi:10.25252/se/17/31054

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Intervention effect NaCl significantly increased shoot sodium and chloride.
Intervention effect NaCl decreased shoot potassium, potassium:sodium ratio and calcium.
Intervention effect NaCl decreased shoot magnesium.
Intervention effect Increasing external NaCl significantly reduced plant growth, yield and fiber quality.
Intervention effect Additional potassium reduced shoot sodium under both salt levels.
Intervention effect Additional potassium increased shoot potassium, calcium and magnesium.
Intervention effect Additional potassium improved plant growth, yield attributes and fiber quality at both salt levels.
Intervention effect K 50 improved the shoot potassium:sodium ratio by 116% at NaCl 100.
Intervention effect K 100 improved the shoot potassium:sodium ratio by 246% at NaCl 100.
Intervention effect K 50 improved the shoot potassium:sodium ratio by 188% at NaCl 180.
Intervention effect K 100 improved the shoot potassium:sodium ratio by 294% at NaCl 180.
Intervention effect K 50 improved lint yield by 38.27% at NaCl 100.
Intervention effect K 100 improved lint yield by 60.49% at NaCl 100.
Intervention effect K 50 improved lint yield by 75.12% at NaCl 180.
Intervention effect K 100 improved lint yield by 136% at NaCl 180.
Intervention effect Higher potassium application gave more prominent amelioration at both salt levels.
Mechanism Potassium-induced ion balance changes were interpreted as protective mechanisms against salt stress.
Recommendation The authors recommend field confirmation and evaluation of economic feasibility.

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Declining relative water content partly explained the fall in leaf osmotic potential.

Taxon: apricotPrunus armeniacat0
Outcome: leaf osmotic potentiale0
Qualifier: decrease in relative water contente0

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“fall in leaf osmotic potential was partly accounted for by a decrease in relative water content”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 683–778

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“APRICOT LEAVES”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 69–83

Title

SEASONAL AND DIURNAL CHANGES IN ABSCISIC ACID AND WATER RELATIONS OF APRICOT LEAVES (PRUNUS ARMENIACA L.)

B. R. LOVEYS; S. P. ROBINSON; W. J. S. DOWNTON New Phytologist 1987. doi:10.1111/j.1469-8137.1987.tb04878.x

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Observation Diurnal changes in conductance and foliar ABA were small.
Observation Xylem sap ABA content was low, at 0·3 to 0·9 × 10 −4 mol m −3.
Mechanism That sap ABA concentration was too low to affect stomatal conductance.
Mechanism Xylem uptake could account for diurnal and some seasonal changes in leaf ABA.
Observation Water potential fell over the growing season.
Association Turgor stayed high as leaf osmotic potential fell.
Observation Solute accumulated between December and March.
Mechanism Sorbitol chiefly accounted for the solute increase.
Observation Capacity to synthesize ABA under zero turgor declined from November to March.
Observation Capacity to synthesize ABA under zero turgor partly recovered in April.
Mechanism ABA appears relatively unimportant for controlling stomatal conductance.

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Volume preservation of the chlorenchyma stabilized photosynthesis, which was less inhibited by a given decrease in leaf relative water content than in nonsucculent leaves.

Taxon: Peperomia magnoliaefoliaPeperomia magnoliifoliat0
Organ / stage: chlorenchymae0
Outcome: photosynthesise0
Direction: less inhibitede0
Qualifier: volume preservation of the chlorenchymae0
Comparator: nonsucculent leavese0

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“Peperomia magnoliaefolia”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 36–60

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“The observed volume preservation of the chlorenchyma stabilized photosynthesis of Peperomia magnoliaefolia (Jac) leaves, which was less inhibited by a given decrease of the relative water content of the whole leaves than in nonsucculent leaves”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 850–1093

Title

Response of the Succulent Leaves of Peperomia magnoliaefolia to Dehydration

Jutta E. Schmidt; Werner M. Kaiser PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 1987. doi:10.1104/pp.83.1.190

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Low humidity induced decrease of water content, which stimulated loss of chlorophyll in rice leaves.

Taxon: RiceOryza sativat0
Treatment: low humiditye0
Outcome: loss of chlorophylle0
Qualifier: decrease of water contente0

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“Rice Plant”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 96–106

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“low humidity induced the decrease of water content, which stimulated the loss of chlorophyll (leaf senescence)”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 874–984

Title

Studies on the Effects of Relative Humidity of the Atmosphere upon the Growth and Physiology of Rice Plant : V. Influence of humidity on senescence of rice plant leaves

Gen-ichi HIRAI; Osamu TANAKA; Makoto TAKAHASHI; et al. Japanese Journal of Crop Science 1985. doi:10.1626/jcs.54.146

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Intervention effect Chlorophyll content of the third leaf decreased faster under low humidity than under high humidity.
Intervention effect Rice plants grown under low humidity had lower water content than those under high humidity.
Association Decrease of water content in rice leaves was followed by decrease of chlorophyll content.
Intervention effect High humidity increased the leaf area of rice plants.
Intervention effect High humidity accelerated leaf emergence in rice plants.
Mechanism Products of photosynthesis in the third leaf were necessary for young leaf emergence.
Association More materials translocated from the third leaf were associated with faster senescence of that leaf.
Intervention effect High humidity delayed third-leaf senescence in rice, which the authors link to promoted growth.

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Leaf aging and declining chlorophyll and absorbance accompanied a decrease in maize Pn.

Taxon: maizeZea mayse0
Outcome: maize Pne0
Qualifier: leaves would age, and the gradual decrease of chlorophyll relative content and Abe0

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“As the growth period progressed, the leaves would age, and the gradual decrease of chlorophyll relative content and Ab led to a gradual decrease in maize Pn.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1670–1827

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Optimization of water and fertilizer management on the intercropping system between maize and mung bean to improve photosynthetic characteristics & water use and to increase plant yield

Mengfan Gao; Xinxin Wang; Renqiang Chen; et al. Frontiers in Plant Science 2025. doi:10.3389/fpls.2025.1597198

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Observation Maize leaf area index and chlorophyll content rose then fell with emergence time.
Observation Mung bean leaf area index and chlorophyll content rose then fell with emergence time.
Intervention effect Organic fertilizer raised maize leaf area index by 5.99%–36.70%.
Intervention effect Organic fertilizer raised mung bean leaf area index by 27.43%–28.72%.
Intervention effect Organic fertilizer raised maize chlorophyll content by 2.31%–3.47%.
Intervention effect Organic fertilizer raised mung bean chlorophyll content by 4.59%–4.63%.
Intervention effect Irrigation treatment raised maize leaf area index by 9.73%–33.42% versus I 0.
Intervention effect Irrigation treatment raised mung bean leaf area index by 6.60%–17.39% versus I 0.
Intervention effect Irrigation treatment raised maize chlorophyll content by 2.75%–12.68% versus I 0.
Intervention effect Irrigation treatment raised mung bean chlorophyll content by 4.14%–9.12% versus I 0.
Observation Gas exchange and absorbance first rose and then fell over emergence time in maize and mung bean.
Observation Maize net photosynthetic rate increased by 5.04%–47.12%.
Observation Mung bean net photosynthetic rate increased by 11.29%–26.60%.
Association Maize Pn correlated strongly with chlorophyll content and absorbance.
Observation Three-dimensional Pn curves with chlorophyll content and absorbance were S-shaped.
Association Crop water use efficiency rose then fell with increasing irrigation volume.
Intervention effect Organic fertilizer significantly improved water use efficiency in the intercrop.
Recommendation Authors conclude combined organic fertilizer and irrigation can improve grain output and quality.

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Gelrite induced more closed stomata in walnut explants, which reduced transpiration.

Taxon: walnute0
Treatment: Gelritee1
Outcome: reduction in Ee1
Qualifier: more closed stomatae1

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“Compared with the medium containing Agar, adding Gelrite to the DKW medium caused a decrease in E and an increase in relative leaf water content (RWC) of the walnut explant's leaves during desiccation”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1196–1396

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“Gelrite induced generation of more closed stomata leading to a reduction in E”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1398–1475

Title

Stomatal Morphology and Desiccation Response of Persian Walnut Tissue Culture Plantlets Influenced by the Gelling Agent of In Vitro Culture Medium

Zeinab Asayesh; Sasan Aliniaeifard; Kourosh Vahdati DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) 2021. doi:10.22034/jon.2021.1922749.1105

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Intervention effect Adding Gelrite instead of Agar decreased transpiration rate of walnut explants during desiccation.
Intervention effect Adding Gelrite instead of Agar increased relative leaf water content of walnut explants during desiccation.
Intervention effect Agar and Gelrite caused no considerable changes in morpho-physiological characteristics of walnut explants.

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Oxidative processes are attributed to violation of cell membrane integrity in drying-stressed Conference pear leaves

Taxon: pearPyrus communise4
Outcome: violation of the integrity of cell membranese2
Qualifier: development of oxidative processese2

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“After a short drying period, this variety was characterized by a sharp increase in the electrolyte leakage to ~36 % on the background of a significant decrease in the relative water content in the leaves (71–73 %), due to the development of oxidative processes, leading to a violation of the integrity of cell membranes”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1057–1376

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“An experiment on artificially drying freshly harvested pear leaves at constant room temperature was conducted to amplify the negative effects of summer stressors”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 383–544

Title

Variability of the traits of technological quality of fiber flax varieties flax straw

T. A. Vinogradova; T. A. Kudryashova; N. N. Kozyakova Siberian Herald of Agricultural Science 2023. doi:10.26898/0370-8799-2023-7-5

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Extended mitotic activity progressively reduced the relative frequency of G2 cells.

Taxon: Vicia fabaVicia fabae1
Outcome: relative frequency of G2 cellse0
Direction: decreasee0
Qualifier: extended mitotic activitye0

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“This extended mitotic activity produces a progressive decrease in relative frequency of G2 cells”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 443–539

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“in Vicia faba”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 249–262

Title

Relationship Between DNA Synthesis and Water Content During Ripening ofVicia FabaSeed

Alberto Brunori Caryologia 1967. doi:10.1080/00087114.1967.10796271

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Observation DNA synthesis stopped at 75% cotyledon water content.
Observation Mitotic activity continued above 65% water content.
Observation Some G2 cells had not reached G1 at full ripening.
Observation Reserve accumulation persisted while water content exceeded 55%.
Mechanism The authors infer distinct critical water levels limit the examined ripening processes.

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