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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativesignificant (as stated)measured

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Drought treatments significantly decreased soil water content, leaf water potential, and leaf relative water content.

Taxon: Macroptilium bracteatumMacroptilium bracteatumt0
Treatment: Drought treatments (M2 and M3)e0
Outcome: soil water content, leaf water potential, leaf relative water contente0
Direction: decreasee0

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“Macroptilium bracteatum”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 51–74

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“Drought treatments (M2 and M3) significantly (P < 0.05) decrease soil water content, leaf water potential, leaf relative water content”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 639–773

Title

Physiological Adaptation and Biomass Production of Macroptilium bracteatum Inoculated with AMF in Drought Condition

S Sowmen; L Abdullah; P D M H Karti; et al. Media Peternakan 2012. doi:10.5398/medpet.2012.35.2.133

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Intervention effect Drought treatments significantly increased leaf proline content.
Intervention effect AMF plus watering differed significantly in root dry weight from no AMF plus watering, no AMF plus drought, and AMF plus drought.
Intervention effect Leaf water soluble carbohydrate differed significantly between M0 and M2 versus M1 and M3.
Recommendation The authors conclude mycorrhizal inoculation is more effective under drought stress.
Mechanism The authors attribute drought resistance to proline accumulation.
Recommendation The authors propose proline as an indicator of drought resistance in leguminous plants.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativesignificant (as stated)measured

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Drought significantly decreased maize relative water content.

Taxon: Zea maysZea mayst0
Treatment: drought conditione0
Outcome: relative water content (RWC)e0
Direction: decreasee0

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“drought condition caused a significant decrease in biomass, total chlorophyll, relative water content (RWC) of the plant”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 863–983

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“Zea mays seedlings”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 49–67

Title

Simulated drought influences oxidative stress in Zea mays seedlings

E.N Iwuala; R.N. Kanu; A.A Ajiboye; et al. Bayero Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences 2016. doi:10.4314/bajopas.v9i1.29

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Intervention effect Drought significantly decreased maize biomass.
Intervention effect Drought significantly decreased maize total chlorophyll.
Intervention effect Drought significantly increased maize MDA level.
Intervention effect Drought significantly increased catalase peroxidase activity in maize.
Mechanism The authors conclude that drought impaired plant water absorption.
Mechanism The authors conclude that drought induced oxidative stress in plants.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativesignificant (as stated)measured

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Water stress significantly decreased relative water content and chlorophyll stability index.

Treatment: Water stresse0
Outcome: relative water content, chlorophyll stability indexe0
Direction: decreasee0

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“Water stress was found to decrease significantly in the data of photosynthetic rate, transpiration rate, stomatal conductance, relative water content, chlorophyll stability index”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 642–820

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Brassinolide induced modulation of physiology, growth and yield of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) under water stress condition

Suman Dhayal; DL Bagdi; BL Kakralya; et al. Crop Research 2012

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Intervention effect Water stress significantly decreased photosynthetic rate, transpiration rate and stomatal conductance.
Intervention effect Water stress significantly decreased leaf area, leaf dry weight and plant height.
Intervention effect Water stress significantly decreased spikes per plant, grains per ear and test weight.
Intervention effect Water stress significantly decreased grain yield.
Intervention effect Brassinolide significantly increased the measured physiological, growth and yield parameters in both wheat cultivars through 1.5 ppm.
Association The measured physiological, growth and yield variables were positively correlated with grain yield.

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativesignificant (as stated)measured

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Drought-stressed alfalfa plants showed a significant decrease in relative water content of 7.45%.

Taxon: alfalfaMedicago sativae0
Treatment: drought-stressede0
Outcome: relative water contente0
Direction: decreasee0
Value: 7.45%e0

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“In drought-stressed alfalfa plants, we observed a significant decrease in the relative water content (7.45%)”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 949–1057

Title

Phosphate-Solubilizing Enterobacter ludwigii AFFR02 and Bacillus megaterium Mj1212 Rescues Alfalfa’s Growth under Post-Drought Stress

Sang-Mo Kang; Muhammad-Aaqil Khan; Muhammad Hamayun; et al. Agriculture 2021. doi:10.3390/agriculture11060485

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Intervention effect Drought stress decreased alfalfa shoot length by 24.88%.
Intervention effect Drought stress decreased alfalfa root length by 29.62%.
Intervention effect Drought stress decreased alfalfa shoot fresh weight by 49.62%.
Intervention effect Drought stress decreased alfalfa root fresh weight by 45.09%.
Intervention effect Drought stress decreased alfalfa stalk diameter by 52.84%.
Intervention effect Drought stress decreased alfalfa chlorophyll content by 19.2%.
Intervention effect Bacterial inoculation significantly recovered alfalfa shoot length by 12.42% under drought stress.
Intervention effect Bacterial inoculation significantly recovered alfalfa root length by 21.30% under drought stress.
Intervention effect Bacterial inoculation significantly recovered alfalfa shoot fresh weight by 50.74% under drought stress.
Intervention effect Bacterial inoculation significantly recovered alfalfa root fresh weight by 46.42% under drought stress.
Intervention effect Bacterial inoculation significantly recovered alfalfa stalk diameter by 76.72% under drought stress.
Intervention effect Bacterial inoculation significantly recovered alfalfa chlorophyll content by 17.98% under drought stress.
Intervention effect Drought-stressed alfalfa plants showed an increase in electrical conductivity of 68.87%.
Intervention effect Drought-stressed alfalfa plants showed an increase in abscisic acid contents of 164.42%.
Intervention effect Total phenolic content (46.08%) and DPPH-scavenging activity (39.66%) increased significantly in alfalfa treated with drought stress and the bacterial isolates.
Intervention effect Total flavonoid (13.68%) and superoxide dismutase (28.51%) increased in alfalfa treated with drought stress and the bacterial isolates.
Intervention effect Potassium (17.98%) and phosphorous (11.14%) increased in bacteria-inoculated alfalfa plants under drought stress.
Intervention effect Calcium (3.07%) and magnesium (6.71%) increased in bacteria-inoculated alfalfa plants under drought stress.
Recommendation The authors propose that the isolates could be used as potential candidates in smart-climate agricultural practices in drought-stricken areas.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativesignificant (as stated)measured

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Drought-stressed Thymus pannonicus showed a significant decrease in relative water content compared with the control.

Taxon: Thymus pannonicusThymus pannonicuse0
Treatment: drought-stressed treatmentse1
Outcome: relative water contente1
Direction: decreasee1
Comparator: controle1

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“on Thymus pannonicus, a resilient perennial herb native to the Pannonian vegetation region”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 103–193

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“a notable decrease (p < 0.05) in relative water content was seen in drought-stressed treatments compared to the to the control”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 902–1028

Title

Unravelling the impact of drought and salt stresses on Thymus pannonicus: Morpho-physiological and biochemical insights

Karim Etri; Beáta Gosztola; György Végvári; et al. Plant Stress 2024. doi:10.1016/j.stress.2024.100557

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Intervention effect Drought stress at 40% soil water capacity notably reduced shoot and root parameters of Thymus pannonicus.
Intervention effect Salt treatment at 60 mM NaCl had a minimal impact on growth of Thymus pannonicus.
Observation Photosynthetic pigment composition of Thymus pannonicus was stable across all treatments.
Intervention effect Essential oil content of Thymus pannonicus declined under drought stress, to 0.49 ml/100g DW.
Intervention effect Essential oil content of Thymus pannonicus declined under combined drought and salt stress, to 0.53 ml/100g DW.
Intervention effect Thymol and carvacrol content of Thymus pannonicus decreased significantly under drought-stressed treatments.
Intervention effect Total polyphenol concentration of Thymus pannonicus was substantially reduced under combined stress, to 101.49 mg GAE/g DW.
Intervention effect Antioxidant capacity of Thymus pannonicus was substantially reduced under combined stress, to 106.57 AAE/g DW.
Intervention effect Rosmarinic and caffeic acid levels of Thymus pannonicus were highest under drought stress and lowest under combined stress.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativesignificant (as stated)measured

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Susceptible genotypes had a significant decrease in relative water content under salinity.

Taxon: chickpeaCicer arietinumt0
Material: ICC 249 & ICC 247e0
Treatment: salinity stresst0
Outcome: relative water contente0
Direction: decreasee0

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“significant decrease in total chlorophyll and relative water content in susceptible genotypes (ICC 249 & ICC 247)”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 926–1039

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“Screening and evaluation of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) genotypes for salinity stress tolerance: A biochemical, physiological and yield assessment”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 0–148

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Screening and evaluation of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) genotypes for salinity stress tolerance: A biochemical, physiological and yield assessment

T Aman; J Priyanka; K Rajneesh; et al. Plant Science Today 2025. doi:10.14719/pst.5365

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Observation Traits varied significantly across genotypes.
Intervention effect Susceptible genotypes had a significant decrease in total chlorophyll under salinity.
Observation Tolerant genotypes had significantly smaller declines in chlorophyll and relative water content.
Association Lipid peroxidation increased significantly in tolerant versus sensitive genotypes.
Association Proline content increased significantly in tolerant versus sensitive genotypes.
Association Protein content increased nonsignificantly in tolerant versus sensitive genotypes.
Mechanism The authors attribute higher proline content under salinity to stress related protein production.
Observation ICC5439 and GNG 1581 were classified as highly tolerant.
Observation ICC 6050, ICC 251, ICC 252 and ICC 262 were classified as medium tolerant.
Observation ICC253, ICC 247 and ICC 249 were classified as highly susceptible.
Observation The remaining genotypes were minimally tolerant or sensitive.
Association Trait associations were significant and direct.

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultsignificant (as stated)measured

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Only common bean had a significant decrease in relative water content.

Taxon: Common BeanPhaseolus vulgarist0
Outcome: relative water contente0
Direction: reductione0

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“Significant relative water content reduction was detected only in CB.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1567–1636

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“Common Bean”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 35–46

Title

Breeding for Drought Resistance in Common Bean: In Vitro Assay for Root Osmotic Potential

Mohamed F. Mohamed; Azza A. Tawfik Journal of Crop Improvement 2008. doi:10.1080/15427520802224584

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Observation Unstressed common bean calli had higher osmotic potential and relative growth rate than tepary calli.
Observation Unstressed common bean calli had lower dry matter percentage than tepary calli.
Intervention effect Water stress did not affect measured parameters for common bean leaf callus or tepary leaf and root calli.
Intervention effect Common bean root callus osmotic potential decreased under water stress and remained low after recovery.
Intervention effect Common bean root callus relative growth rate decreased.
Intervention effect Common bean root callus dry matter increased.
Intervention effect Stress significantly reduced leaf, stem and root dry mass and leaf area in both bean types.
Observation Mass reduction was especially high in common bean stem, leaf and root.
Observation Tepary roots penetrated deeper in soil.
Intervention effect Common bean root depth did not significantly change with drought.
Observation Substantial common bean root mass occurred in the upper 10 to 20 cm of soil.
Observation Common bean had higher stomatal conductance and transpiration than tepary under both watering regimes.
Observation Soil moisture near common bean roots was higher than near tepary roots during stress.
Intervention effect Stressed common bean produced no seed yield in the production field.
Intervention effect Stressed tepary retained 60 to 64% of potential dry seed yield.
Recommendation The authors recommend the root osmotic potential assay for common bean drought resistance improvement.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativesignificant (as stated)measured

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Heat reduced relative water content and increased MDA and ion leakage in alfalfa leaves.

Taxon: alfalfaMedicago sativae0
Treatment: heat stresse0
Outcome: relative water contente0
Direction: decreasee0
Comparator: room temperaturee0

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“Compared to seedlings under room temperature,significant decrease of relative water content and increase of MDA content and ion leakage in alfalfa leaves occurred after 2 days of heat stress”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1216–1406

Title

The Effects of Temperature Stress on Photosynthesis and Nitrogen Reduction of Alfalfa and Guyana Stylosanthes

Yiwei Mo 2008

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Intervention effect Heat increased MDA content and ion leakage in alfalfa leaves.
Intervention effect Cold did not significantly change these alfalfa leaf injury indices over five days.
Observation Guyana stylosanthes maintained high water content and low injury indices under heat.
Intervention effect Cold significantly increased MDA and ion leakage in Guyana stylosanthes.
Intervention effect Both temperature stresses increased sugars and sucrose enzyme activities in both legumes, more under cold stress.
Intervention effect Cold and heat decreased starch in both legumes, with the lowest level under cold stress.
Intervention effect Photosynthesis decreased in both legumes under heat and cold.
Intervention effect Alfalfa photosynthesis decreased more under heat than cold.
Intervention effect Guyana stylosanthes photosynthesis decreased more under cold than heat.
Intervention effect Alfalfa fluorescence parameters fell strongly under heat and slightly under cold.
Intervention effect Guyana stylosanthes fluorescence parameters fell strongly under cold, with no heat effect.
Intervention effect Heat greatly decreased chloroplast ATP synthase activity and ATP content in alfalfa.
Intervention effect Cold decreased ATP in Guyana stylosanthes, whereas heat did not.
Intervention effect Both stresses decreased RuBPcase and FBPase activity in both legumes.
Intervention effect Heat greatly decreased nitrogen assimilation enzyme activities in alfalfa leaves.
Intervention effect Cold greatly decreased nitrogen assimilation enzyme activities in Guyana stylosanthes.
Intervention effect Temperature stress accumulated nitrate and ammonium nitrogen in both legumes, with higher levels under heat.
Mechanism Authors attribute nitrate and ammonium accumulation to lower reductase activity.
Mechanism Authors link photosystem II injury to impaired photophosphorylation, ATP supply, photosynthesis and nitrogen assimilation.

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Mulltingia calabura had a significant reduction in relative water content.

Taxon: Mulltingia calaburae0
Outcome: RWCe0
Direction: decreasee0

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“A significant decrease in RWC was noticed in Mulltingia calabura”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 648–712

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Dust pollution monitoring by higher groups of plants near stone quarrying industry - A case study in Narasapura-Kolar District - Karnataka

Pradeep K. Naik; D. Ushamalini; R. Somashekar 2007

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Observation Mulltingia calabura had the maximum dust holding capacity.
Observation Terminalia chebula showed the maximum chlorophyll decrease.
Association Dust pollution varied among plant species with leaf and tree features.

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Water stress decreased leaf area and relative water content in mulberry, with a marked decrease only in severe stress.

Taxon: mulberrye0
Treatment: water stresse0
Outcome: leaf area and relative water contente2
Direction: decreasede2
Qualifier: a marked decrease was observed only in severe stress treatmente2

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“in 3-month-old mulberry plants at four levels of water stress”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 87–148

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“Though leaf area and relative water content decreased, significantly, a marked decrease was observed only in severe stress treatment”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 248–380

Title

CHANGES IN LEAF WATER POTENTIAL, OSMOTIC ADJUSTMENT, AND PROLINE METABOLISM IN MULBERRY DURING WATER STRESS

B.D. Ranjitha Kumari; K. Veeranjaneyulu Israel Journal of Plant Sciences 1996. doi:10.1080/07929978.1996.10676642

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Intervention effect Water stress significantly decreased leaf water potential and osmotic potential in mulberry.
Intervention effect Water stress caused accumulation of total amino acids and proline in roots and leaves of mulberry.
Intervention effect Amino acid accumulation under water stress was greater in leaves than in roots of mulberry.
Intervention effect Proline accumulation under water stress was greater in roots than in leaves of mulberry.
Intervention effect Water stress inhibited the activities of proline dehydrogenase and proline oxidase in mulberry.
Intervention effect Inhibition of proline oxidase under water stress was greater in roots than in leaves of mulberry.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativesignificant (as stated)measured

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Increasing salinity significantly reduced relative water content.

Taxon: alfalfaMedicago sativat0
Treatment: Increased salinitye0
Outcome: relative water contente0
Direction: decreasee0

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“Increased salinity resulted in a significant decrease in shoot and root biomass, relative water content and water potential.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 395–519

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“alfalfa”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 75–82

Title

Effects of salinity and nitrogen source on growth and nitrogen fixation in alfalfa

Rachid Serraj; Jean‐Jacques Drevon Journal of Plant Nutrition 1998. doi:10.1080/01904169809365525

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Intervention effect Increasing salinity significantly reduced alfalfa shoot biomass.
Intervention effect Increasing salinity significantly reduced alfalfa root biomass.
Intervention effect Increasing salinity significantly reduced water potential.
Observation Salt inhibited shoot growth more than root biomass.
Intervention effect Nitrate-fed plants were slightly less affected by salt than nitrogen-fixing plants.
Intervention effect Salt substantially inhibited nitrogenase activity.
Association Inhibition of nitrogenase activity was significantly correlated with inhibition of shoot growth.
Association Inhibition of nitrogenase activity was significantly correlated with total nitrogen contents.
Intervention effect Salt exposure significantly increased critical oxygen pressure of nodules.
Mechanism Salt decreased oxygen diffusion permeability of alfalfa nodules.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativesignificant (as stated)measured

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Under drought, intact yam bean plants had a significant decrease in leaf-relative-water content.

Taxon: yam beant0
Treatment: intact plants (I+D)e0
Outcome: leaf-relative-water content (LRWC)e1
Direction: decreasee0

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“yam bean (Pachyrhizus ahipa (Wedd.) Parodi)”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 47–90

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“a significant decrease was observed in the intact plants (I+D)”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 586–648

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“leaf-relative-water content (LRWC) was maintained in the pruned plants (P+D), a significant decrease was observed in the intact plants (I+D)”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 508–648

Title

Tuber-pod competition and drought responses in yam bean (Pachyrhizus ahipa (Wedd.) Parodi)

Ousmane Diouf; Harold Roy‐Macauley; Daniel Annerose Agritrop (Cirad) 1998

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