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walnut 1

Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

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Fresh fruit weight fell from ripening while dry weight continued to rise more slowly.

Taxon: Walnute1
Outcome: fresh weighte0
Direction: decreasee0

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“fresh weight started to decrease while dry weight continued to increase with a reduced growth rate.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 240–339

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“Walnut (Juglans regia L.) tree fruit”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 9–45

Title

Seasonal dynamics of mineral nutrients by walnut tree fruits

J.B. Drossopoulos; G.G. Kouchaji; D.L. Bouranis Journal of Plant Nutrition 1996. doi:10.1080/01904169609365133

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Observation Fruit fresh and dry weights rose rapidly after endocarp lignification.
Observation Dry fruit weight continued rising at a reduced rate during ripening.
Observation Sperm dry weight increased during rapid sperm growth.
Observation Exocarp and mesocarp dry weight decreased during rapid sperm growth.
Observation Nutrient accumulation per fruit increased across growth.
Observation Fruit N, P and K accumulations declined very late after ripening.
Observation Exocarp and mesocarp N, P, Mg, Fe and Zn rose during slow sperm growth and fell during fast sperm growth.
Observation Exocarp and mesocarp K accumulated until fruit ripening.
Observation Exocarp and mesocarp Ca, Mn and Cu accumulated continuously.
Observation All nutrients in endocarp rose in slow sperm growth and fell during fast growth.
Observation Sperm N, P, Mg and Ca increased during development and dipped late.
Observation Sperm Fe, Mn, Cu and Zn accumulations had no reductions.
Observation Sperm potassium accumulation became restricted as fruit ripened.
Observation Sperm accumulated 98.1% of fruit total nitrogen.
Observation Sperm accumulated 88.2% of fruit phosphorus.
Observation Sperm accumulated 59.2% of fruit magnesium.
Observation Sperm accumulated 81.5% of fruit manganese.
Observation Sperm accumulated 72.3% of fruit zinc.
Observation Estimated mature-fruit nutrient returns included N, P, K, Ca, Mg, Fe and Zn.

watermelons 1

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

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Watermelon shoot dry weight fell over 25% relative to controls.

Taxon: watermelonsCitrullus lanatuse0
Treatment: photoselective filterst0
Outcome: total shoot dry weighte0
Direction: reducede0
Value: over 25%e0
Comparator: control plantse0

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“In watermelons, total shoot dry weight was reduced over 25% compared to the control plants, with a progressive decrease in shoot weight as the dye concentration increased.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 909–1080

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“photoselective filters”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 629–651

Title

217 Plant Height Control by Photoselective Filters

Teresa A. Cerny; Nihal C. Rajapakse; Ryu Oi HortScience 1999. doi:10.21273/hortsci.34.3.479d

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Observation Increasing dye concentration increased FR interception.
Observation Increasing dye concentration decreased photosynthetic photon flux.
Observation Increasing dye concentration raised phytochrome photoequilibrium from 0.72 to 0.82.
Intervention effect Filtered light reduced height in all tested species.
Intervention effect Watermelon had a 50% height reduction under filtered light.
Intervention effect Chrysanthemum had a 20% height reduction under filtered light.
Observation Tomato and peppers had intermediate height responses.
Association Watermelon shoot weight fell progressively as dye concentration increased.
Association Specific stem dry weight decreased gradually with increasing dye concentration.
Intervention effect Specific leaf dry weight declined slightly under filters.
Mechanism Smaller plant size was suggested as the main reason for reduced total dry weight.
Intervention effect Filters reduced the stem share of dry matter from 27% to 18%.
Intervention effect Filters increased the leaf share of dry matter from 73% to 82%.
Method / resource Photoselective filters controlled plant height comparably to chemical growth regulators.
Recommendation A dye concentration causing 25% or 35% light reduction may be optimal for commercial films.

weed species 1

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Associationobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

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In the weed species the reduction under high subsoil B was mostly associated with a decrease in taproot dry weight.

Taxon: weed speciese6
Organ / stage: taproote6
Treatment: high subsoil-extractable Be3
Outcome: taproot dry weighte6
Direction: decreasee6

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“Shoot growth, total water use, and root growth in topsoil of Clipper and Lincoln weed were severely impaired by high subsoil-extractable B”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1668–1806

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“with the reduction in the weed species being mostly associated with a decrease in taproot dry weight”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1856–1956

Title

Whole plant response of crop and weed species to high subsoil boron

Eun-Young Choi; Ann McNeill; David Coventry; et al. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research 2006. doi:10.1071/ar04302

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weigela and potentilla 1

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

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Root dry weight of weigela and potentilla declined as compost levels increased.

Taxon: weigela and potentillaPotentilla Weigelae0
Treatment: Spent Mushroom Compostt0
Outcome: root dry weighte0
Direction: decreaseinferrede0

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“The reverse relationship occurred (all sources) in shoot and root dry weight of privet and root dry weight of weigela and potentilla”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1135–1267

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“Spent Mushroom Compost”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 88–110

Title

Growth and Mineral Nutrient Status of Containerized Woody Species in Media Amended with Spent Mushroom Compost

Calvin Chong; R.A. Cline; D.L. Rinker; et al. Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science 1991. doi:10.21273/jashs.116.2.242

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Intervention effect Most shrubs grew as well as or better in compost-amended media than in bark alone.
Association Initial or prevailing media salts had little or no influence on most shrub growth.
Intervention effect Shoot and root dry weight increased with compost level in dogwood, forsythia, ninebark, rose and weigela.
Intervention effect Shoot dry weight increased with weathered compost level in deutzia and potentilla.
Intervention effect Privet shoot and root dry weight declined as compost levels increased.
Intervention effect Leaf N, P, K, Ca, Mg, Fe, Mn and Zn tended to increase with compost level, though responses varied by species and nutrient.
Observation All shrubs except privet were marketable at harvest regardless of compost source or level.
Intervention effect Privet showed leaf chlorosis in all compost-amended regimes.

wheat and corn 1

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

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Sodium selenite and sodium silicofluoride at the same concentrations decreased seed germination energy and shoot and root dry weight of wheat and corn seedlings.

Taxon: wheat and cornTriticum aestivum Zea mays subsp. mayse6
Treatment: sodium selenite and sodium silicofluoridee5
Outcome: seed germination energy and dry weight of the shoots and roots of seedlingse5
Direction: decreasee5
Qualifier: at the same concentrationse5

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“while sodium selenite and sodium silicofluoride at the same concentrations caused a decrease in seed germination energy and dry weight of the shoots and roots of seedlings”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 896–1067

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“The influence of nanoparticles on wheat and corn seed germination and seedling growth was also studied”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 202–304

Title

Influence of selenium and silicon salts and nanoparticles on the growth of Fusarium avenaceum (Fr.) Sacc. and Bipolaris sorokiniana (Sacc.) Shoem. mycelium and grain seeds germination

A. S. Kurnushko; T. A. Skuratovich; Yu. N. Bekish; et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus Biological Series 2023. doi:10.29235/1029-8940-2023-68-4-332-344

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Intervention effect Nanosilicon at 5–50 mg/l inhibited the growth of Fusarium avenaceum and Bipolaris sorokiniana more than selenium nanoparticles did.
Intervention effect Selenium and silicon nanoparticles inhibited the growth of Fusarium avenaceum and Bipolaris sorokiniana.
Intervention effect Fusarium avenaceum was more resistant to nanoselenium and sodium selenite than Bipolaris sorokiniana.
Intervention effect Nanoparticles had practically no effect on seed germination and on the growth of wheat and corn seedlings.

wheat-barley- pearl millet-corn-broad bean 1

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultsignificant (as stated)measured

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Seed storage significantly decreased germinated seed dry weight loss.

Taxon: wheat-barley- pearl millet-corn-broad beane1
Treatment: Seed storagee0
Outcome: percentage of dry weight loss of germinated seedse0
Direction: decreasee0

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“Seed storage led to a significant decrease in the percentage of dry weight loss of germinated seeds (remnants of germinated seeds at the end of the germination period)”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 2012–2179

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“some crops”
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“some crops”
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“the seeds of wheat-barley- pearl millet-corn-broad bean were used”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 908–973

Title

Physiological studies on the stored seeds for some crops

Zeinab D. Almarid Fayoum Journal of Agricultural Research and Development /Fayoum Journal of Agricultural Research and Development 2021. doi:10.21608/fjard.2021.194861

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Association Longer storage delayed root emergence and decreased germination capacity across the studied crop seeds.
Association Seed quality and vigour indicators decreased as storage duration increased.
Association Epicotyl and root fresh and dry weight were inversely related to storage duration.
Intervention effect Storage significantly decreased epicotyl and root length.
Observation Root length was affected more than epicotyl length.
Association Stored seeds took up significantly less water as storage time increased.
Association Leachate electrical conductivity was inversely proportional to seed vitality.
Recommendation The authors recommend further research on chemical changes related to seed viability loss during open storage.

wheat, chickpea, and canola 1

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Associationobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

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Diuron phytotoxicity was higher in sand than in loamy sand.

Taxon: wheat, chickpea, and canolaCicer arietinum Triticum aestivumBrassica napus var. napust0
Treatment: diurone2
Outcome: phytotoxicitye2
Direction: highere2
Comparator: loamy sande2
Setting: in sande2

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“wheat, chickpea, and canola”
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“Diuron exhibits higher phytotoxicity in sand compared to loamy sand, with ED50 values (which is the dose at which diuron causes a 50% decrease in plant growth) of 0.03 mg kg-1 and 0.07 mg kg-1 for canola shoot biomass inhibition and 0.01 mg kg-1 and 0.06 mg kg-1 for root dry weight reduction, respectively”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 689–995

Title

Phytotoxicity risk assessment of diuron residues in sands on wheat, chickpea, and canola

Win Win Pyone; Richard W. Bell; Michael T. Rose; et al. PLoS ONE 2024. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0306865

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white and annual clovers 1

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Associationobservedoriginal resultno effectnot significant (as stated)measured

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Nematode exposure did not significantly decrease root and shoot dry weight in subterranean clover cv Denmark.

Taxon: white and annual cloverst0
Interactor: nematodesNematodae0pest
Outcome: plant root and shoot dry weighte0
Direction: no significant decreasee0

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“no significant decrease in plant root and shoot dry weight when exposed to nematodes”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1018–1102

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“white and annual clovers”
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Title

Effects of invertebrate pests on white and annual clovers in dryland soil

T.M. Eden; P.J. Gerard; D.J. Wilson; et al. Proceedings of the New Zealand Weed Control Conference 2010. doi:10.30843/nzpp.2010.63.6574

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Association White clover was more susceptible to pests than annual clovers.
Association Slugs significantly reduced white clover seedling survival.
Association Clover root weevil significantly reduced white clover seedling survival.
Association Clover cyst nematode significantly reduced white clover growth.
Association Subterranean clover cv Denmark was least affected by pests.
Association Slug exposure did not significantly reduce survival in subterranean clover cv Denmark.

white ash 1

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

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Increasing paraquat rates tended to lower dry weight and stem height of noninoculated white ash seedlings.

Taxon: white ashFraxinus americanae0
Treatment: increases in rates of paraquat appliede0
Outcome: total dry weight and stem heighte0
Direction: decreasee0
Qualifier: noninoculatede0

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“For noninoculated white ash (Fraxinus americana L.) seedlings, total dry weight and stem height tended to decrease with increases in rates of paraquat applied.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 467–626

Title

Paraquat influences development and efficacy of the mycorrhizal fungus Glomus fasciculatus

P. E. Pope; H. A. Holt Canadian Journal of Botany 1981. doi:10.1139/b81-072

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Intervention effect The 2 kg/ha paraquat treatment reduced mycorrhizal hyphae relative to the control and lower dose.
Intervention effect The 2 kg/ha paraquat treatment reduced vesicle numbers.
Intervention effect The 2 kg/ha paraquat treatment reduced chlamydospore numbers.
Intervention effect The 0.5 kg/ha paraquat treatment tended to increase mycorrhizal hyphae.
Intervention effect The 0.5 kg/ha paraquat treatment increased chlamydospore production.
Observation In inoculated seedlings, height tended to be greatest at 0.5 kg/ha paraquat, then control, then 2 kg/ha.
Observation In inoculated seedlings, foliar P concentration tended to be greatest at 0.5 kg/ha paraquat, then control, then 2 kg/ha.
Association Mycorrhizal hyphae amount correlated with seedling height, diameter, dry weight, and foliar P percentage.

wild barley Hordeum vulgare ssp. spontaneum 1

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

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Salinity decreased the other measured growth, water, survival, ion and chlorophyll fluorescence traits.

Taxon: wild barley Hordeum vulgare ssp. spontaneumHordeum vulgare subsp. spontaneumt0
Treatment: Salinity stresse0
Outcome: other traitse0
Direction: decreasee0

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“Shoot and root dry weight (DW), plant height, membrane stability index (MSI), relative water content, survival rate, leaf malondialdehyde (MDA) and proline contents, root and leaf Na, K, Ca and K/Na ratio, and chlorophyll a fluorescence were measured. Salinity stress caused significant increase in the MDA, proline content, Na and Ca concentrations of the roots and leaves, but resulted in a decrease in the other trait…” Show full quote
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“wild barley Hordeum vulgare ssp. spontaneum”
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Title

Salinity tolerance of wild barley Hordeum vulgare ssp. spontaneum

Fatemeh Ebrahim; Ahmad Arzani; Mehdi Rahimmalek; et al. Plant Breeding 2019. doi:10.1111/pbr.12770

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walnut 1

watermelons 1

weed species 1

weigela and potentilla 1

wheat and corn 1

wheat-barley- pearl millet-corn-broad bean 1

wheat, chickpea, and canola 1

white and annual clovers 1

white ash 1

wild barley Hordeum vulgare ssp. spontaneum 1