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maize 2

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativenot significant (as stated)measured

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Leaf relative water content decreased slightly without significant differences.

Taxon: MaizeZea mayst0
Treatment: Cd Stresst0
Outcome: Leaf relative water contente0
Direction: decreasede0
Qualifier: overall decrease in relative water content was smalle0

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“Leaf relative water content and SPAD values also decreased, but the overall decrease in relative water content was small, and the differences were not significant.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 839–1002

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“Cd Stress on Morphological and Physiological Characteristics of Maize Seedlings”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 11–90

Title

Effects of Cd Stress on Morphological and Physiological Characteristics of Maize Seedlings

Siqing Deng; Yueying Wu; Qingping Zeng; et al. Agronomy 2024. doi:10.3390/agronomy14020379

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Intervention effect Cadmium stress decreased aboveground and belowground biomass.
Intervention effect SPAD values decreased under cadmium stress.
Intervention effect Cadmium stress affected antioxidant enzymes and enhanced lipid peroxidation.
Observation Cadmium content varied greatly among varieties.
Observation Aboveground Cd content was lower than belowground content.
Observation Mo17 had the highest transfer coefficient, 0.33–0.83.
Observation B73 had the lowest transfer coefficient, 0.06–0.44.
Intervention effect Kui3 soluble protein content decreased under cadmium stress.
Intervention effect Soluble sugar was reported to decrease significantly against CK.
Intervention effect Soluble sugar was also reported as higher than CK under cadmium.
Intervention effect Proline content increased in all inbred lines relative to CK.
Observation Maize inbred lines showed significant genotypic differences in Cd response.

Associationobservedoriginal resultnegativenot significant (as stated)measured

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Leaf relative water content decreased with salt, but the decline was not significant.

Taxon: maizeZea mayst0
Treatment: increasing salte0
Outcome: Leaf relative water contente0
Direction: decreasede0

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“Leaf relative water content decreased with increasing salt, but this decrease was not significant.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 859–957

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“maize”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 103–108

Title

Effect of exogenous application of salicylic acid on the growth, photosynthesis and proline content on maize in salt stress

D. Molazem; Ali Bashirzadeh; Maryam Fathollahzadeh Ardabili 2014

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Intervention effect Salinity levels significantly differed for height, chlorophyll a, leaf area index and proline.
Intervention effect Salicylic acid significantly affected chlorophyll a.
Intervention effect Salicylic acid effects on other measured traits were not significant.
Association Plant height declined significantly as soil salt increased.
Intervention effect Minimum height at the third salinity level was 111 cm, without significant difference from 50 mM.
Intervention effect Salinity levels 50 and 100 mM did not significantly differ.
Intervention effect Chlorophyll a was lowest at 100 mM salinity, at 0.2001 mg per g fresh leaf weight.
Association Leaf area decreased with increasing salinity.
Observation Proline was highest in normal conditions at 1.351 mmol per g fresh leaf weight.
Association Chlorophyll a and chlorophyll b correlated positively and significantly.
Association Chlorophyll a and proline had a nonsignificant negative correlation.
Association Leaf area index correlated positively with water content, chlorophyll a and chlorophyll b.

Sinarundinaria nitida 2

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Observationobservedoriginal resultnot significant (as stated)measured

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Stem relative water content did not decrease significantly during the day.

Taxon: Sinarundinaria nitidaFargesia nitidat0
Organ / stage: steme0
Outcome: relative water content (RWC)e0
Direction: did not decreasee0

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“stem relative water content (RWC) and stem hydraulic conductivity (K(s)) of this bamboo species did not decrease significantly during the day”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 362–503

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“Sinarundinaria nitida (Mitford) Nakai”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 246–283

Title

Recovery of diurnal depression of leaf hydraulic conductance in a subtropical woody bamboo species: embolism refilling by nocturnal root pressure

S.-J. Yang; Y.-J. Zhang; M. Sun; et al. Tree Physiology 2012. doi:10.1093/treephys/tps028

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Observationobservedoriginal resultnot significant (as stated)measured

Claim · model-written summary

Stem hydraulic conductivity did not decrease significantly during the day.

Taxon: Sinarundinaria nitidaFargesia nitidat0
Organ / stage: steme0
Outcome: hydraulic conductivity (K(s))e0
Direction: did not decreasee0

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“stem relative water content (RWC) and stem hydraulic conductivity (K(s)) of this bamboo species did not decrease significantly during the day”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 362–503

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“Sinarundinaria nitida (Mitford) Nakai”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 246–283

Title

Recovery of diurnal depression of leaf hydraulic conductance in a subtropical woody bamboo species: embolism refilling by nocturnal root pressure

S.-J. Yang; Y.-J. Zhang; M. Sun; et al. Tree Physiology 2012. doi:10.1093/treephys/tps028

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Acer sp. 1

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultno effectnot significant (as stated)measured

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None of the tested maple species showed a significant decline in leaf relative water content under drought.

Taxon: Acer sp.Acert0
Treatment: one month long summer droughte1
Outcome: leaf relative water contente0
Direction: nonee0

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“none from tested species showed a significant decrease in leaf relative water content indicating stress.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 634–738

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“maples (Acer sp.)”
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“reactions of juvenile plants of eight maple species to one month long summer drought”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 427–511

Title

Screening for drought resistance among ornamental maples (Acer sp.). A field experiment in juvenile plants

Adrián Oravec; Peter Ferus; Dominika Košútová; et al. Dendrobiology 2023. doi:10.12657/denbio.089.004

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Apple (M. pomila) 1

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultno effectnot significant (as stated)measured

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Increasing salt concentration non significantly affected number of leaves and number of roots.

Taxon: Apple (M. pomila)Malus domesticat0
Treatment: increasing salt concentratione0
Outcome: number of leaves and number of rootse0
Direction: non significantly affectede0

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“The results of this work indicate that increasing salt concentration in the nutrient solution leads to: (a) a decline in the stomata conductance (b) the reduction of leaf chlorophyll content (c) to a decrease in leaf water potential and relative water content (d) the reduction of vegetative shoot growth, diameter of stem and trunk width area (e) significantly decrease in the leaf area, leaf expansion rate, leaf fresh…” Show full quote
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1498–2262

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“Apple (M. pomila)”
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Title

Response of Apple (M. pomila) Dwarf Rootstocks To Salinity Stress

Amim Alizadeh; Valida Alizade 2013

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Intervention effect Increasing salt concentration decline stomata conductance.
Intervention effect Increasing salt concentration reduction leaf chlorophyll content.
Intervention effect Increasing salt concentration decrease leaf water potential and relative water content.
Intervention effect Increasing salt concentration reduction vegetative shoot growth, diameter of stem and trunk width area.
Intervention effect Increasing salt concentration decrease leaf area, leaf expansion rate, leaf fresh and dry weight.
Intervention effect Increasing salt concentration increase percentage of dead leaves.
Intervention effect Increasing salt concentration increase root/leaf ratio.
Intervention effect Increasing salt concentration increase proline amino acid and soluble sugars content in leaves.

Cakile maritima 1

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultno effectnot significant (as stated)measured

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Infection by Albugo Candida caused a nonsignificant decrease of relative water content in Cakile maritima.

Taxon: Cakile maritimaCakile maritimae0
Treatment: infectione1
Interactor: Albugo CandidaAlbugo candidae0pathogen
Outcome: relative water contente1
Direction: decreasee1

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“Puccinia lagenophorae, infecting Senecio glaucus and Albugo Candida infecting Cakile maritima during late infection”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 337–452

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“The infection of Senecio caused a significant decrease of relative water content, while the infection of Cakile caused a nonsignificant decrease of the same parameter”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 604–770

Title

Physiological and Biochemical Changes in Host Leaf Tissues Associated with the Growth of Two Biotrophic Fungi Growing in Egypt

Heshmat S. Aldesuquy; Zakaria Baka 1992

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Intervention effect Infection by Puccinia lagenophorae significantly decreased relative water content of Senecio glaucus leaves.
Intervention effect Infected Senecio glaucus leaves had greatly reduced ionic content (Na+, K+, Ca2+).
Intervention effect Infected Cakile maritima leaves had greatly reduced ionic content (Na+, K+, Ca2+).
Intervention effect Pigments (chl a, chl b and carotenoids) decreased in infected Senecio glaucus leaves.
Intervention effect Pigments (chl a, chl b and carotenoids) decreased in infected Cakile maritima leaves.
Intervention effect Carbohydrate content decreased significantly in infected Senecio glaucus leaves.
Intervention effect Carbohydrate content increased in infected Cakile maritima leaves.
Intervention effect Most amino acids decreased in infected Senecio glaucus leaves after infection by the two pathogens.
Intervention effect Most amino acids decreased in infected Cakile maritima leaves after infection by the two pathogens.
Intervention effect Phenylalanine and histidine increased in infected Senecio glaucus leaves.
Intervention effect Glycine, alanine, methionine and histidine increased in infected Cakile maritima leaves.

chili pepper 1

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultno effectnot significant (as stated)measured

Claim · model-written summary

Specific leaf water content did not significantly decrease during drought stress.

Taxon: chili pepperCapsicumt0
Treatment: drought stresse0
Outcome: SLWCe0
Direction: did not significantly decreasee0

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“chili pepper (Capsicum annuum L.)”
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“SLFW and SLWC did not significantly decrease during drought stress period.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1290–1364

Title

Relative leaf expansion rate and other leaf-related indicators for detection of drought stress in chili pepper (Capsicum annuum L.).

Laily Ilman Widuri; Benyamin Lakitan; Mery Hasmeda; et al. Australian Journal of Crop Science 2017. doi:10.21475/ajcs.17.11.12.pne800

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Observation Relative leaf expansion rate varied mainly with the day-night cycle rather than gradual drought.
Intervention effect Specific leaf fresh weight did not significantly decrease during drought stress.
Intervention effect Drought stress significantly inhibited total leaf area.
Intervention effect Chili pepper recovered after four days of drought stress.
Intervention effect Chili pepper did not recover after eight days or longer of drought stress.

Lactuca sativa L. 1

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultno effectnot significant (as stated)measured

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Cadmium caused no reliable difference in cellular juice concentration in red Lolo Ross lettuce.

Taxon: Lactuca sativa L.Lactuca sativae0
Material: red Lolo Rosse2
Treatment: cadmium ionse0
Outcome: concentration of cell juicee3
Direction: absence of a reliable differencee3

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“the effect of cadmium ions on the water exchange parameters in green Lolo and red Lolo Ross varieties of Lactuca sativa L.”
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“the water deficit decrease, an increase in the parameters of relative turgescence and free water content to the fourteenth day of exposure was noted for the red Lolo Ross variety”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 976–1154

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“the absence of a reliable difference in the parameter of the concentration of cell juice”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1165–1253

Title

Water exchange parameters of lettuce plants under the action of cadmium ions

I. Khomenk; O. Kosyk; N. Taran Bulletin of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv Series “Psychology” 2018. doi:10.17721/1728_2748.2018.76.20-25

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Intervention effect Cadmium increased the water deficit of green Lolo lettuce compared with control.
Intervention effect Cadmium reduced relative turgescence, free water content and cellular juice concentration in green Lolo lettuce compared with control.
Intervention effect Cadmium decreased the water deficit of red Lolo Ross lettuce by the fourteenth day of exposure.
Intervention effect Cadmium increased relative turgescence and free water content in red Lolo Ross lettuce by the fourteenth day of exposure.
Intervention effect Cadmium increased xeromorphism of leaf blades in green Lolo lettuce.
Intervention effect Cadmium increased xeromorphism of leaf blades in red Lolo Ross lettuce.
Intervention effect Cadmium increased stomata density in green Lolo lettuce.
Intervention effect Cadmium increased stomata density in red Lolo Ross lettuce.
Observation In Lolo lettuce most stomata were locked in, unlike the Ross variety.
Observation Red Lolo Ross lettuce has higher adaptive capacity to cadmium than Lolo, according to the authors.

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivenot significant (as stated)measured

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Inoculation prevented significant loss of leaf relative water content under simulated stress.

Treatment: inoculated plantse0
Outcome: relative water content of leavese0
Direction: neither a significant decreasee0
Comparator: uninoculated onese0

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“neither a significant decrease in the relative water content of leaves nor a strong inhibition of acetylene reduction was observed for inoculated plants compared to the uninoculated ones”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 620–806

Title

The endophyte Klebsiella pasteurii BDA134-6 isolated from African rice colonizes durum wheat plants helping them cope with water shortage stress

Maria Laura Amenta; Stefano Varriale; Salvatore Arbucci; et al. Scientific Reports 2025. doi:10.1038/s41598-025-13827-1

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Observation Klebsiella pasteurii BDA134-6 colonized Primadur wheat.
Intervention effect Inoculated Primadur had improved response to water shortage.
Intervention effect Inoculation prevented strong inhibition of acetylene reduction under simulated stress.
Intervention effect Inoculated stressed plants increased glutathione reductase activity up to 38%.
Intervention effect Inoculated stressed plants increased superoxide dismutase activity up to 191%.
Intervention effect Inoculated stressed plants had threefold higher proline content.
Intervention effect Inoculated stressed plants reduced hydrogen peroxide accumulation up to 50%.
Intervention effect Inoculated stressed plants showed no significant lipid peroxidation alteration.
Intervention effect Inoculated stressed plants showed no significant leaf senescence alteration.

pea 1

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultno effectnot significant (as stated)measured

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At 100% relative humidity, chilling caused no significant fall in leaf soluble protein.

Taxon: peaLathyrus oleraceuse1
Treatment: chilled at 5°C, 100% r.h.e0
Outcome: leaf soluble proteine0
Direction: no significant decreasee0

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“When plants of each species were chilled at 5°C, 100% r.h., water loss was greatly reduced or prevented and there was no significant decrease in leaf soluble protein”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1177–1342

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“pea (chill-resistant), mung bean (highly chill-sensitive), and tomato and french bean (intermediate chilling-sensitivity)”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 223–344

Title

Changes in the Soluble Protein and Free Amino Acid Content of Chill-Sensitive and Chill-Resistant Plants During Chilling and Hardening Treatments

C. H. ROSINGER; J. M. WILSON; M. W. KERR Journal of Experimental Botany 1984. doi:10.1093/jxb/35.10.1460

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Intervention effect Drought decreased leaf protein levels by 30–40% in the four species.
Intervention effect Drought increased free amino acids by 100–200% except in mung bean.
Intervention effect Four days of chilling reduced mung bean leaf water content by almost 50%.
Intervention effect The same chilling reduced leaf water content by approximately 6–7% in the other three species.
Intervention effect Chilling reduced leaf soluble protein in all four species, especially mung bean.
Intervention effect Mung bean protein fell by over 80% after four days of chilling.
Association Protein loss under chilling coincided with increased amino acids in chill-sensitive species, but the increase could not account for all lost protein.
Intervention effect At 100% relative humidity, chilling greatly reduced or prevented water loss.
Intervention effect Chilling at 100% humidity increased free amino acids in chill-sensitive species.
Intervention effect Drought increased leaf free proline 6–20 fold.
Intervention effect Chilling and hardening caused little change in leaf free proline.

walnut 1

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultno effectnot significant (as stated)measured

Claim · model-written summary

Agar and Gelrite caused no considerable changes in morpho-physiological characteristics of walnut explants.

Taxon: walnute0
Treatment: Agar or Gelritee2
Outcome: morpho-physiological characteristicse2
Direction: no considerable changese2
Comparator: Agare0

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“Analysis of results indicated no considerable changes in the morpho-physiological characteristics of explants grown in DKW medium containing Agar or Gelrite gelling agents”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1023–1194

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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

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

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maize 2

Sinarundinaria nitida 2

Acer sp. 1

Apple (M. pomila) 1

Cakile maritima 1

chili pepper 1

Lactuca sativa L. 1

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pea 1

walnut 1