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Live weight gain per sheep decreased strongly with increasing stocking rate in 2005 when rainfall was low

Taxon: grasslande7
Treatment: increasing stocking ratee4
Outcome: LWG per sheepe4
Direction: decreasee4
Qualifier: when annual rainfall was less than half of the long-term averagee4

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“However, a strong decrease in LWG per sheep with increasing stocking rate was found in 2005 when annual rainfall was less than half of the long-term average, resulting in a similar LWG per hectare across the range of tested stocking rates”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1423–1661

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“Nevertheless, high GI may negatively affect grassland productivity in the long term and the lack of HM on offer on heavy grazed pastures in dry years will require supplement feeding at the end of the vegetation period or the untimely sale of animals”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1994–2243

Title

Impact of grazing intensity on herbage quality, feed intake and live weight gain of sheep grazing on the steppe of Inner Mongolia

K. MÜLLER; U. DICKHOEFER; L. LIN; et al. The Journal of Agricultural Science 2013. doi:10.1017/s0021859613000221

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Increasing walnut extract concentration decreased wheat root, shoot as well as seedling length.

Taxon: wheatTriticum aestivume0
Treatment: walnut leaf extracts concentratione0
Outcome: root, shoot as well as seedling lengthe0
Direction: decreasee0

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“Invariably there was a decrease in root, shoot as well as seedling length, fresh and dry weight of seedling and vigour index I and II with increasing walnut leaf extracts concentration on wheat.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 581–775

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Seed germination and seedling growth of wheat and barley on influenced by the allelopathic effect of walnut (Juglans regia L.) leaf extracts under mid hills of Uttarakhand agri-silvi system

Birendra Prasad; Abhishek Bahuguna; Ram Ji Maurya; et al. Journal of Hill Agriculture 2013

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Intervention effect Walnut leaf extracts inhibited wheat germination in a concentration dependent manner.
Intervention effect Walnut leaf extracts inhibited subsequent wheat seedling growth in a concentration dependent manner.
Association Increasing walnut extract concentration decreased wheat fresh and dry weight of seedling.
Association Increasing walnut extract concentration decreased wheat vigour index I and II.
Intervention effect Barley seed germination did not decline significantly across walnut extract concentrations.
Intervention effect Barley seedling growth, weight and vigour indices did not decline significantly across extract concentrations.

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Crude protein decreases simultaneously with the increase in lignin and cellulose in these communities.

Taxon: Mediterranean-Climate Plant Communitiest0
Compound: lignin and cellulosee1
Outcome: crude proteine2
Direction: decreasese2

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“An increase (percentage dry weight) in both lignin and cellulose (with a greater proportion of cellulose than lignin being formed) is associated with a decrease in the concentration of phosphorus (and of other related elements) per unit dry weight in the leaves of sunlit overstorey species, of both sclerophyll and savannah communities in the mediterranean climate of southern Australia”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 0–387

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“Simultaneously, crude protein decreases”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 389–428

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“Mediterranean-Climate Plant Communities”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 43–82

Title

Sclerophylly and Foliar Nutrient Status of Mediterranean-Climate Plant Communities in Southern Australia

RL Specht; PW Rundel Australian Journal of Botany 1990. doi:10.1071/bt9900459

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Rice grain yield declined by 35% in Yokkaichi pollution area.

Taxon: rice plantOryza sativat0
Treatment: air pollutione0
Outcome: grain yielde0
Direction: decreasee0
Value: 35%e0
Setting: Yokkaichie0

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“The percentage of decrease in the area of the air pollution at Yokkaichi was 50% in total dry weight and 35% in the grain yield.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 2518–2646

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“rice plant”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 143–153

Title

Studies on the Mechanism of Injurious Effects of Toxic Gases on Crop Plants : XII. On the characteristic in the growth and grain production of rice plant in air pollution area (Yokkaichi city), and the significance as the indicator plant for monitering of air pollution

Tetsuro TANIYAMA; Kazuo SAWANAKA Japanese Journal of Crop Science 1975. doi:10.1626/jcs.44.74

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Association Rice leaf age, stem number and height were smaller in Yokkaichi than Tsu.
Association Rice leaf area expansion and leaf dry weight initially exceeded Tsu but later fell behind.
Association Stem dry weight decreased more than leaf dry weight.
Association Early root dry weight was severely inhibited by air pollution.
Observation Late emerging tillers were numerous in Yokkaichi.
Association Higher sulfur oxide concentration was associated with later heading.
Association Rice grain production was lower in Yokkaichi than Tsu, by up to 35%.
Association Panicles per hill were the yield component most affected by pollution.
Association Percentage of 1,000 kernels was another yield component affected by pollution.
Association Total dry weight correlated significantly with sulfur oxide concentration.
Association Grain yield correlated significantly with sulfur oxide concentration.
Observation No typical visible sulfur oxide injury was observed on leaves or sheaths.
Association Total rice dry weight declined by 50% in Yokkaichi pollution area.
Observation Rice grain production began decreasing in 1958.
Observation Rice damage was most severe in 1961 and 1965.
Association Rice grain production percentage correlated significantly with asthma case numbers.
Recommendation The author recommended indicator plants for monitoring air pollution.

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Increasing salt stress levels decreased seedling vigor index in sorghum.

Taxon: Sorghum bicolor L.Sorghum bicolore0
Treatment: increasing levels of salt stresse3
Outcome: seedling vigor indexe3
Direction: decreaseinferrede3

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“Sorghum bicolor L. cultivars (Inqath, Rabeh and Buhoth70)”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 177–234

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“significant negative impact as long as increasing levels of salt stress at germination ratio, plumule length, dry seedling weight and seedling vigor index”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 533–687

Title

Seed priming of sorghum cultivars to tolerate salt stress

M O Shihab; J H Hamza IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science 2019. doi:10.1088/1755-1315/388/1/012044

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Observation Cultivar Buhoth70 showed significant superiority over the other cultivars.
Intervention effect Primed seed was significantly superior to unprimed seed.
Association Increasing salt stress levels decreased germination ratio, plumule length and dry seedling weight in sorghum.
Intervention effect Primed sorghum seed tolerated salt stress better than unprimed seed at the same stress level.
Observation A significant positive correlation was found between all traits studied in sorghum seed priming.
Recommendation The authors recommend priming sorghum seeds before planting under salt stress.

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Higher solution Cd increased shoot Cd concentration.

Taxon: Thlaspi caerulescensNoccaea caerulescenst0
Treatment: increasing Cd concentration in solutione0
Outcome: Cd concentration in shootse0
Direction: increasee0

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“an increasing Cd concentration in solution led to a decrease in dry weight production and an increase in Cd concentration in shoots”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 814–945

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“Thlaspi caerulescens”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 43–63

Title

Cadmium tolerance and hyperaccumulation by Thlaspi caerulescens populations grown in hydroponics are related to plant uptake characteristics in the field

Catherine Keller; Saliou Diallo; Claudia Cosio; et al. Functional Plant Biology 2006. doi:10.1071/fp05217

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Observation Swiss populations accumulated Zn in the field.
Observation Swiss populations hyperaccumulated Cd up to 505 mg Cd kg–1 dry weight in the field.
Observation Responses to Cd differed significantly among populations.
Association Higher solution Cd decreased dry weight production.
Method / resource Shoot dry weight discriminated tolerance better than root dry weight and root length.
Observation Swiss populations behaved similarly to the Ganges population.
Observation Swiss populations behaved differently from the Prayon population.
Observation At 1 µm Cd, shoot concentrations exceeded 100 mg kg–1 except in Prayon and T. perfoliatum.
Observation At 1 µm Cd, plants showed no visible toxicity symptoms.
Association Field transfer factor was positively related to population response to increasing Cd in solution.

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Axis growth correlated closely with galactomannan depletion.

Taxon: Ceratonia siliqua L.Ceratonia siliquat0
Compound: galactomannan depletione0
Outcome: Axis growthe0

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“Axis growth, total dry weight decrease, and starch formation in the embryo were closely correlated to galactomannan depletion, the latter being inhibited with lower external water potential.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 164–354

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“Ceratonia siliqua L.”
✓ located after whitespace/quote normalisation · title, characters 97–116

Title

Effect of Water Stress on Germination and Reserve Carbohydrate Metabolism in Germinating Seeds ofCeratonia siliquaL.

CAROLINE G. SPYROPOULOS; MARIA P. LAMBIRIS Journal of Experimental Botany 1980. doi:10.1093/jxb/31.3.851

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Intervention effect Stronger water stress retarded seed germination.
Association Total dry weight decrease correlated closely with galactomannan depletion.
Association Embryo starch formation correlated closely with galactomannan depletion.
Intervention effect Lower external water potential inhibited galactomannan depletion.
Intervention effect PEG germination inhibited endosperm α-galactosidase.
Intervention effect Embryo α-galactosidase activity was not significantly affected by PEG germination.
Intervention effect Stressed seed cotyledons had higher soluble sugar content.
Mechanism Higher sucrose accumulation mainly explained cotyledon soluble sugar content under stress.
Mechanism Endosperm sugar content was higher, mainly because of galactose and mannose.
Intervention effect Water stress delayed raffinose-type oligosaccharide depletion.

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NatCCD4.1 expression in Nicotiana benthamiana decreased chlorophylls, giving yellow pigmentation of infected leaves.

Taxon: Nicotiana benthamianaNicotiana benthamianae4
Treatment: NatCCD4.1e4
Outcome: chlorophyllse5
Direction: decreasee5

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“Nyctanthes arbor-tristis”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 104–128

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“a viral vector derived from tobacco etch virus was used to express NatCCD4.1 in Nicotiana benthamiana plants, triggering a crocin accumulation of 2.32 ± 0.69 mg/g dry weight”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1023–1196

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“with 96.61% reduction in zeaxanthin levels, together with a decrease in chlorophylls resulting in a bright yellow pigmentation of infected leaves”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1198–1343

Title

Biotechnological production of crocetin and crocins using a carotenoid cleavage dioxygenase (CCD4) from Nyctanthes arbor-tristis

Lucía Morote; Elena Moreno Giménez; Alberto José López Jiménez; et al. Frontiers in Plant Science 2025. doi:10.3389/fpls.2025.1671592

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Bulb manganese, iron and zinc concentrations of onion decreased with increasing sulfur.

Taxon: onionAllium cepae0
Material: Granex 33e0
Treatment: increasing Se2
Outcome: bulb manganese, iron, and zinc concentrationse1
Direction: decreasee2
Setting: greenhousee0

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“To study the effects of nitrogen (N) and sulfur (S) fertility on onion (Allium cepa L.) bulb pungency, bulb fresh and dry weight, nutrient uptake and accumulation in the bulb, "Granex 33" onions were greenhouse grown using nutrient solution culture”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 9–257

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“bulb manganese, iron, and zinc concentrations tended to increase with increasing N availability”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1146–1241

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“decrease with increasing S”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1246–1272

Title

Nitrogen and Sulfur Influence Nutrient Usage and Accumulation in Onion

Timothy W. Coolong; Dean A. Kopsell; David E. Kopsell; et al. Journal of Plant Nutrition 2004. doi:10.1081/pln-200026010

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Vigour indices I and II decreased as walnut extract concentration increased in grain amaranth.

Taxon: grain amaranthAmaranthus hypochondriacuse0
Treatment: walnut leaf extractse0
Interactor: walnute0other
Outcome: vigour index I and IIe0
Direction: decreasee0

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“there was a decrease in root, shoot as well as seedling length, fresh and dry weight of seedling and vigour index I and II with increasing walnut leaf extracts concentration on grain amaranth”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 598–789

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“walnut [Juglans regia L.]”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 109–134

Title

Seed germination and seedling growth of rice bean and grain amaranth as influenced by allelopathic effect of walnut [Juglans regia L.] leaf extracts under west Himalayan agri-silvi system.

B. Prasad; Abhishek Bahuguna; Savarni Tripathi; et al. Journal of Crop and Weed 2012

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Intervention effect Increasing walnut leaf extract concentration inhibited grain amaranth germination.
Intervention effect Increasing walnut leaf extract concentration inhibited grain amaranth seedling growth.
Association Root, shoot and seedling length decreased as walnut extract concentration increased in grain amaranth.
Association Seedling fresh and dry weight decreased with increasing walnut extract concentration in grain amaranth.
Intervention effect Ricebean germination did not significantly decline up to 80% leaf extract concentration.
Intervention effect Walnut extract inhibited ricebean root, shoot and seedling length in a concentration-dependent manner.
Intervention effect Walnut extract inhibited ricebean seedling fresh and dry weight in a concentration-dependent manner.
Intervention effect Walnut extract inhibited ricebean vigour indices I and II in a concentration-dependent manner.

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