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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.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultno effectnot significant (as stated)measured

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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.)”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 98–131

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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.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultno effectmeasured

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Green manure did not decrease subsequent wheat season soil water content and storage in the first two years.

Taxon: winter wheatTriticum aestivume0
Treatment: GMe0
Outcome: soil water content and storagee0
Direction: did not decreasee0
Qualifier: 0–200 cm layere0
Comparator: BLe0

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“GM did not decrease the soil water content and storage (0–200 cm layer) during the subsequent winter wheat season, relative to BL”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1147–1276

Title

Legume Green Manure Further Improves the Effects of Fertilization on the Long-Term Yield and Water and Nitrogen Utilization of Winter Wheat in Rainfed Agriculture

Xiushuang Li; Juan Chen; Jianglan Shi; et al. Plants 2025. doi:10.3390/plants14162476

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Intervention effect Green manure raised winter wheat grain yield by 3.2% in year three.
Intervention effect Green manure raised winter wheat grain yield by 3.8% in year four.
Intervention effect B increased winter wheat grain yield by 14.4% in year three.
Intervention effect BS increased winter wheat grain yield by 22.2% in year three.
Intervention effect B increased winter wheat grain yield by 12.7% in year four.
Intervention effect BS increased winter wheat grain yield by 19.4% in year four.
Mechanism Yield increases arose primarily through increased wheat population density.
Mechanism Higher grain yield contributed to higher wheat water use efficiency.
Intervention effect In year three, GM increased wheat water consumption (WC) by 2.4%.
Intervention effect In year three, GM increased wheat WUE by 1.7%.
Intervention effect In year three, B increased wheat water consumption (WC) by 8.3%.
Intervention effect In year three, B increased wheat WUE by 5.6%.
Intervention effect In year three, BS increased wheat water consumption (WC) by 10.4%.
Intervention effect In year three, BS increased wheat WUE by 10.7%.
Intervention effect Basal fertilizer and basal fertilizer with straw produced higher yield and nitrogen nutrition than green manure alone.
Intervention effect Green manure with basal fertilizer and straw achieved the highest yield and nitrogen nutrition.
Intervention effect Green manure combined with fertilization decreased nitrogen uptake efficiency.
Intervention effect Green manure combined with fertilization increased nitrogen productivity.

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.)”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 50–67

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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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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultno effectmeasured

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Steady water tables at 5 and 10 cm did not restrain relative leaf expansion rate.

Taxon: tomato plantsSolanum lycopersicumt0
Treatment: steady water table at 5-cm and 10-cm depthe0
Outcome: relative leaf expansion rate (RLER)e0
Direction: did not restraine0
Comparator: Untreated control plantse1

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“steady water table at 5-cm and 10-cm depth did not restrain relative leaf expansion rate (RLER)”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1045–1140

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“Untreated control plants”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 797–821

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“tomato plants”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 122–135

Title

Steady shallow water table did not decrease leaf expansion rate, specific leaf weight, and specific leaf water content in tomato plants

Mei Meihana; STIPER Sriwigama, Palembang 30137, Indonesia; Benyamin Lakitan; et al. Australian Journal of Crop Science 2017. doi:10.21475/ajcs.17.11.12.pne808

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Method / resource A zero intercept linear model was selected for tomato leaf area estimation.
Intervention effect Specific leaf fresh weight did not differ significantly between treated and untreated plants.
Intervention effect Specific leaf water content did not differ significantly between treated and untreated plants.
Observation Steady shallow water tables at 5 cm or deeper did not affect tomato growth.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultno effectmeasured

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Pretreatment with benzyladenine did not prevent the decrease in reducing sugar contents relative to unpulsed leaves.

Taxon: Zantedeschia aethiopica and Z. elliottianaZantedeschia aethiopicaZantedeschia elliottianae0
Organ / stage: Cut leavese0
Treatment: Pretreatment with BAe3
Outcome: reducing sugar contentse3
Direction: no_changeinferrede3
Comparator: unpulsed leavese2

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“Cut leaves of Zantedeschia aethiopica and Z. elliottiana”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 10–66

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“Pulsed and unpulsed leaves were kept either in water or in the preservative”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 509–584

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“Pretreatment with BA did not counteract a decrease in reducing sugar contents”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 730–807

Title

SENESCENCE OF CUT LEAVES OF Zantedeschia aethiopica AND Z. elliottiana. PART III. THE REDUCING SUGARS CONTENT

E. Skutnik; J. Rabiza-Świder; M. Wachowicz; et al. http://www.hortorumcultus.actapol.net/pub/3_2_219.pdf 2004. doi:10.24326/asphc.2004.2.23

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultno effectmeasured

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Conditioning treatments generally did not reduce greenhouse eggplant growth relative to controls.

Taxon: eggplantSolanum melongenae1
Treatment: mechanical stress or exogenous abscisic acid (ABA)e1
Outcome: growth responsese0
Direction: did not decreasee0
Comparator: controlse0

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“Treatments generally did not decrease growth responses relative to controls during a 3-day conditioning period in the greenhouse”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1783–1911

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“Greenhouse-grown eggplant were treated with mechanical stress or exogenous abscisic acid (ABA)”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1646–1740

Title

EFFECTS OF LIGHT, MECHANICAL STRESSES, EXOGENOUS ABSCISIC ACID, AND/OR OUTDOOR EXPOSURE ON GROWTH, WATER RELATIONS, AND ENDOGENOUS ABSCISIC ACID CONTENT OF EGGPLANT (ACCLIMATION, ABA, HARDENING-OFF, PLANT CONDITIONING)

Joyce G. Latimer Purdue e-Pubs (Purdue University System) 1986

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Intervention effect Supplemental radiation pretreatment improved outdoor eggplant growth relative to greenhouse shade treatments.
Intervention effect UV-B protection increased outdoor eggplant leaf area compared with UV-B exposure.
Intervention effect UV-B protection did not change outdoor eggplant leaf or shoot dry weight.
Intervention effect Greenhouse UV-B reduced eggplant leaf expansion and dry weight gain after five days.
Intervention effect After 12 days, UV-B treated eggplant had no leaf or shoot dry weight difference from controls.
Intervention effect Mechanical stress generally reduced productivity and dimensional growth more in wind-protected settings than in outdoor wind.
Intervention effect Mechanical stress generally reduced soybean productivity and dimensional growth more in wind-protected settings than outdoors in wind.
Intervention effect Conditioning treatments increased specific leaf chlorophyll in greenhouse eggplant.
Intervention effect Mechanical stress had no effect on endogenous ABA levels in eggplant leaves.
Intervention effect Seismic stress decreased eggplant leaf water potential.
Intervention effect Outdoor exposure decreased untreated eggplant relative growth rate and leaf chlorophyll.
Intervention effect Outdoor exposure increased untreated eggplant leaf ABA content.
Intervention effect Outdoor exposure altered untreated eggplant water status.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultno effectmeasured

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Leaf chlorophyll content was unchanged under drought in maize line KS140.

Taxon: maizeZea mayse2
Material: line KS140e2
Organ / stage: V5 or V6 leaf stagee2
Treatment: withholding water for 10 dayse2
Outcome: Leaf chlorophyll contente4
Direction: unchangede4
Comparator: well-watered plantse1

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“inbred maize (Zea mays L.) line KS140 was subjected to drought stress by withholding water for 10 days at the V5 or V6 leaf stage”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 135–264

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“Water-deficient plants experienced a decrease in relative leaf water content, stomatal conductance, net CO2 assimilation rate, and water use efficiency compared to well-watered plants”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 266–449

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“Leaf chlorophyll content was unchanged”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 665–703

Title

Physiological and proteomic analysis of the response to drought stress in an inbred Korean maize line

Sang-Gon Kim; Lee Jinseok; Jung‐Tae Kim; et al. Plant Omics 2015

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Intervention effect Drought decreased relative leaf water content, stomatal conductance and net CO2 assimilation rate in maize line KS140 compared with well-watered plants.
Intervention effect Drought decreased water use efficiency in maize line KS140 compared with well-watered plants.
Intervention effect Drought reduced leaf area in maize line KS140 by 75% compared with well-watered plants.
Intervention effect Drought reduced aerial tissue dry matter by 64% in maize line KS140 compared with well-watered plants.
Intervention effect Drought reduced root dry matter by 56% in maize line KS140 compared with well-watered plants.
Intervention effect Twenty-nine protein spots were differentially expressed between well-watered and water-deficient maize plants.
Intervention effect Of the differentially expressed protein spots, 24 were up-regulated in water-deficient maize plants.
Intervention effect Of the differentially expressed protein spots, 5 were down-regulated in water-deficient maize plants.
Observation 34% of the identified proteins were involved in metabolism in drought-treated maize.
Observation 24% of the identified proteins were involved in response to stress in drought-treated maize.
Observation 14% of the identified proteins were involved in photosynthesis in drought-treated maize.
Observation 7% of the identified proteins were involved in protein modification in drought-treated maize.
Observation 14% of the identified proteins were of unknown function in drought-treated maize.
Intervention effect Two pathogenesis-related proteins, an abscisic stress-ripening protein and heat shock protein 1 were expressed only under drought in maize.

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.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultno effectmeasured

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Low night temperature did not increase transpiration of sweet pepper

Taxon: sweet pepperCapsicum annuume0
Treatment: LNTe1
Outcome: transpiratione1
Direction: no_changeinferrede1

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“The response of sweet pepper seedlings to different doses of low night temperature (LNT) (1/4/7 nights at 6/18 °C)”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 385–499

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“LNT reduced water uptake and relative water content (RWC) of plant tissues probably due to a decrease of hydraulic conductivity but not to an increase of transpiration”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 586–753

Title

Physiological Processes Affected by Low Night Temperatures in Sweet Pepper Plants

E. Gorbe Sánchez; E. Heuvelink; C. Stanghellini Procedia Environmental Sciences 2015. doi:10.1016/j.proenv.2015.07.189

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Intervention effect Low night temperature reduced water uptake and relative water content of sweet pepper plant tissues
Intervention effect Low night temperature enhanced the accumulation of sucrose and starch in sweet pepper leaves during the night
Association Starch accumulation did not affect photosynthesis in sweet pepper, due to feedback inhibition
Intervention effect Photo-inhibition was observed in sweet pepper after 7 cold nights
Intervention effect CO2 uptake of sweet pepper was not affected after 7 cold nights
Intervention effect Total dry weight production of sweet pepper was not affected after 7 cold nights
Intervention effect Low night temperature decreased specific leaf area of sweet pepper
Intervention effect Low night temperature led to shorter sweet pepper plants
Intervention effect Low night temperature led to thicker sweet pepper leaves
Intervention effect Low night temperature led to smaller sweet pepper leaves
Mechanism Loss of turgor from reduced relative water content reduced stem elongation and leaf expansion in sweet pepper
Mechanism The decrease of cell elongation in sweet pepper was due to reduced water uptake capacity
Intervention effect Low night temperature did not stop the clock that regulates sweet pepper plant processes

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