Search claims · PlantClaims

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Salt ions decreased leaf dry weight from days 5 to 10.

Taxon: tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
Treatment: salt ionse0
Outcome: dry weighte0
Direction: decreasee0
Qualifier: From 5 to 10 d of treatmente0

Not reportedComparator

Verbatim

e0
“From 5 to 10 d of treatment, salt ions provoked a decrease in the dry weight”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 700–776

t0
“Tomato”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 101–107

Title

Changes in Growth and Activity of Enzymes Involved in Nitrate Reduction and Ammonium Assimilation in Tomato Seedlings in Response to NaCl Stress

M. Debouba; H. Maaroufi-Dghimi; A. Suzuki; et al. Annals of Botany 2007. doi:10.1093/aob/mcm050

Other claims from this paper (6)

Intervention effect Leaf and root Na+ and Cl- concentrations rapidly increased after NaCl exposure.
Observation NO3- concentration fell first in roots and then in leaves.
Intervention effect Salt ions increased leaf NH4+ concentration from days 5 to 10.
Observation Leaf nitrate reductase, Fd-GOGAT and NAD-GDH activities were inhibited.
Intervention effect NaCl affected these enzyme activities less in roots than leaves.
Intervention effect Salt reduced dry weight more in leaves than roots.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

The unfavorable ratio decreased tomato dry weight increment.

Taxon: tomatoesSolanum lycopersicume0
Treatment: 3:30e0
Outcome: dry weight incremente0
Direction: decreasee0
Comparator: 3:1e0

Verbatim

e0
“A change in the ratio of Ca: Mg ions in the medium or soil from optimum (3:1) to disfavourable values (3:30) causes dwarfing of tomatoes, a decrease of dry weight increment and of protein content.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 0–196

Title

The effects of calcium to magnesium ratio on the increments of dry weight and protein content in tomatoes

J. Buczek; K. Leonowicz-Babiak Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae 2015. doi:10.5586/asbp.1971.043

Other claims from this paper (5)

Intervention effect A 3:30 Ca:Mg ratio caused tomato dwarfing relative to 3:1.
Intervention effect The unfavorable ratio decreased tomato protein content.
Intervention effect Tomato total-N and protein-N decreased under the unfavorable ratio.
Intervention effect Tomato soluble-N increased under the unfavorable ratio.
Mechanism The authors suggest that the low Ca:Mg ratio restricts protein synthesis through altered nitrogen metabolism.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

RNAi SlFBA7 plants had decreased dry weight relative to wild type.

Taxon: tomato seedlingsSolanum lycopersicumt0
Treatment: RNAi SlFBA7 plantse0
Outcome: dry weighte0
Direction: decreasee0
Comparator: wild‐typee0

Verbatim

t0
“tomato seedlings”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 112–128

e0
“a decrease in net photosynthetic rate, ribulose‐1,5‐bisphosphate and soluble sugar content, stem diameter, dry weight and seed size in RNAi SlFBA7 plants compared to wild‐type”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 816–991

Title

Decreasing fructose‐1,6‐bisphosphate aldolase activity reduces plant growth and tolerance to chilling stress in tomato seedlings

Bingbing Cai; Qiang Li; Fengjiao Liu; et al. Physiologia Plantarum 2017. doi:10.1111/ppl.12682

Other claims from this paper (12)

Intervention effect Reduced SlFBA7 expression decreased FBA activity.
Intervention effect Reduced SlFBA7 expression decreased activities of other main Calvin cycle enzymes.
Intervention effect RNAi SlFBA7 plants had decreased net photosynthetic rate relative to wild type.
Intervention effect RNAi SlFBA7 plants had decreased ribulose‐1,5‐bisphosphate relative to wild type.
Intervention effect RNAi SlFBA7 plants had decreased soluble sugar content relative to wild type.
Intervention effect RNAi SlFBA7 plants had decreased stem diameter relative to wild type.
Intervention effect RNAi SlFBA7 plants had decreased seed size relative to wild type.
Intervention effect RNAi SlFBA7 plants showed no change in starch content.
Intervention effect RNAi SlFBA7 plants showed a decreased germination rate under low temperature and low light.
Intervention effect RNAi SlFBA7 plants showed increased superoxide anions under low temperature and low light.
Intervention effect RNAi SlFBA7 plants showed increased hydrogen peroxide under low temperature and low light.
Mechanism The authors infer that FBA catalytic activity in the Calvin cycle is temperature sensitive.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

VIS1-OA seedlings had decreased fresh and dry weight gain after gradual exposure to higher temperatures.

Taxon: tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
Material: VIS1-OAe6
Treatment: gradual exposure to higher temperaturese6
Outcome: fresh and dry weight gaine6
Direction: decreasee6

Not reportedComparator

Verbatim

t0
“Small heat shock proteins regulate growth and development in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 0–90

e6
“VIS1-OA seedlings showed a significant decrease in fresh and dry weight gain after gradual exposure to higher temperatures”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1314–1436

Title

Small heat shock proteins regulate growth and development in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)

Mohamed E. Saad Purdue e-Pubs (Purdue University System) 2008

Other claims from this paper (15)

Intervention effect VIS1-OS seedlings had significantly higher fresh and dry weights than wild type after heat shock.
Intervention effect VIS1-OA seedlings grew comparably to wild type at all tested temperatures.
Intervention effect Maximum growth increase of VIS1-OS seedlings occurred after exposure at 35°C.
Intervention effect Gradual exposure to higher temperatures gave a less pronounced growth increase in VIS1-OS seedlings than heat shock.
Intervention effect Under field conditions VIS1-OS plants did not show significant increase in fresh and dry weights.
Intervention effect Under field conditions VIS1-OA plants showed decreased growth throughout the plant life cycle.
Intervention effect VIS1-OS plants changed flower cluster architecture from simple to dichotomously branched cymes.
Intervention effect VIS1-OS plants had more flowers.
Intervention effect Fruit ripening was delayed in VIS1-OS plants.
Intervention effect Plants expressing antisense VIS1 ripened early.
Intervention effect Recombinant VIS1 protected malate dehydrogenase from thermal aggregation at 45°C.
Intervention effect VIS1-OS seedlings had higher amino acid uptake and in vivo protein synthesis under heat stress.
Mechanism VIS1 may have a role in maintaining cellular vitality.
Mechanism Other sHSPs may have a role in ripening, based on preliminary characterization of homozygous transgenic lines.
Mechanism VIS1 and sHSPs play significant roles in plant growth and development under normal and high temperature conditions.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Alachlor reduced tomato root and shoot length and dry weight.

Taxon: tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
Treatment: alachlore0
Outcome: root and shoot length and dry weighte0
Direction: decreasee0

Not reportedComparator

Verbatim

e0
“The presence in the nutrient medium of the herbicides alachlor or imazethapyr at concentrations of 1 and 0.01 mg L −1 , respectively, caused a marked decrease of tomato root and shoot length and dry weight.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 666–872

Title

Effects of humic acids and herbicides, and their combinations on the growth of tomato seedlings in hydroponics

Elisabetta Loffredo; Nicola Senesi; Valeria D'Orazio Zeitschrift für Pflanzenernährung und Bodenkunde 1997. doi:10.1002/jpln.19971600404

Other claims from this paper (12)

Intervention effect Soil-derived humic acids did not apparently affect tomato root and shoot morphology or length.
Intervention effect Soil-derived humic acids significantly increased tomato root dry matter.
Intervention effect Sewage-sludge HA-like fraction altered tomato morphology.
Intervention effect Sewage-sludge HA-like fraction significantly reduced tomato shoot and root length and dry weight.
Intervention effect Imazethapyr reduced tomato root and shoot length and dry weight.
Intervention effect Rimsulfuron slightly decreased tomato shoot and root length.
Intervention effect Rimsulfuron slightly increased tomato shoot and root dry weight.
Intervention effect Soil humic acid attenuated herbicide-induced tomato shoot and root growth depression.
Intervention effect Sewage-sludge humic acid plus herbicide had negative synergistic effects on tomato growth.
Association Nutrient-solution volume taken up correlated highly significantly with tomato total dry weight.
Association Electrolyte uptake correlated highly significantly with tomato total dry weight.
Observation Tomato seedlings lowered nutrient-medium pH except with sludge humic acid.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Imazethapyr reduced tomato root and shoot length and dry weight.

Taxon: tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
Treatment: imazethapyre0
Outcome: root and shoot length and dry weighte0
Direction: decreasee0

Not reportedComparator

Verbatim

e0
“The presence in the nutrient medium of the herbicides alachlor or imazethapyr at concentrations of 1 and 0.01 mg L −1 , respectively, caused a marked decrease of tomato root and shoot length and dry weight.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 666–872

Title

Effects of humic acids and herbicides, and their combinations on the growth of tomato seedlings in hydroponics

Elisabetta Loffredo; Nicola Senesi; Valeria D'Orazio Zeitschrift für Pflanzenernährung und Bodenkunde 1997. doi:10.1002/jpln.19971600404

Other claims from this paper (12)

Intervention effect Soil-derived humic acids did not apparently affect tomato root and shoot morphology or length.
Intervention effect Soil-derived humic acids significantly increased tomato root dry matter.
Intervention effect Sewage-sludge HA-like fraction altered tomato morphology.
Intervention effect Sewage-sludge HA-like fraction significantly reduced tomato shoot and root length and dry weight.
Intervention effect Alachlor reduced tomato root and shoot length and dry weight.
Intervention effect Rimsulfuron slightly decreased tomato shoot and root length.
Intervention effect Rimsulfuron slightly increased tomato shoot and root dry weight.
Intervention effect Soil humic acid attenuated herbicide-induced tomato shoot and root growth depression.
Intervention effect Sewage-sludge humic acid plus herbicide had negative synergistic effects on tomato growth.
Association Nutrient-solution volume taken up correlated highly significantly with tomato total dry weight.
Association Electrolyte uptake correlated highly significantly with tomato total dry weight.
Observation Tomato seedlings lowered nutrient-medium pH except with sludge humic acid.

Associationobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

NaCl at 300 mM on B. cinerea-inoculated tomato plants was associated with a decrease in dry weight (11.01%).

Taxon: tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
Treatment: NaCl addition at 300mMe6
Interactor: B. cinereaBotrytis cinereae6pathogen
Outcome: dry weighte6
Direction: decreasede6
Value: 11.01%e6

Verbatim

e0
“effect of different levels of NaCl salt on tomato upon B. cinerea infection the causal agent of gray mold disease”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 57–170

e6
“NaCl addition at 300mM on plants inoculated with B. cinerea decreased the height, fresh weight and dry weight at 0.99, 4.45 and 11.01% respectively”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1310–1457

Title

Effects of different levels of saline water on infection of tomato by Botrytis cinerea, the causal agent of gray mold

Boumaaza Boualem; Boudalia Sofiane; Gacemi Abdelhamid; et al. Indian Journal of Agricultural Research 2018. doi:10.18805/ijare.a-327

Other claims from this paper (10)

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Arsenic toxicity decreased shoot length, shoot fresh weight and shoot dry weight of tomato seedlings.

Taxon: tomato seedlingsSolanum lycopersicumt0
Treatment: As toxicity conditionse1
Outcome: growth attributes (shoot length, shoot fresh weight and shoot dry weight)e1
Direction: decreasee1

Not reportedComparator

Verbatim

t0
“mitigating arsenic stress in tomato seedlings”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 57–102

e1
“Present evidence reveals that plant grown in As toxicity conditions exhibited a decrease in growth attributes (shoot length, shoot fresh weight and shoot dry weight)”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 584–749

Title

Calcium and jasmonic acid exhibit synergistic effects in mitigating arsenic stress in tomato seedlings accompanied by antioxidative defense, increased nutrient accumulation and upregulation of glyoxalase system

Manzer H. Siddiqui; Soumya Mukherjee; Saud Alamri; et al. South African Journal of Botany 2022. doi:10.1016/j.sajb.2022.06.030

Other claims from this paper (13)

Intervention effect Arsenic toxicity suppressed chlorophyll biosynthesis, nutrient homeostasis and the glyoxalase system in tomato seedlings.
Intervention effect Exogenous arsenic induced overproduction of ROS and methylglyoxal in tomato seedlings.
Intervention effect Exogenous arsenic enhanced chlorophyllase (Chlase) activity in tomato seedlings.
Intervention effect Exogenous Ca2+ and/or JA suppressed the adverse effect of arsenic on tomato seedlings.
Intervention effect Combined Ca2+ and JA application was more effective than their individual effects on tomato seedlings.
Intervention effect Application of Ca2+ and JA together significantly enhanced chlorophyll biosynthesis in tomato seedlings.
Intervention effect Application of Ca2+ and JA together suppressed chlorophyllase (Chlase) activity in tomato seedlings.
Intervention effect Application of Ca2+ and JA together enhanced delta-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase activity in tomato seedlings.
Intervention effect Application of Ca2+ and JA together improved glyoxalase I and glyoxalase II activity in tomato seedlings.
Intervention effect Exogenous Ca2+ and JA maintained the balance supply of nutrients and glycine betaine in tomato seedlings under arsenic toxicity.
Intervention effect Combined Ca2+ and JA suppressed ROS overproduction in tomato seedlings by modulating antioxidant enzymes.
Intervention effect With the Ca2+ chelator EGTA, the efficacy of Ca2+ was eliminated, confirming the role of Ca2+ and JA in arsenic tolerance.
Mechanism Ca2+ and JA together mediated arsenic tolerance of tomato seedlings by improving physiological defence mechanisms.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Salinity reduced young-plant dry weight in both ploidies, less in polyploids.

Taxon: TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
Treatment: salinitye0
Outcome: Dry weight of whole young plantse0
Direction: decreasede0
Qualifier: decrease being smaller in the lattere0
Comparator: both diploid and polyploid plantse0

Verbatim

t0
“Tomato under Low and High Salinity”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 76–110

e0
“Dry weight of whole young plants decreased in both diploid and polyploid plants under salinity, the decrease being smaller in the latter.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 324–461

Title

Physiology of Polyploid Plants: Water Balance in Autotetraploid and Diploid Tomato under Low and High Salinity

M. TAL; I. GARDI Physiologia Plantarum 1976. doi:10.1111/j.1399-3054.1976.tb04000.x

Other claims from this paper (10)

Observation Polyploids had higher water content than diploids.
Intervention effect Salinity reduced water content in both plant types, less in polyploids.
Observation Control-grown polyploids transpired less than diploids.
Intervention effect Salinity reduced transpiration more in diploids.
Observation Detached leaves of both ploidies had similar rates of water-loss change.
Observation Control diploid leaves lost more water per leaf area during stomatal closure.
Observation Polyploid plants had fewer stomata per leaf area.
Observation Polyploid stomata were more open under control and saline conditions.
Observation Root pressure seemed higher in polyploids under control conditions.
Observation Leaf chloride concentration did not differ by ploidy in control or NaCl solution.

Associationobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Additive individual pollutant effects predicted dry weight loss under the combined low-dose mixture.

Taxon: tomato plantsSolanum lycopersicume0
Treatment: 0.2 ..mu..l O/sub 3/ + 0.2 ..mu..l SO/sub 2/ per liter of aire0
Outcome: decrease in dry weight of tomato plantse0
Direction: decreasee0

Verbatim

e0
“Decreases in dry weights of plant parts excised from tomato plants exposed to 0.2 ..mu..l O/sub 3/ per liter of air added to the decrease in dry weight caused by exposure to sulfur dioxide (SO/sub 2/) at 0.2 ..mu..l/L of air adequately predicted the decrease in dry weight of tomato plants caused by exposure to 0.2 ..mu..l O/sub 3/ + 0.2 ..mu..l SO/sub 2/ per liter of air”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 262–635

Title

Response of Tomatoes to Ozone, Sulfur Dioxide, and Infection byPratylenchus penetrans

B. B. Shew Phytopathology 1982. doi:10.1094/phyto-72-822

Other claims from this paper (5)

Intervention effect The high-sulfur dioxide mixture caused less leaf dry weight change than predicted by individual effects.
Intervention effect P. penetrans enhanced pollutant mixture effects on leaf dry weight.
Intervention effect P. penetrans suppressed pollutant mixture inhibition of auxiliary shoot dry weight.
Intervention effect High sulfur dioxide reduced tomato fruit weight.
Intervention effect Ozone antagonized sulfur dioxide reduction of tomato fruit weight.

“dry weight decrease”

Claim types

Direction of the findings

Over time

Claim type

Research area

Polarity

Statistics