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Chlorophyll and relative water content of tomato tended to decrease as stress level increased.

Taxon: tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
Treatment: increase in stress levele5
Outcome: chlorophyll and the relative water contente5
Direction: decreasee5

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“tomato genotypes”
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“physiological parameters, namely chlorophyll and the relative water content tended to decrease, while the rate of water loss and proline content tended to increase following an increase in stress level”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1010–1211

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Assessing the impact of different water stresses on physio-chemical properties and yield-related traits in tomato genotypes: Insights into stability and response

Veerendra K. VERMA; Krishnappa RANGAPPA; Amit KUMAR; et al. Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca 2025. doi:10.15835/nbha53114113

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The relative water content of apoplast (ζap) decreased, indicating that water deficiency and excessive nitrogen reduced water absorption and retention capacity of tomatoes to a certain extent.

Taxon: tomatoesSolanum lycopersicume0
Treatment: water deficiency and excessive nitrogene0
Outcome: relative water content of apoplast (ζap)e0
Direction: decreasee0

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“the decrease in the relative water content of apoplast (ζap) indicated that water deficiency and excessive nitrogen reduced the water absorption and water retention capacity of tomatoes”
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“tomato seedlings”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 125–141

Title

Effects of excessive nitrogen fertilizer and soil moisture deficiency on antioxidant enzyme system and osmotic adjustment in tomato seedlings

Yujie Zhang; Shuangen Yu; Zijia Li; et al. International journal of agricultural and biological engineering 2022. doi:10.25165/j.ijabe.20221502.5555

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Intervention effect Excessive nitrogen fertilizer reduced the biomass of tomato seedlings.
Intervention effect Soil moisture deficiency reduced the biomass of tomato seedlings.
Intervention effect Microbial dilution (EM) increased tomato plant biomass by 5.2% compared with CK (adequate water with tap water).
Intervention effect Nitrogen application increased chlorophyll relative content (SPAD) in tomato seedlings.
Intervention effect The maximum net photosynthetic rate (Pc) of tomato decreased with nitrogen application.
Intervention effect The maximum net photosynthetic rate (Pc) of tomato increased with EM application.
Intervention effect The maximum net photosynthetic rate (Pc) of tomato increased with irrigation amount.
Intervention effect Excessive nitrogen application increased plant nitrate reductase activity (NR) in tomato.
Intervention effect Plant NR in the excessive-nitrogen (N) treatment was 13.0% higher than in CK.
Intervention effect Plant NR in nitrogen application with water deficiency (WN) increased 34.0% compared with water deficiency (W).
Intervention effect In the EM-N treatment, excessive nitrogen increased plant nitrate reductase activity by 22.9% relative to the corresponding moderate-nitrogen treatment (EM).
Intervention effect In the EM-WN treatment, excessive nitrogen increased plant nitrate reductase activity by 28.6% relative to the corresponding moderate-nitrogen treatment (EM-W).
Intervention effect Activities of the antioxidant enzymes SOD, POD and CAT increased significantly in the four nitrogen application treatments.
Intervention effect Soil moisture and nitrogen fertilizer significantly reduced the osmotic potential (πFT) of tomato seedlings.
Intervention effect Soil moisture and nitrogen fertilizer significantly increased the osmotic concentration (Cosm) and concentration difference (ΔCosm).
Intervention effect Microbial dilution alleviated excessive nitrogen fertilizer and water stress to some extent, but the effect was not significant.

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Rio Grande relative water content decreased 1% under PEG and 3% under water scarcity.

Taxon: TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
Material: Rio Grandee1
Treatment: PEG and water scarcity treatmente1
Outcome: relative water contente0
Direction: decreasee0
Value: 1%, 3%e0
Comparator: the controle1

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“a slight decrease in relative water content (1%, 3%)”
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“Rio Grande cultivar in PEG and water scarcity treatment compared to the control”
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“Evaluation of Physiological and Biochemical Responses of Four Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) Cultivars at Different Drought Stress Levels”
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Evaluation of Physiological and Biochemical Responses of Four Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) Cultivars at Different Drought Stress Levels

Müge Teker Yıldız; Cüneyt Akı Agronomy 2025. doi:10.3390/agronomy15030653

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Intervention effect Drought reduced root and shoot lengths, chlorophyll, water content, biomass and antioxidant enzyme activity in Falcon.
Intervention effect Drought reduced the same physiological and enzyme responses in H−2274.
Intervention effect Drought increased TBARs and H2O2 in Falcon and H−2274.
Intervention effect Falcon shoot length fell 21% under PEG and 37% under water scarcity versus control.
Intervention effect Falcon relative water content fell 20% under PEG and 30% under water scarcity.
Intervention effect Falcon chlorophyll content fell 7% under PEG and 23% under water scarcity.
Intervention effect Falcon fresh weight fell 51% under PEG and 49% under water scarcity.
Intervention effect Falcon dry weight fell 9% under PEG and 29% under water scarcity.
Intervention effect Falcon TBARs increased 2% under PEG and 14% under water scarcity.
Intervention effect Falcon H2O2 content increased 3% under PEG and 15% under water scarcity.
Intervention effect Rio Grande total chlorophyll content increased 6%.
Intervention effect Rio Grande CAT activity was intense, at 50% and 67%, under the two drought treatments.
Intervention effect Rio Grande SOD activity increased 30%.
Intervention effect Rio Grande lipid peroxidation decreased 5% under PEG and 22% under water scarcity.
Intervention effect Rio Grande H2O2 content decreased 11% under PEG and 15% under water scarcity.
Recommendation Rio Grande was judged drought resistant and suitable for water-scarce areas.
Observation Falcon was judged susceptible to drought.
Observation The four cultivars differed in drought perception and antioxidant defense.
Observation Reported drought tolerance ranked Rio Grande highest and Falcon lowest.

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Tomato plant growth and yields could not be kept at 70 and 60% relative soil water content with further decrease of water supply.

Taxon: Solanum lycopersicumSolanum lycopersicume0
Treatment: further decrease of water supplye3
Outcome: plant growth and yieldse3
Direction: could not keepe3

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“Solanum lycopersicum plants were subjected to five different levels of relative soil water content (SWC R ) (e.g., 100, 90, 80, 70, and 60%) for 3 months”
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“Remarkably, increased LIWTR i helped to improve the delivery and WUE of the retained leaf internal water, which maintained P N and improved the WUE at 70% but could not keep the plant growth and yields at 70 and 60% due to the further decrease of water supply and Ψ L”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1224–1491

Title

Leaf Intracellular Water Transport Rate Based on Physiological Impedance: A Possible Role of Leaf Internal Retained Water in Photosynthesis and Growth of Tomatoes

Deke Xing; Renlong Mao; Zhenyi Li; et al. Frontiers in Plant Science 2022. doi:10.3389/fpls.2022.845628

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Moderate and severe stress reduced tomato leaf water potential relative to controls, more under severe stress.

Taxon: tomato plantsSolanum lycopersicumt0
Treatment: Moderate and severe water stresse0
Outcome: Ψ we0
Direction: decreasee0
Qualifier: more pronounced for severely stressed plantse0
Comparator: control plantse0

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“Moderate and severe water stress (i.e. Ψs= ‐0.51 and ‐1.22 MPa, respectively) caused a decrease in Ψ w for all treated (water‐stressed) plants compared with control plants, with the reduction being more pronounced for severely stressed plants.”
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“Tomato Plants”
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Title

Effects of Different Levels of Water Stress on Leaf Water Potential, Stomatal Resistance, Protein and Chlorophyll Content and Certain Anti‐oxidative Enzymes in Tomato Plants

Hatem Zgallaï; Kathy Steppe; Raoul Lemeur Journal of Integrative Plant Biology 2006. doi:10.1111/j.1744-7909.2006.00272.x

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Intervention effect Water stress significantly affected stomatal resistance without a stated direction.
Intervention effect Water stress decreased leaf soluble protein content.
Intervention effect Water stress decreased chlorophyll content.
Intervention effect Catalase activity remained constant under water stress.
Intervention effect SOD activity increased in water-stressed relative to unstressed plants.
Mechanism The authors suggest SOD may protect plants under water stress.
Recommendation The authors suggest using SOD activity as a water-stress screening criterion.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

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Salt stress reduced relative water content (Rwc) in tomato.

Taxon: tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
Treatment: Salt stresse1
Outcome: Rwce3
Direction: reductione3
Comparator: 0 mM NaCl (Control)e1

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“investigate the response of tomato to salinity, a variety that has received little attention”
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“Salt stress was administered with four treatments were tested: 0 mM NaCl (Control) ,75 mM; 145 mM and 200 mM”
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“The adaptations under this stress are mostly morphological (by decreasing leaf area), physiological (reduction in net CO2 assimilation rate, stomatal conductance and transpiration, and Rwc), and biochemical (decrease of chlorophyll content)”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 813–1053

Title

Morphological and Physiological Responses of Tomato Varieties Under Saline Environment

Kada Mokhtar Derkaoui; Mohamed Sahnoune; Moulay Belkhodja International Journal for Research in Applied Science and Engineering Technology 2022. doi:10.22214/ijraset.2022.40897

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Intervention effect Salt stress had a considerable influence on the examined parameters of tomato, most pronounced at 200 mM.
Intervention effect Salt stress reduced net CO2 assimilation rate, stomatal conductance and transpiration in tomato.
Intervention effect Salt stress decreased leaf area of tomato.
Intervention effect Salt stress decreased chlorophyll content in tomato.
Intervention effect Salt stress increased phenol buildup in tomato leaves as a defensive response.
Observation The tomato variety was classified as a salinity-tolerant cultivar.

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Rate of water loss and proline content of tomato tended to increase as stress level increased.

Taxon: tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
Treatment: increase in stress levele5
Outcome: rate of water loss and proline contente5
Direction: increasee5

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“tomato genotypes”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 107–123

e5
“physiological parameters, namely chlorophyll and the relative water content tended to decrease, while the rate of water loss and proline content tended to increase following an increase in stress level”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1010–1211

Title

Assessing the impact of different water stresses on physio-chemical properties and yield-related traits in tomato genotypes: Insights into stability and response

Veerendra K. VERMA; Krishnappa RANGAPPA; Amit KUMAR; et al. Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca 2025. doi:10.15835/nbha53114113

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Lead and cadmium contamination decreased tomato yield and components.

Taxon: tomato plantsSolanum lycopersicume0
Treatment: lead and cadmium contaminatione0
Outcome: yield and its componentse0
Direction: lacke0

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“lead and cadmium contamination led to a decrease in vegetative growth characteristics, total and relative water content, plant pigments, nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium concentration, and lack of yield and its components for tomato plants”
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Title

PHYSIOLOGICAL STUDIES ON HEAVY METALS RESISTANCE MECHANISMS IN PLANT GROWING UNDER INTERCROPPING CONDITIONS

Mervat E. Sorial; A. M. Abd El-all Menoufia Journal of Plant Protection 2021. doi:10.21608/mjapam.2021.188213

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Association Watercress metal accumulation increased with soil lead and cadmium concentration.
Intervention effect Silicon and seaweed extract spraying increased tomato growth and water content.
Intervention effect Silicon and seaweed extract spraying increased tomato pigments and nutrients.
Intervention effect Silicon and seaweed extract spraying increased tomato yield.
Intervention effect Growth stimuli increased watercress absorption efficiency for heavy elements.

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