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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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Silicon application ameliorated loss of dry weight under drought.

Taxon: sorghumSorghumt0
Treatment: Silicon applicatione0
Outcome: dry weighte0
Direction: ameliorated the decreasee0
Qualifier: drought stress conditionse0

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“Silicon application ameliorated the decrease in dry weight under drought stress conditions”
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“Application of silicon enhanced drought tolerance in Sorghum bicolor”
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Title

Application of silicon enhanced drought tolerance in Sorghum bicolor

Taiichiro Hattori; Shinobu Inanaga; Hideki Araki; et al. Physiologia Plantarum 2005. doi:10.1111/j.1399-3054.2005.00481.x

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Intervention effect Silicon application had no effect on dry matter production under wet conditions.
Intervention effect Under dry conditions, silicon-applied sorghum had a lower shoot-to-root ratio.
Intervention effect Silicon application maintained higher photosynthetic rate and stomatal conductance under dry conditions.
Intervention effect Silicon-applied sorghum extracted more water from drier soil.
Intervention effect Silicon-applied sorghum maintained higher stomatal conductance.
Observation Silicon had very similar effects in both cultivars regardless of drought susceptibility.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativesignificant (as stated)measured

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Inoculation reduced aboveground dry weight of sorghum by 43% compared with the control.

Taxon: SorghumSorghumt0
Organ / stage: above-e0
Treatment: Inoculatede0
Outcome: dry weighte0
Direction: decreasee0
Value: 43e0
Comparator: the controle0

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“Sorghum”
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“Inoculated plants also had a decrease in dry weight for above- and belowground sections (P = 0.05) compared with the control with 43 and 47% reductions, respectively”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 2165–2330

Title

First Report of Fusarium verticillioides Causing Stalk and Root Rot of Sorghum in Spain

D. Palmero; J. Gil-Serna; L. Gálvez; et al. Plant Disease 2012. doi:10.1094/pdis-11-11-0958-pdn

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativesignificant (as stated)measured

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Inoculation reduced belowground dry weight of sorghum by 47% compared with the control.

Taxon: SorghumSorghumt0
Organ / stage: belowgrounde0
Treatment: Inoculatede0
Outcome: dry weighte0
Direction: decreasee0
Value: 47%e0
Comparator: the controle0

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“Sorghum”
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“Inoculated plants also had a decrease in dry weight for above- and belowground sections (P = 0.05) compared with the control with 43 and 47% reductions, respectively”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 2165–2330

Title

First Report of Fusarium verticillioides Causing Stalk and Root Rot of Sorghum in Spain

D. Palmero; J. Gil-Serna; L. Gálvez; et al. Plant Disease 2012. doi:10.1094/pdis-11-11-0958-pdn

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Mechanismauthor interpretationoriginal resultmeasured

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The September growth-rate decline was attributed to reduced radiation and dead-leaf dry-weight loss.

Taxon: sorghumsSorghumt0
Outcome: declinee0
Qualifier: a decrease in radiation and a loss in dry weight from decay and detachment of dead leavese0

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“sorghums”
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“The most important factors causing the decline were a decrease in radiation and a loss in dry weight from decay and detachment of dead leaves”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 902–1043

Title

The growth and yield of tall and short sorghums in Nigeria

P. R. Goldsworthy The Journal of Agricultural Science 1970. doi:10.1017/s0021859600026113

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

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Increasing inoculum progressively decreased shoot length, shoot fresh and dry weight, root length and root weight versus uninoculated plants.

Taxon: sorghumSorghumt0
Treatment: increase in inoculums level of M. graminicolae0
Interactor: M. graminicolaMeloidogyne graminicolae0pathogen
Outcome: shoot length, fresh and dry shoot weight, root length and root weighte0
Direction: progressive decreasee0
Comparator: uninoculated controle0

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“With the increase in inoculums level of M. graminicola, there was a progressive decrease in plant growth parameters viz., shoot length, fresh and dry shoot weight, root length and root weight at all initial population densities as compared to uninoculated control”
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“sorghum”
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Title

Effect of different initial population densities of Meloidogyne graminicola on the plant growth of sorghum

Vinod Kumar; Anil Kumar; KK Verma Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies 2017

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Intervention effect An inoculum of 500 j2/kg soil significantly reduced sorghum growth parameters.
Observation Galls per plant reached 125.3 at 500 j2/kg soil.
Observation Galls per plant reached 159.7 at 1000 j2/kg soil.
Observation Final soil nematode population reached 495 at 500 j2/kg soil.
Observation Final soil nematode population reached 658.3 at 1000 j2/kg soil.
Observation Galls and final nematode population decreased at 10000 j2/kg soil.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

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Lower light reduced fresh and dry leaf mass per unit leaf area in Sorghum.

Taxon: SorghumSorghumt0
Treatment: decrease in the light intensitye0
Outcome: fresh and dry weight per unit leaf arme0
Direction: lowere0

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“Progressive decrease in the light intensity during growth brought about parallel change in the leaf mass accumulation as evidenced by lower fresh and dry weight per unit leaf arm”
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“Sorghum”
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Title

Biochemical Changes in Phaseolus and Sorghum Grown Under Different Light Intensities

P. Sampath; G. Kulandaivelu 1982

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Intervention effect Lower light reduced fresh and dry leaf mass per unit leaf area in Phaseolus.
Observation Light intensity changes altered leaf protein content in Phaseolus.
Observation Lower light increased starch hydrolytic activity in Phaseolus.
Intervention effect Lower light increased pigment content in Phaseolus.
Observation Light intensity changes altered leaf protein content in Sorghum.
Observation Lower light increased starch hydrolytic activity in Sorghum.
Intervention effect Lower light increased pigment content in Sorghum.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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Silicon increased leaf, shoot, root and total dry weights in sorghum.

Taxon: sorghum cultivarsSorghume0
Treatment: silicone0
Outcome: leaf dry weight (LDW), shoot dry weight (SDW), root dry weight (RDW), total dry weight (TDW)e0
Direction: increasee0
Comparator: control treatmente0

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“increase in silicon leads to increase in leaf area index (LAI), specific leaf weight (SLW), chlorophyll content (SPAD), leaf dry weight (LDW), shoot dry weight (SDW), root dry weight (RDW), total dry weight (TDW) and remarkably decrease in leaf water potential and shoot to root ratio in sorghum cultivars compared to control treatment”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 745–1080

Title

Silicon application and drought tolerance mechanism of sorghum

Mukhtar Ahmed; Fayyaz-ul-Hassen; Ummara Qadeer; et al. African Journal of Agricultural Research 2011. doi:10.5897/ajar10.626

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Intervention effect Silicon increased sorghum leaf area index, specific leaf weight, chlorophyll content, and biomass measures versus control.
Intervention effect Silicon decreased sorghum leaf water potential and shoot to root ratio relative to control.
Intervention effect Silicon with irrigation increased growth and water use efficiency by reported percentages versus water deficiency.
Recommendation Authors suggest silicon may improve sorghum drought tolerance through improved water uptake.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Silicon increased sorghum leaf area index, specific leaf weight, chlorophyll content, and biomass measures versus control.

Taxon: sorghum cultivarsSorghume0
Treatment: silicone0
Outcome: leaf area index (LAI), specific leaf weight (SLW), chlorophyll content (SPAD)e0
Direction: increasee0
Comparator: control treatmente0

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“increase in silicon leads to increase in leaf area index (LAI), specific leaf weight (SLW), chlorophyll content (SPAD), leaf dry weight (LDW), shoot dry weight (SDW), root dry weight (RDW), total dry weight (TDW) and remarkably decrease in leaf water potential and shoot to root ratio in sorghum cultivars compared to control treatment”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 745–1080

Title

Silicon application and drought tolerance mechanism of sorghum

Mukhtar Ahmed; Fayyaz-ul-Hassen; Ummara Qadeer; et al. African Journal of Agricultural Research 2011. doi:10.5897/ajar10.626

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Intervention effect Silicon increased leaf, shoot, root and total dry weights in sorghum.
Intervention effect Silicon decreased sorghum leaf water potential and shoot to root ratio relative to control.
Intervention effect Silicon with irrigation increased growth and water use efficiency by reported percentages versus water deficiency.
Recommendation Authors suggest silicon may improve sorghum drought tolerance through improved water uptake.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativesignificant (as stated)measured

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T3 irrigation significantly reduced sorghum plant height and dry weight relative to T1 and T2.

Taxon: SorghumSorghumt0
Material: Variety Ankatht0
Treatment: T3e0
Outcome: plant high and dry weighte0
Direction: significantly decreasede0
Comparator: irrigated T1, T2e0

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“Irrigated alternative and continuous T3, T4, T5 caused significantly decreased in plant high and dry weight compared with irrigated T1, T2, also alternative Irrigated T2 caused decrease 14.5% in production, its still during the produces use of saline water in Irrigation for economics fields and saved about 28.57% sutiable water.”
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“Sorghum (Variety Ankath)”
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Title

Effect of continuous and Alternative Irrigation with saline Drainage water on salt balance in soil and growth and production of Sorghum (Variety Ankath)

M. F. Yasein Anbar Journal of Agricultural Sciences 2007. doi:10.32649/ajas.2007.36034

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Intervention effect T4 irrigation significantly raised soil salinity to 5.9 ds/m relative to river water irrigation.
Intervention effect T5 irrigation significantly raised soil salinity to 8.8 ds/m relative to river water irrigation.
Intervention effect T4 irrigation significantly raised soil SAR to 4.4 relative to river water irrigation.
Intervention effect T5 irrigation significantly raised soil SAR to 5.4 relative to river water irrigation.
Intervention effect T1 irrigation produced decreased in soil salinity relative to before farming.
Intervention effect T2 irrigation produced decreased in soil salinity relative to before farming.
Intervention effect T3 irrigation produced accumlalion in soil salinity relative to before farming.
Intervention effect T4 irrigation produced accumlalion in soil salinity relative to before farming.
Intervention effect T5 irrigation produced accumlalion in soil salinity relative to before farming.
Intervention effect T1 irrigation increased SAR relative to before farming.
Intervention effect T2 irrigation increased SAR relative to before farming.
Intervention effect T3 irrigation increased SAR relative to before farming.
Intervention effect T4 irrigation increased SAR relative to before farming.
Intervention effect T5 irrigation increased SAR relative to before farming.
Intervention effect T4 irrigation significantly reduced sorghum plant height and dry weight relative to T1 and T2.
Intervention effect T5 irrigation significantly reduced sorghum plant height and dry weight relative to T1 and T2.
Intervention effect Alternative T2 irrigation reduced sorghum production by 14.5%.
Observation Alternative T2 irrigation saved about 28.57% suitable irrigation water.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativesignificant (as stated)measured

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T4 irrigation significantly reduced sorghum plant height and dry weight relative to T1 and T2.

Taxon: SorghumSorghumt0
Material: Variety Ankatht0
Treatment: T4e0
Outcome: plant high and dry weighte0
Direction: significantly decreasede0
Comparator: irrigated T1, T2e0

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“Irrigated alternative and continuous T3, T4, T5 caused significantly decreased in plant high and dry weight compared with irrigated T1, T2, also alternative Irrigated T2 caused decrease 14.5% in production, its still during the produces use of saline water in Irrigation for economics fields and saved about 28.57% sutiable water.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1270–1600

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“Sorghum (Variety Ankath)”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 128–152

Title

Effect of continuous and Alternative Irrigation with saline Drainage water on salt balance in soil and growth and production of Sorghum (Variety Ankath)

M. F. Yasein Anbar Journal of Agricultural Sciences 2007. doi:10.32649/ajas.2007.36034

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Intervention effect T4 irrigation significantly raised soil salinity to 5.9 ds/m relative to river water irrigation.
Intervention effect T5 irrigation significantly raised soil salinity to 8.8 ds/m relative to river water irrigation.
Intervention effect T4 irrigation significantly raised soil SAR to 4.4 relative to river water irrigation.
Intervention effect T5 irrigation significantly raised soil SAR to 5.4 relative to river water irrigation.
Intervention effect T1 irrigation produced decreased in soil salinity relative to before farming.
Intervention effect T2 irrigation produced decreased in soil salinity relative to before farming.
Intervention effect T3 irrigation produced accumlalion in soil salinity relative to before farming.
Intervention effect T4 irrigation produced accumlalion in soil salinity relative to before farming.
Intervention effect T5 irrigation produced accumlalion in soil salinity relative to before farming.
Intervention effect T1 irrigation increased SAR relative to before farming.
Intervention effect T2 irrigation increased SAR relative to before farming.
Intervention effect T3 irrigation increased SAR relative to before farming.
Intervention effect T4 irrigation increased SAR relative to before farming.
Intervention effect T5 irrigation increased SAR relative to before farming.
Intervention effect T3 irrigation significantly reduced sorghum plant height and dry weight relative to T1 and T2.
Intervention effect T5 irrigation significantly reduced sorghum plant height and dry weight relative to T1 and T2.
Intervention effect Alternative T2 irrigation reduced sorghum production by 14.5%.
Observation Alternative T2 irrigation saved about 28.57% suitable irrigation water.

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