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Organism: Zea mays ✕

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativesignificant (as stated)measured

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Drought significantly decreased maize relative water content.

Taxon: Zea maysZea mayst0
Treatment: drought conditione0
Outcome: relative water content (RWC)e0
Direction: decreasee0

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“drought condition caused a significant decrease in biomass, total chlorophyll, relative water content (RWC) of the plant”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 863–983

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“Zea mays seedlings”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 49–67

Title

Simulated drought influences oxidative stress in Zea mays seedlings

E.N Iwuala; R.N. Kanu; A.A Ajiboye; et al. Bayero Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences 2016. doi:10.4314/bajopas.v9i1.29

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Intervention effect Drought significantly decreased maize biomass.
Intervention effect Drought significantly decreased maize total chlorophyll.
Intervention effect Drought significantly increased maize MDA level.
Intervention effect Drought significantly increased catalase peroxidase activity in maize.
Mechanism The authors conclude that drought impaired plant water absorption.
Mechanism The authors conclude that drought induced oxidative stress in plants.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativesignificant (as stated)measured

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Salt stress decreased relative water content and increased water deficit index in all genotypes.

Taxon: maizeZea mayse0
Treatment: Salt stresse0
Outcome: relative water contente0
Direction: decreasee0

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“Salt stress led to physiological drought in all maize genotypes as indicated by the significant decrease in relative water content and increase in water deficit index.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 437–604

Title

Effects of salt stress on physiological and biochemical responses of three maize genotypes at the early seedling stage

Ali DOĞRU Acta agriculturae Slovenica 2021. doi:10.14720/aas.2021.117.1.1964

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Observation Maize shoot growth was more sensitive to salinity than root growth.
Intervention effect Salt stress increased water deficit index in all maize genotypes.
Intervention effect Salt stress increased SOD activity across genotypes.
Observation Oxidative markers MDA and H2O2 remained constant under salinity.
Observation Reduced ascorbate and phenolic levels increased.
Intervention effect Salinity altered ascorbate peroxidase and glutathione reductase activities, particularly in P3167 and 32K61.
Observation Bora was judged salinity tolerant, whereas P3167 and 32K61 were sensitive.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativesignificant (as stated)measured

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Shoot relative water content fell 28.65% versus control.

Taxon: MAIZEZea mayst0
Organ / stage: shoote0
Outcome: relative water content (RWC)e0
Direction: decreasee0
Value: 28.65%e0
Comparator: controle0

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“MAIZE”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 56–61

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“There is a significant decrease in relative water content (RWC) in both shoot and root by 28.65% and 11.13%, respectively, compared with the control”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1058–1206

Title

IMPACT OF POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL-INDUCED OSMOTIC STRESS ON MAIZE GERMINATION, GROWTH, AND PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE

Bappy Sen; Tanushree Basumatary; Danswrang Daimary; et al. Towards Excellence 2023. doi:10.37867/te150318

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Association Increasing PEG concentration reduced plant growth.
Intervention effect Water stress treatments significantly affected maize growth parameters.
Association Respiration and transpiration rates declined as PEG concentration rose.
Association Protein concentration decreased as PEG concentration increased.
Intervention effect Root relative water content fell 11.13% versus control.
Intervention effect PEG treatment reduced chlorophyll b by 60.05%.
Intervention effect PEG treatment reduced chlorophyll a content by 33.25%.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativesignificant (as stated)measured

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Root relative water content fell 11.13% versus control.

Taxon: MAIZEZea mayst0
Organ / stage: roote0
Outcome: relative water content (RWC)e0
Direction: decreasee0
Value: 11.13%e0
Comparator: controle0

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“MAIZE”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 56–61

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“There is a significant decrease in relative water content (RWC) in both shoot and root by 28.65% and 11.13%, respectively, compared with the control”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1058–1206

Title

IMPACT OF POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL-INDUCED OSMOTIC STRESS ON MAIZE GERMINATION, GROWTH, AND PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE

Bappy Sen; Tanushree Basumatary; Danswrang Daimary; et al. Towards Excellence 2023. doi:10.37867/te150318

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Association Increasing PEG concentration reduced plant growth.
Intervention effect Water stress treatments significantly affected maize growth parameters.
Association Respiration and transpiration rates declined as PEG concentration rose.
Association Protein concentration decreased as PEG concentration increased.
Intervention effect Shoot relative water content fell 28.65% versus control.
Intervention effect PEG treatment reduced chlorophyll b by 60.05%.
Intervention effect PEG treatment reduced chlorophyll a content by 33.25%.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativesignificant (as stated)measured

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Salt stress decreased maize leaf relative water content, photosynthetic characteristics and catalase activity.

Taxon: maizeZea mayst0
Treatment: salt stress treatmentse0
Outcome: leaf relative water content, photosynthetic characteristics, and catalase activitye0
Direction: decreasee0

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“the leaf relative water content, photosynthetic characteristics, and catalase activity exhibited a significantly decrease of salt stress treatments”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 385–532

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“Maize”
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Title

Maize (Zea mays L.) responses to salt stress in terms of root anatomy, respiration and antioxidative enzyme activity

Dandan Hu; Rongfa Li; Shuting Dong; et al. BMC Plant Biology 2022. doi:10.1186/s12870-022-03972-4

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Intervention effect Salt stress raised superoxide dismutase and peroxidase activities and malondialdehyde content.
Intervention effect Salt stress raised Na+ uptake and translocation relative to controls.
Observation Salt injury was more pronounced in YY7 than JNY658.
Intervention effect Salt stress increased root cortical aerenchyma number in JNY658.
Observation Under salt stress, JNY658 had larger cortical cells and fewer root cortical cell files.
Intervention effect Salt stress lowered total respiration rates in both maize varieties.
Intervention effect Salt stress raised alternate oxidative respiration rates in both varieties.
Intervention effect Salt stress raised root net Na+ and K+ efflux rates in both maize varieties.
Mechanism The authors infer that increased ion efflux reduced root Na+ toxicity and maintained ion balance.
Observation The authors report decreased root-surface Na+ uptake, constrained translocation and reduced leaf Na+ accumulation under salt stress.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativesignificant (as stated)measured

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Water deficit significantly decreased chlorophyll content relative to control.

Taxon: Zea mays L.Zea mayse1
Treatment: stressed plante0
Outcome: chlorophyll contente0
Direction: decreasee0
Comparator: controle0

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“The significant decrease of chlorophyll content was obtained in stressed plant than control”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 713–804

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“leaves of Zea mays L.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 101–122

Title

Alleviation of Water Deficit Stress Effects by Foliar Application of Ascorbic Acid on Zea mays L.

A. Dolatabadian; S. A. M. Modarres Sanavy; M. Sharifi Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science 2009. doi:10.1111/j.1439-037x.2009.00382.x

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Intervention effect Water deficit increased superoxide dismutase, peroxidase and catalase activities in maize leaves.
Intervention effect Water deficit increased polyphenol oxidase activity in maize leaves.
Intervention effect Foliar ascorbic acid reduced stress-induced antioxidant enzyme activities.
Intervention effect Ascorbic acid decreased proline in water-deficit-stressed maize.
Intervention effect Ascorbic acid decreased malondialdehyde in water-deficit-stressed maize.
Observation Ascorbate was oxidized to dehydroascorbate in maize leaves.
Observation Total ascorbate decreased in maize leaves.
Observation Dehydroascorbate increased in maize leaves.
Mechanism Ascorbic acid reduced harmful reactive oxygen species effects and improved water stress resistance.
Recommendation The authors suggested ascorbic acid treatment may improve stressed plants in arid and semi-arid regions.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativesignificant (as stated)measured

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Deficit irrigation significantly reduced chlorophyll a, b and relative water content.

Taxon: maizeZea mayst0
Treatment: deficit irrigatione0
Outcome: chlorophyll a, b and relative water contente0
Direction: decreasee0
Comparator: normal irrigatione1

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“deficit irrigation caused a significant decrease in grain yield and other agronomic traits, physiological characteristics (chlorophyll a, b and relative water content)”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 635–802

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“normal irrigation, 80% of maximum daily crop evapotranspiration”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 440–503

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“maize”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 90–95

Title

Growth analysis, agronomic and physiological characteristics of three hybrid varieties of maize under deficit irrigation conditions

Amir Abbas Rostami Ajirloo; Mohamad Reza Asgharipour; Ahmad Ganbari; et al. Journal of Plant Physiology and Breeding 2019. doi:10.22034/jppb.2019.10097

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Intervention effect Deficit irrigation significantly reduced maize grain yield and agronomic traits.
Intervention effect Deficit irrigation significantly reduced leaf area index, crop growth rate and relative growth rate.
Intervention effect Water deficit increased leaf rolling percentage.
Intervention effect With stronger deficit, SC705 chlorophyll a, b and relative water content fell more than in SC703 and SC704.
Observation At severe stress, SC705 leaf rolling reached 60%.
Observation SC705 had the highest grain yield, 8.51 t/ha, under normal irrigation.
Observation SC705 had the highest biomass, 19.36 t/ha, under normal irrigation.
Observation SC705 had minimum grain yield and biomass at 50% ETc.
Intervention effect Increasing deficit from normal irrigation to 50% ETc significantly reduced SC705 leaf area index, plant growth rate and relative growth rate.
Intervention effect Increasing deficit from normal irrigation to 50% ETc significantly reduced SC705 net photosynthesis rate.
Recommendation The authors recommend preventing water deficit at critical maize growth stages.
Recommendation The authors advise planting SC705 when enough irrigation water is available.
Recommendation The authors consider SC704 suitable for water deficit, especially at 50% ETc.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativesignificant (as stated)measured

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Salt stress significantly decreased relative water content.

Taxon: maizeZea mayst0
Treatment: Salt stresse2
Outcome: relative water contente2
Direction: decreasee2

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“Salt stress led to a significant decrease in the relative water content, shoot and root length, fresh and dry weight as well as leaf area and K + content but increase Na + content”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 493–672

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“Comparative morphological, physiological, and biochemical traits in sensitive and tolerant maize genotypes in response to salinity and pb stress”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 0–144

Title

Comparative morphological, physiological, and biochemical traits in sensitive and tolerant maize genotypes in response to salinity and pb stress

Elnaz Zamani; Bahlanes Bakhtari; Hooman Razi; et al. Scientific Reports 2024. doi:10.1038/s41598-024-82173-5

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Intervention effect NaCl or Pb treatment of the sensitive genotype significantly reduced root length and plant height.
Intervention effect NaCl or Pb treatment of the sensitive genotype significantly reduced total fresh and dry weights.
Intervention effect NaCl or Pb treatment of the sensitive genotype significantly reduced chlorophyll and carotenoid content.
Intervention effect Salt stress significantly decreased shoot and root length.
Intervention effect Salt stress significantly decreased fresh and dry weight and leaf area.
Intervention effect Salt stress significantly decreased K+ content.
Intervention effect Salt stress increased Na+ content.
Intervention effect NaCl and Pb stresses increased antioxidant enzyme activity.
Intervention effect NaCl and Pb stresses increased proline content.
Intervention effect NaCl and Pb stresses increased malondialdehyde and hydrogen peroxide levels.
Observation Principal component analysis explained 69.8% and 16.5% of the total variation among the variables studied.
Association Hydrogen peroxide, malondialdehyde, peroxidase, catalase and ascorbate peroxidase levels were positively correlated with Na+ content.
Association K+, chlorophyll content and relative water content were negatively correlated with growth traits in maize.
Intervention effect The salt-tolerant maize genotype is more suitable for adapting to Pb stress than the salt-sensitive genotype.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativesignificant (as stated)measured

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Drought decreased maize photosynthesis, stomatal conductance, chlorophyll, relative water content, height and yield.

Taxon: MaizeZea mayse0
Treatment: droughte0
Outcome: net photosynthesis rate, leaf stomatal conductance, chlorophyll (Chl.) a+b, relative water content (RWC), plant height, and grain yielde0
Direction: decreasee0

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“drought caused a significant decrease in net photosynthesis rate, leaf stomatal conductance, chlorophyll (Chl.) a+b, relative water content (RWC), plant height, and grain yield of Maize”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 938–1123

Title

Super Absorbent Polymers and Soil Texture Affects on Zea mays L. Physiological Response, under Drought Stress Condition

Moeini, Alireza; Neshat, Ali; Yazdanpanah, Najme; et al. Open MIND 2025. doi:10.57647/jcns.2025.1101.04

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Intervention effect Increasing drought elevated CAT, SOD, APX, REC and proline.
Intervention effect Moderate drought increased WUE by 5.8% relative to control.
Intervention effect Severe drought increased WUE by 11.7% relative to control.
Observation Clay-loam soil produced the maximum grain yield of 491.8 g.
Intervention effect SAP under drought enhanced gas exchange, chlorophyll, water content, height and grain yield.
Intervention effect SAP under drought decreased REC, proline, CAT, SOD and APX activity.
Observation The 80 kg.ha-1 SAP rate gave the highest photosynthesis, stomatal conductance and chlorophyll, and 10 kg.ha-1 gave the lowest.
Intervention effect SAP at 40 and 80 kg.ha-1 increased leaf relative water content.
Intervention effect SAP at 10 and 20 kg.ha-1 had no significant effect on leaf relative water content versus control.
Recommendation The authors recommend 80 kg.ha-1 SAP for drought in sandy and clay-loam soils.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativesignificant (as stated)measured

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Salinity stress significantly decreased leaf water potential and relative water content in maize

Taxon: maize (Zea mays)Zea mayst0
Treatment: salinity stress (SS; 100 mM NaCl)e0
Outcome: leaf water potential, relative water contente1
Direction: decreasee1
Comparator: control (no NaCl added)e0

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“maize (Zea mays) plants”
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“control (no NaCl added) or salinity stress (SS; 100 mM NaCl)”
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“SS caused a significant decrease in plant growth, PSII maximum efficiency, chlorophyll a and b, leaf water potential, relative water content, mineral element contents, ascorbate, and glutathione”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 615–809

Title

The endogenous L-cysteine desulfhydrase and hydrogen sulfide participate in supplemented phosphorus-induced tolerance to salinity stress in maize (Zea mays) plants

KAYA, Cengiz; ASHRAF, Muhammad DergiPark (Istanbul University) 2020

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Intervention effect Salinity stress significantly decreased maize plant growth, PSII maximum efficiency, and chlorophyll a and b
Intervention effect Salinity stress significantly decreased mineral element contents, ascorbate and glutathione in maize
Intervention effect Salinity stress significantly increased hydrogen peroxide, malondialdehyde and electron leakage in maize
Intervention effect Salinity stress significantly increased proline and the activities of key antioxidant enzymes in maize
Intervention effect Salinity stress significantly increased leaf Na+ content in maize
Intervention effect Salinity stress significantly increased endogenous H2S and LDES activity in maize
Intervention effect Phosphorus supplementation reduced leaf Na+ content and oxidative stress in salinity-stressed maize
Intervention effect Phosphorus supplementation improved antioxidant defence system, leaf mineral nutrient contents and plant growth in salinity-stressed maize
Intervention effect Phosphorus supplementation improved photosynthetic traits, H2S and proline levels, and LDES activity in salinity-stressed maize
Intervention effect Hypotaurine significantly reversed the levels of H2S in maize
Intervention effect Hypotaurine did not reduce LDES activity in maize
Intervention effect Propargylglycine reversed both H2S and LDES in salinity-stressed maize
Intervention effect Hypotaurine and propargylglycine both reversed the positive effects of phosphorus on oxidative stress and antioxidant defence in maize
Mechanism H2S and LDES jointly participated in phosphorus-induced salinity tolerance of maize, as suggested by the authors

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