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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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Inside-row yields of rice, finger millet, maize, and pigeonpea were slightly above monoculture yields.

Taxon: riceOryza sativae0
Treatment: strip croppinge0
Outcome: yieldse0
Direction: highere0
Comparator: monoculturee0

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“The yields of rice, finger millet, maize and pigeonpea in inside rows in strip cropping were a little higher than in monoculture.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 958–1087

Title

Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas L.)-based strip intercropping: I. Interspecific interactions and yield advantage

M. Nedunchezhiyan; K. Laxminarayana; K. Rajasekhara Rao; et al. Acta Agronomica Hungarica 2011. doi:10.1556/aagr.59.2011.2.4

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Intervention effect Pigeonpea intercropping significantly raised sweet potato border-row yield.
Intervention effect Rice, finger millet, and pigeonpea intercrops increased sweet potato border-row root number, length, and diameter over monoculture.
Intervention effect Maize intercropping reduced sweet potato border-row tuber number.
Intervention effect Maize intercropping increased sweet potato root length and diameter versus sole cropping.
Mechanism The inside-row yield gain was mainly attributable to more seeds per panicle or cob.
Observation Sweet potato dominated rice and finger millet intercrops.
Observation Sweet potato was subordinate with maize or pigeonpea.
Intervention effect Equal-area sweet potato yield was consistently higher under strip intercropping than monoculture.
Observation Sweet potato–pigeonpea strips had a higher land equivalent ratio of 1.31 than other systems.
Observation Sweet potato–pigeonpea strips had a higher net return of $623.9 than other systems.

Associationauthor interpretationoriginal resultnegativemeasured

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Feedbacks became highly negative for natives with increased nutrients and density.

Taxon: nativese0
Treatment: increased nutrient supplye0
Outcome: PSFse0
Direction: highly negativee0
Qualifier: conspecific density increasese0

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“as plants take advantage of increased nutrient supply and conspecific density increases, PSFs change little for invaders, but they change to be highly negative for natives, preventing them from forming dense monocultural stands.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1223–1451

Title

Effects of nutrient and density on plant–soil feedbacks of co-occurring invasive and native plants

Ya Wang; Aiyan Han; Qiaoqiao Huang Journal of Plant Ecology 2025. doi:10.1093/jpe/rtaf121

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Intervention effect Invader-derived soil biota did not inhibit plant growth.
Intervention effect Native-derived soil biota inhibited plant growth.
Intervention effect Under high nutrient and density conditions, native biomass was much lower in conspecific than invader-conditioned soil.
Observation Clonality and interactions with nutrient and density did not affect feedbacks.
Observation Invader-conditioned soils had higher arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal diversity.
Observation Invader- and native-conditioned soils differed in pathogenic fungal composition.
Association Feedbacks changed little for invaders as nutrient supply and conspecific density increased.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativesimulated

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In a theoretical analysis, resowing too frequently gave a loss of yield.

Taxon: Lolium perenneLolium perennee0
Treatment: resowing too frequentlye1
Outcome: yielde1
Direction: losse1

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“sown swards of Lolium perenne L.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 75–107

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“This suggested that ploughing and resowing gave little or no advantage in productivity over swards which were not renovated before age 7, and resowing too frequently gave a loss of yield”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 3081–3267

Title

Influence of age and year of growth on the botanical composition and productivity of swards

A. Smith; P. J. Allcock The Journal of Agricultural Science 1985. doi:10.1017/s0021859600056379

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The tiller population comprised at most three age classes, dominated by classes one and two.

Taxon: Leymus chinensisLeymus chinensist0
Outcome: age structuree0
Value: 3 age classese0

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“age structure was consisted of 3 age classes at most,and the tillering plants of 1 age class and 2 age class had absolute advantage and 3 age class took very little proportion”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 660–835

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“Leymus chinensis”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 36–52

Title

Study on Quantity Characteristic of Leymus chinensis Population Tillering Plants in Zhalong Natural Reserve

Dong Yun-bo Anhui nongye kexue 2007

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Observation Tiller quantity ranked sand, woodland wind-sand, meadow and moderate alkali soils.
Observation Tiller biomass followed the same soil-habitat ranking.

Associationobservedoriginal resultno effectmeasured

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Below 16.5% harvest moisture, rice seed relative longevity did not vary with harvest moisture.

Taxon: riceOryza sativat0
Organ / stage: harvest moisture contente0
Outcome: relative longevitye0
Direction: did not differe0
Qualifier: Below 16.5%e0

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“Below 16.5%, relative longevity did not differ with harvest moisture content with little or no advantage to longevity from drying at 45°C.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1153–1291

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“rice seed”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 15–24

Title

Improvement in rice seed storage longevity from high-temperature drying is a consistent positive function of harvest moisture content above a critical value

K.J. Whitehouse; F.R. Hay; R.H. Ellis Seed Science Research 2018. doi:10.1017/s0960258518000211

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Intervention effect Initial drying at 45°C never gave poorer rice seed longevity than drying at 15°C throughout.
Association Relative longevity versus harvest moisture followed a consistent split-line relation with a 16.5% break point.
Intervention effect Below 16.5% harvest moisture, drying at 45°C gave little or no longevity advantage.
Association Above 16.5% harvest moisture, relative longevity rose with harvest moisture.
Intervention effect Above 16.5% harvest moisture, drying at 45°C substantially benefited later seed longevity.

Associationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

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The furtive parasitoid did not elicit a strong anti-predator response in aphids.

Taxon: plantsViridiplantaee1
Interactor: furtive parasitoide5parasite
Outcome: anti-predator responsee5
Direction: no_changeinferrede5

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“In contrast, the furtive parasitoid did not elicit a strong anti-predator response, had little indirect impact on plants, but generated very high CEs due to the advantage of ovipositing into a sedentary prey population”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1951–2169

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“Both parasitoid species, in general, had a negative impact on plants”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1325–1393

Title

Predator identity and the nature and strength of food web interactions

Lee M. Henry; Jordan A. Bannerman; David R. Gillespie; et al. Journal of Animal Ecology 2010. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2656.2010.01723.x

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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Superphosphate application reduced dry season weight loss of steers in one year.

Taxon: native pasturee0
Treatment: Superphosphate applicatione2
Outcome: dry season losse2
Direction: reducede2
Qualifier: in one yeare2

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“The effect of discing and superphosphate application on the performance of steers grazing native pasture was examined over a period of three years”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 0–146

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“Superphosphate application reduced dry season loss in one year, and reduced wet season gain in another year, but conferred little overall advantage”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 261–408

Title

Effect of discing and superphosphate application on the performance of steers grazing native pastures in north Queensland.

L. Winks; A. R. Laing; J Stokoe http://livestocklibrary.com.au/bitstream/handle/1234/6675/Winks72.PDF%3Bjsessionid%3DC6CA6BD56F86A5FD10444620ECBE2487?sequence%3D1 1972

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Intervention effect Discing reduced the rate of dry season weight loss of steers on native pasture in two of three years.
Intervention effect Discing had no effect on wet season gains of steers on native pasture.
Intervention effect Superphosphate application reduced wet season weight gain of steers in another year.
Intervention effect Superphosphate application conferred little overall advantage on steers on native pasture.
Intervention effect Hot dressed carcase weights were higher on disced pasture.
Intervention effect Fertilizer application had no effect on hot dressed carcase weights of steers on native pasture.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Superphosphate application reduced wet season weight gain of steers in another year.

Taxon: native pasturee0
Treatment: Superphosphate applicatione2
Outcome: wet season gaine2
Direction: reducede2
Qualifier: in another yeare2

Not reportedComparator

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“The effect of discing and superphosphate application on the performance of steers grazing native pasture was examined over a period of three years”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 0–146

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“Superphosphate application reduced dry season loss in one year, and reduced wet season gain in another year, but conferred little overall advantage”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 261–408

Title

Effect of discing and superphosphate application on the performance of steers grazing native pastures in north Queensland.

L. Winks; A. R. Laing; J Stokoe http://livestocklibrary.com.au/bitstream/handle/1234/6675/Winks72.PDF%3Bjsessionid%3DC6CA6BD56F86A5FD10444620ECBE2487?sequence%3D1 1972

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Intervention effect Discing reduced the rate of dry season weight loss of steers on native pasture in two of three years.
Intervention effect Discing had no effect on wet season gains of steers on native pasture.
Intervention effect Superphosphate application reduced dry season weight loss of steers in one year.
Intervention effect Superphosphate application conferred little overall advantage on steers on native pasture.
Intervention effect Hot dressed carcase weights were higher on disced pasture.
Intervention effect Fertilizer application had no effect on hot dressed carcase weights of steers on native pasture.

Method / resourceobservedoriginal resultpositivesimulated

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OMA gave higher accuracy (+0.2-0.3) than OCS when predicting mate performance.

Taxon: potatoSolanum tuberosume2
Outcome: accuracye4
Direction: highere4
Value: +0.2-0.3e4
Comparator: OCSe4

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“In a potato breeding case study with 170 candidates, the optimal solution at 0.5% inbreeding involved 43 parents but only 43 of the 903 possible matings”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1431–1583

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“Despite the higher accuracy (+0.2-0.3) when predicting mate performance with OMA compared with OCS, there was little long-term gain advantage”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1162–1303

Title

Genomic prediction of heterosis, inbreeding control, and mate allocation in outbred diploid and tetraploid populations

Jeffrey B Endelman Genetics 2024. doi:10.1093/genetics/iyae193

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Method / resource COMA maintained a target inbreeding rate of 0.5% under simulation using pedigree or genomic IBD kinship.
Method / resource Significantly more genetic gain was realized with pedigree kinship than with genomic IBD kinship.
Method / resource OMA gave little long-term gain advantage over OCS.
Method / resource The sparse COMA mating design and flexible mating constraints offer practical incentives over OCS.
Method / resource The optimal solution at 0.5% inbreeding involved 43 parents in the potato case study.
Method / resource The optimal solution at 0.5% inbreeding involved only 43 of the 903 possible matings in the potato case study.

Recommendationauthor interpretationoriginal resultpositivebasis n/a

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Maize is a suitable rotation crop for irrigated cotton in a two-crop sequence.

Taxon: cottonGossypium hirsutumt0
Outcome: suitable rotation crop for irrigated cotton in a two-crop sequencee1

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“Sowing maize as a rotation crop in irrigated cotton cropping systems”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 0–68

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“Maize is a suitable rotation crop for irrigated cotton in a two-crop sequence but is of little advantage in a cotton–wheat–maize sequence”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 2088–2225

Title

Sowing maize as a rotation crop in irrigated cotton cropping systems in a Vertosol: effects on soil properties, greenhouse gas emissions, black root rot incidence, cotton lint yield and fibre quality

N. R. Hulugalle; G. Nachimuthu; K. Kirkby; et al. Soil Research 2019. doi:10.1071/sr19242

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Observation Soil pH and exchangeable cation concentrations were highest during 2012, the season after a flood event.
Observation Soil electrical conductivity (EC1 : 5) was lowest during 2012.
Observation In subsequent dry seasons, soil pH and cation concentrations decreased.
Observation In subsequent dry seasons, soil electrical conductivity (EC1 : 5) increased.
Intervention effect Maize sowing gave higher exchangeable Ca and Mg in the upper horizons (0–0.3 m) during 2012.
Intervention effect Maize sowing gave higher exchangeable Na and exchangeable sodium percentage at 0.45–1.20 m, but these differences disappeared in later years.
Intervention effect Maize sowing gave higher surface soil organic carbon (SOC) three years after sowing.
Intervention effect Maize sowing gave no increase in SOC storage.
Intervention effect Soil under maize was less resilient to structural degradation.
Intervention effect Black root rot incidence was lower in maize-sown plots, but only during 2012.
Association Stepwise regression suggested that high exchangeable Ca and Mg in the surface 0.15 m reduced black root rot incidence in 2012.
Intervention effect Maize rotation introduced into cotton monocultures improved lint yields.
Intervention effect Maize rotation introduced into cotton monocultures reduced greenhouse gas emissions.
Intervention effect Maize rotation had little impact in a minimum-tilled cotton–wheat rotation.
Recommendation Maize offers little advantage in a cotton–wheat–maize sequence.

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