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Observationobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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Maize genetic variance did not decline from 1975 to 2004.

Taxon: maizeZea mayse1
Outcome: magnitude of genetic variancee0
Direction: neither a decreasee0

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“There was neither a decrease in the magnitude of genetic variance nor a change in the predominance of variance due to GCA over variance due to SCA.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 4290–4437

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“the maize program of the University of Hohenheim”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 3978–4026

Title

Theoretical and experimental investigations on the exploitation of heterosis in hybrid breeding

Sandra E. Fischer University writing server of the University of Hohenheim (Universität Hohenheim) 2009

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Observation Triticale had low heterosis.
Association Between-group factorials had a higher GCA-to-SCA variance ratio than within-group designs.
Association Genetically distinct populations showed a more favorable GCA-to-SCA ratio than less distinct populations.
Method / resource The enumeration algorithm improved all criteria for identifying heterotic groups.
Observation F1 performance was the leading criterion for developing and enriching heterotic groups.
Observation Heterosis was the next most important criterion for developing and enriching heterotic groups.
Observation US exotic maize germplasm had higher genetic diversity than Central European groups.
Recommendation The authors recommend introgressing non-Stiff Stalk germplasm into the Flint group.
Recommendation The authors recommend introgressing Stiff Stalk germplasm into the Dent group.
Observation East European rye OPVs had higher genetic diversity than Central European groups.
Observation The Carsten rye group had a narrow genetic base.
Recommendation The authors recommend the Carsten group as the primary target for genetic broadening.
Association All five rye OPVs were genetically closer to Petkus than Carsten.
Observation Two rye OPVs were good candidates for introgression into Petkus.
Observation One rye OPV was a good candidate for introgression into Carsten.
Recommendation The authors suggest using selected clones of these rye populations for introgression.
Observation Maize GCA variance remained predominant over SCA variance.
Recommendation The authors recommend continually enriching heterotic groups through germplasm introgression.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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Phlorizin prevented the ADP-associated ΔpH decrease.

Treatment: phlorizine0
Outcome: this decreasee0
Direction: preventede0

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“In the presence of arsenate, ΔpH was decreased by ADP up to 0.4 unit and this decrease was prevented by phlorizin, an energy transfer inhibitor.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 532–676

Title

Effects of Adenine Nucleotides and of Photophosphorylation on H+ Uptake and the Magnitude of the H+ Gradient in Illuminated Chloroplasts

Archie R. Portis; Richard E. McCarty Journal of Biological Chemistry 1974. doi:10.1016/s0021-9258(19)42246-1

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Intervention effect Saturating ADP with arsenate decreased steady-state H+ uptake in illuminated chloroplasts.
Intervention effect ATP or ADP without arsenate enhanced the light-induced chloroplast H+ gradient by 0.15 to 0.2 unit.
Intervention effect ADP with arsenate decreased ΔpH by up to 0.4 unit.
Association With reduced light intensity or added uncoupler, phosphorylation rates fell faster than ΔpH.
Association A 0.3 to 0.34 unit decrease in ΔpH accompanied a 10-fold decrease in phosphorylation rate.

Mechanismauthor interpretationoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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Reduced VPD caused a decrease in canopy transpiration greater than the decrease in fog evaporation.

Taxon: tomato plantSolanum lycopersicume1
Outcome: decrease in canopy transpiratione0
Value: 70-94%e0
Qualifier: decrease in VPDe0
Comparator: fog evaporation ratee0

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“The decrease in canopy transpiration resulted from the decrease in VPD, and was at a magnitude greater than that of the fog evaporation rate under similar experimental conditions with relatively high humidity in the range of 70-94%”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 2145–2376

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“The tomato plant canopy transpiration rate”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1651–1693

Title

Controlled Environment Agriculture for Effective Plant Production Systems in a Semiarid Greenhouse

Masahisa ISHII; Sadanori SASE; Hideki MORIYAMA; et al. Japan Agricultural Research Quarterly JARQ 2016. doi:10.6090/jarq.50.101

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Intervention effect Fog cooling used less water than pad-and-fan cooling.
Intervention effect Air relative humidity was slightly higher with fog cooling than pad-and-fan cooling.
Association Simulated greenhouse air relative humidity declined with increasing ventilation rate.
Association Water use for fog cooling increased with ventilation rate.
Method / resource The control algorithm could maintain humidity and temperature in a desirable range while reducing fog water use.
Association Tomato canopy transpiration increased linearly with vapor pressure deficit.
Intervention effect Lower ventilation decreased total greenhouse water use by 13%.
Intervention effect Lower ventilation increased greenhouse relative humidity.

Associationobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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Delaying weed establishment decreased weed biomass.

Taxon: tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
Treatment: delay in establishmente0
Interactor: weedse0weed
Outcome: weed biomasse0
Direction: decreasee0

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“The delay in establishment and removal of weeds resulted in weed biomass decrease and increase of the same magnitude, respectively, regardless of transplant type.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1179–1341

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“Tomato”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 72–78

Title

Critical Period for Weed Control in Grafted and Nongrafted Fresh Market Tomato

Sushila Chaudhari; Katherine M. Jennings; David W. Monks; et al. Weed Science 2016. doi:10.1614/ws-d-15-00049.1

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Association Later weed establishment increased tomato aboveground biomass.
Association Later weed removal decreased tomato biomass.
Intervention effect At a given weed timing, grafted tomato produced higher biomass than nongrafted tomato.
Association Delaying weed removal increased weed biomass by the same magnitude.
Method / resource The predicted critical weed-control period for grafted tomato was 2.2 to 4.5 WAT.
Method / resource The predicted critical weed-control period for nongrafted tomato was 3.3 to 5.8 WAT.
Intervention effect Grafting did not affect critical-period length of 2.3 or 2.5 weeks.
Observation Critical-period management began and ended one week earlier for grafted tomato.

Associationauthor interpretationoriginal resultpositivesimulated

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Increasing winter nitrogen uptake could enhance mountain birch seedling growth at an order of magnitude comparable to a 1 to 2 K soil temperature increase.

Taxon: mountain birchBetula pubescens var. pumilae0
Organ / stage: seedlingse0
Treatment: an increase in the amount of N taken up during wintere0
Outcome: growth ratee0
Direction: enhancee0
Value: 1 to 2 Ke0

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“a decrease in the amount of N lost in autumn and an increase in the amount of N taken up during winter could enhance the growth rate of mountain birch seedlings by the same order of magnitude as an increase in growing season soil temperature by 1 to 2 K”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1235–1488

Title

Growth of Mountain Birch Seedlings in Early‐Successional Patches: A Year‐Round Perspective

M. Weih Plant Biology 2000. doi:10.1055/s-2000-5959

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Association Reducing autumn nitrogen loss could enhance mountain birch seedling growth at an order of magnitude comparable to a 1 to 2 K soil temperature increase.

Associationauthor interpretationoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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The authors state that the yield and biomass increases under elevated CO2 are consistent with SoyFACE studies but larger in magnitude.

Taxon: soybeanGlycine maxe0
Outcome: yield and biomasse1
Direction: larger effectse1
Comparator: SoyFACE studiese1

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“Elevation of [CO2] will invariably influence soybean growth and yield”
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“Our main conclusion is consistent with the results of SoyFACE studies,such as the increase in yield and biomass and the decrease in harvest index with elevated [CO2],but with larger effects than those found in the SoyFACE studies”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1632–1861

Title

Effects of free air CO_2 enrichment( FACE) on growth and yield of summer soybean

Hao Xing Acta Ecologica Sinica 2009

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Intervention effect Elevated CO2 under FACE increased the weight of leaf, stem and pod compared with ambient CO2.
Intervention effect Under FACE, above-ground biomass of two varieties was significantly increased by about 52.30% compared with ambient air.
Intervention effect Elevated CO2 increased leaf area of Zhonghuang35.
Intervention effect Elevated CO2 decreased leaf area of Zhonghuang13.
Intervention effect Under FACE, specific leaf weight of two soybean cultivars increased at the filling pod stage.
Intervention effect Under FACE, specific leaf weight of Zhonghuang35 was significantly increased by 23.08%.
Intervention effect Under FACE, plant node number and branch number increased.
Intervention effect Under elevated CO2, stem diameter of Zhonghuang35 significantly increased by 7.18% at harvest.
Intervention effect Under elevated CO2, stem diameter of Zhonghuang13 significantly increased by 26.33% at harvest.
Intervention effect Under FACE, pod number per plant and individual seed mass increased, which the paper links to higher yield.
Intervention effect Under FACE, average soybean yield increased by 30.93%.
Intervention effect Elevated CO2 did not significantly affect the average harvest index of soybean.
Intervention effect Elevated CO2 did not significantly change the proportional allocation of leaf, stem and pod biomass to above-ground biomass over the growing season.
Observation The effect of FACE on soybean differed significantly between the two cultivars.

Associationobservedoriginal resultpositivesignificant (as stated)measured

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NG46 had significant advantages in the reported light-harvesting, reaction-center, heat-dissipation and nitrogen-metabolism traits.

Taxon: riceOryza sativat0
Material: NG46e0
Outcome: light-harvesting capacity, the ratio of reaction center inactivation, the magnitude of decrease in heat dissipation, and nitrogen-metabolism enzyme activitiese0
Direction: advantagese0
Comparator: four rice cultivarse0

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“Among the four rice cultivars, NG46 and LYP9 had significant advantages in photosynthetic gas-exchange capacity, optimizing the balance between light-harvesting capacity, the ratio of reaction center inactivation, the magnitude of decrease in heat dissipation, and nitrogen-metabolism enzyme activities”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 663–965

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“rice”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 83–87

Title

Physiological response to low-nitrogen stress and comprehensive evaluation in four rice varieties

Y.F. ZHANG; H. CAI; E.T. YOU; et al. Photosynthetica 2024. doi:10.32615/ps.2024.028

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Associationobservedoriginal resultpositivesignificant (as stated)measured

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LYP9 had significant advantages in the reported light-harvesting, reaction-center, heat-dissipation and nitrogen-metabolism traits.

Taxon: riceOryza sativat0
Material: LYP9e0
Outcome: light-harvesting capacity, the ratio of reaction center inactivation, the magnitude of decrease in heat dissipation, and nitrogen-metabolism enzyme activitiese0
Direction: advantagese0
Comparator: four rice cultivarse0

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“Among the four rice cultivars, NG46 and LYP9 had significant advantages in photosynthetic gas-exchange capacity, optimizing the balance between light-harvesting capacity, the ratio of reaction center inactivation, the magnitude of decrease in heat dissipation, and nitrogen-metabolism enzyme activities”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 663–965

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“rice”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 83–87

Title

Physiological response to low-nitrogen stress and comprehensive evaluation in four rice varieties

Y.F. ZHANG; H. CAI; E.T. YOU; et al. Photosynthetica 2024. doi:10.32615/ps.2024.028

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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The decrease in ruminal CH4 production was greater for the combinations of tannins than for the individual tannins

Taxon: AlfalfaMedicago sativat0
Treatment: combinationse2
Outcome: ruminal CH4 productione1
Direction: greatere2
Comparator: individual onese2
Setting: In Vitrot1

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“on Alfalfa Silage Fermentation Characteristics”
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“In Vitro Ruminal Methane Production”
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“All tannin treatments decreased ruminal CH4 production”
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“the magnitude of the decrease was greater for the combinations than the individual ones”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 729–816

Title

Effects of Hydrolysable Tannin with or without Condensed Tannin on Alfalfa Silage Fermentation Characteristics and In Vitro Ruminal Methane Production, Fermentation Patterns, and Microbiota

Lei Chen; Xueyan Bao; Gang Guo; et al. Animals 2021. doi:10.3390/ani11071967

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Intervention effect CHQ2 was more effective than CHT2 and CHT5 in reducing alfalfa silage DM losses, pH and ammonia-nitrogen to total nitrogen ratio
Intervention effect All tannin treatments decreased in vitro ruminal CH4 production of alfalfa silage relative to no tannins
Intervention effect Tannin treatments decreased total VFA concentrations and DM degradation in vitro
Intervention effect Tannin treatments increased microbial protein synthesis in vitro
Intervention effect CHQ2 gave lower total VFA concentrations and DM degradation than CHT5 and CHQ5 in vitro
Intervention effect MCP concentrations were comparable among CHQ2, CHT5 and CHQ5 in vitro
Intervention effect Tannin inclusion decreased the abundance of Ruminococcus albus and Ruminococcus flavefaciens in rumen fluid
Intervention effect Tannin inclusion enhanced the abundance of Fibrobacter succinogenes
Intervention effect The combination of CHT and QT alleviated the inhibition by CHT alone of Butyrivibrio fibrisolvens, Ruminobacer amylophilus and Prevotella ruminicola
Intervention effect The combination of CHT and QT alleviated the inhibition by CHT alone of protease

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Variation-potential-induced decreases in CO(2) assimilation correlated strongly with increased PSI heat resistance.

Taxon: peaLathyrus oleraceust0
Treatment: VP-induced decrease in CO(2) assimilatione0
Outcome: enhanced PSI resistance to heatinge0
Direction: enhancede0
Qualifier: highly correlatede0

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“the magnitude of VP-induced decrease in CO(2) assimilation and enhanced PSI resistance to heating were highly correlated”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 923–1043

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“pea”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 93–96

Title

Influence of variation potential on resistance of the photosynthetic machinery to heating in pea

Vladimir Sukhov; Lyubov Surova; Oksana Sherstneva; et al. Physiologia Plantarum 2014. doi:10.1111/ppl.12208

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Observation Localized burning induced a variation potential in pea leaves.
Intervention effect A burning-induced variation potential lowered CO(2) assimilation and PSI and PSII quantum yields.
Mechanism The photosynthetic response began with decreased dark-stage activity.
Mechanism Reduced photosynthesis dark-stage activity increased PSI resistance to heating.
Intervention effect Low external CO(2) suppressed the effect of variation potential on PSI heat resistance.
Intervention effect Lowering external CO(2) reproduced the variation-potential-induced photosynthetic response.
Intervention effect Lowering external CO(2) increased PSI resistance to heating.

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