Try:droughtFusariumnitrogen fertilizerArabidopsisseed germination

“decrease in relative water content”

287 matches

Claim types

Direction of the findings

plus 18 non-evaluative

Over time

1990 2000 ’10 ’20

Refine ·

More filters

Clear filters

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativesignificant (as stated)measured

Claim · model-written summary

Post-anthesis salt stress reduced shoot and root fresh and dry weights.

Taxon: wheatTriticum aestivume1
Treatment: post-anthesis salt stresse0
Outcome: fresh and dry weight of shoot and roote0
Direction: decreasee0

Not reportedComparator

Verbatim

e0
“post-anthesis salt stress led to a significant decrease in plant height, flag leaf area, fresh and dry weight of shoot and root, relative water content (RWC)”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1002–1159

e1
“winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 249–284

Title

Foliar Melatonin Application Mitigates Salt Stress Effects on Wheat Photosynthesis, Antioxidant Activity and Grain Quality

Feisal M. Ismaeil; Nagla N. Suleman; Abderhim A. Jabereldar; et al. Asian Journal of Research in Agriculture and Forestry 2025. doi:10.9734/ajraf/2025/v11i3408

Other claims from this paper (16)

Intervention effect Post-anthesis salt stress reduced plant height and flag leaf area; melatonin alleviated the declines.
Intervention effect Post-anthesis salt stress reduced relative water content.
Intervention effect Melatonin alleviated salt-induced declines in plant height, flag leaf area, and shoot and root weights.
Intervention effect Melatonin alleviated salt-induced loss of relative water content.
Intervention effect Salt stress lowered chlorophyll, indole acetic acid, and gas exchange measures.
Intervention effect Salt stress lowered chlorophyll fluorescence parameters and antioxidant activities.
Intervention effect Salt stress reduced yield and yield components.
Intervention effect Salt stress reduced grain protein and starch concentrations and calcium and potassium contents.
Intervention effect Foliar melatonin improved chlorophyll, indole acetic acid, gas exchange, and fluorescence parameters under salt stress.
Intervention effect Foliar melatonin improved antioxidant activity, yield, and yield components under salt stress.
Intervention effect Foliar melatonin improved protein and starch concentrations and calcium and potassium contents under salt stress.
Intervention effect Salt-stressed plants accumulated more reactive oxygen species, malondialdehyde, and hydrogen peroxide.
Intervention effect Salt-stressed plants accumulated more superoxide and sodium.
Intervention effect Melatonin lowered reactive oxygen species, malondialdehyde, and hydrogen peroxide under salt stress.
Intervention effect Melatonin lowered superoxide and sodium under salt stress.
Recommendation Authors propose pre-anthesis foliar melatonin to mitigate salt effects on growth, yield, and grain quality.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativesignificant (as stated)measured

Claim · model-written summary

Adding Ni significantly decreased chlorophyll a, b and a+b in fenugreek leaves.

Taxon: Trigonella foenum-graecumTrigonella foenum-graecumt0
Organ / stage: leafe1
Treatment: heavy element (Ni)e0
Outcome: chlorophyll a, b, a+be1
Direction: decreasee1

Not reportedComparator

Verbatim

t0
“Trigonella foenum - graecum L.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 118–148

e0
“adding the heavy element (Ni)”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 337–366

e1
“a significant decrease in the relative water content, chlorophyll a, b, a+b in leaf”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 495–578

Title

Effect of Different Concentrations of the Growth Regulator (IAA) and the Nickel Element in the Growth of Two Types of Trigonella foenum - graecum L.

Hanan Al Rashedi Mağallaẗ al-tarbiyaẗ wa-al-ʻilm 2012. doi:10.33899/edusj.2012.58979

Other claims from this paper (7)

Intervention effect Adding Ni significantly decreased the dry weights of the shoot and root of fenugreek.
Intervention effect Adding Ni significantly decreased the relative water content of fenugreek leaves.
Intervention effect Adding Ni significantly decreased protein and carbohydrate in fenugreek.
Intervention effect Growth regulator IAA at an average 200 ppm significantly increased fenugreek growth in Ni-contaminated soil.
Intervention effect Growth regulator IAA eliminated some negative physiological effects of Ni on fenugreek.
Observation Growth and physiological features of fenugreek showed a significant increase.
Intervention effect The IAA treatment increased fenugreek resistance to high Ni concentrations compared with plants grown in Ni-only soils.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativesignificant (as stated)measured

Claim · model-written summary

Salinity significantly decreased number of pods per plant in clusterbean.

Taxon: clusterbeanCyamopsis tetragonolobat0
Treatment: Salinitye0
Outcome: number of pods per plante0
Direction: decreasee0

Not reportedComparator

Verbatim

e0
“Salinity was found to decrease significantly the photosynthesis rate, transpiration rate (at flowering stage), stomatal conductance, relative water content, chlorophyll stability index, number of pods per plant, number of seeds per pod, plant height, pod length, leaf area index, test weight, grain yield, biological yield, harvest index and K+ and Na+ content in grain”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 507–876

t0
“clusterbean (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba L.)”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 61–101

Title

Mitigation of salinity induced effects using brassinolide in clusterbean (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba L.)

Gograj Jat; DL Bagdi; BL Kakralya; et al. Crop Research 2012

Other claims from this paper (16)

Intervention effect Salinity significantly decreased photosynthesis rate in clusterbean.
Intervention effect Salinity significantly decreased transpiration rate in clusterbean.
Intervention effect Salinity significantly decreased stomatal conductance in clusterbean.
Intervention effect Salinity significantly decreased relative water content in clusterbean.
Intervention effect Salinity significantly decreased chlorophyll stability index in clusterbean.
Intervention effect Salinity significantly decreased number of seeds per pod in clusterbean.
Intervention effect Salinity significantly decreased plant height in clusterbean.
Intervention effect Salinity significantly decreased pod length in clusterbean.
Intervention effect Salinity significantly decreased leaf area index in clusterbean.
Intervention effect Salinity significantly decreased test weight in clusterbean.
Intervention effect Salinity significantly decreased grain yield in clusterbean.
Intervention effect Salinity significantly decreased biological yield in clusterbean.
Intervention effect Salinity significantly decreased harvest index in clusterbean.
Intervention effect Salinity significantly decreased K+ and Na+ content in grain in clusterbean.
Intervention effect Brassinolide up to 1.0 ppm significantly increased the listed physiological and yield variables in clusterbean.
Observation RGC-1018 had higher measured parameters than RGC-936.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativesignificant (as stated)measured

Claim · model-written summary

Salinity significantly decreased number of seeds per pod in clusterbean.

Taxon: clusterbeanCyamopsis tetragonolobat0
Treatment: Salinitye0
Outcome: number of seeds per pode0
Direction: decreasee0

Not reportedComparator

Verbatim

e0
“Salinity was found to decrease significantly the photosynthesis rate, transpiration rate (at flowering stage), stomatal conductance, relative water content, chlorophyll stability index, number of pods per plant, number of seeds per pod, plant height, pod length, leaf area index, test weight, grain yield, biological yield, harvest index and K+ and Na+ content in grain”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 507–876

t0
“clusterbean (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba L.)”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 61–101

Title

Mitigation of salinity induced effects using brassinolide in clusterbean (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba L.)

Gograj Jat; DL Bagdi; BL Kakralya; et al. Crop Research 2012

Other claims from this paper (16)

Intervention effect Salinity significantly decreased photosynthesis rate in clusterbean.
Intervention effect Salinity significantly decreased transpiration rate in clusterbean.
Intervention effect Salinity significantly decreased stomatal conductance in clusterbean.
Intervention effect Salinity significantly decreased relative water content in clusterbean.
Intervention effect Salinity significantly decreased chlorophyll stability index in clusterbean.
Intervention effect Salinity significantly decreased number of pods per plant in clusterbean.
Intervention effect Salinity significantly decreased plant height in clusterbean.
Intervention effect Salinity significantly decreased pod length in clusterbean.
Intervention effect Salinity significantly decreased leaf area index in clusterbean.
Intervention effect Salinity significantly decreased test weight in clusterbean.
Intervention effect Salinity significantly decreased grain yield in clusterbean.
Intervention effect Salinity significantly decreased biological yield in clusterbean.
Intervention effect Salinity significantly decreased harvest index in clusterbean.
Intervention effect Salinity significantly decreased K+ and Na+ content in grain in clusterbean.
Intervention effect Brassinolide up to 1.0 ppm significantly increased the listed physiological and yield variables in clusterbean.
Observation RGC-1018 had higher measured parameters than RGC-936.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativesignificant (as stated)measured

Claim · model-written summary

Salt stress significantly decreased photosynthetic pigment contents.

Taxon: safflowerCarthamus tinctoriuse0
Treatment: salt stresse0
Outcome: photosynthetic pigment contentse0
Direction: decreasee0
Comparator: 0 (control)e0

Verbatim

e0
“salt stress [0 (control), 75, 150, 225, and 300 mM NaCl concentrations] for 12 days, which led to a significant decrease in growth parameters (stem growth, fresh weight, and relative water content) and the photosynthetic pigment contents of the safflower cultivars”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 277–541

Title

Impact of salt stress on photosystem II efficiency and antioxidant enzyme activities of safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) cultivars

Şeküre ÇULHA ERDAL; Hüsnü ÇAKIRLAR TURKISH JOURNAL OF BIOLOGY 2014. doi:10.3906/biy-1401-33

Other claims from this paper (8)

Intervention effect Salt stress significantly decreased stem growth, fresh weight and relative water content.
Intervention effect Salinity negatively affected photosystem II activity, especially at 300 mM.
Intervention effect Salt stress decreased K+ content and the K+/Na+ ratio.
Intervention effect Salt stress increased Na+ content.
Association Leaf malondialdehyde and free proline contents increased with NaCl concentration.
Association Antioxidant enzymes responded differently to NaCl concentrations.
Observation Dinçer had higher antioxidant enzyme activities and a more effective response than other cultivars.
Observation Dinçer had greater salinity tolerance than the other cultivars.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivesignificant (as stated)measured

Claim · model-written summary

Transgenic cucumber had more free proline under chilling than wild type.

Taxon: cucumberCucumis sativuse0
Treatment: transgenic cucumbere0
Outcome: free proline contente0
Direction: increasee0
Comparator: wild-typee0

Verbatim

e0
“A significant decrease in membrane injury index (MII), increase in activities of antioxidant enzymes (SOD and CAT), free proline content and relative water content (RWC) in the leaves were observed in transgenic cucumber as compared to wild-type under chilling stress.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 852–1120

Title

Marker-free transgenic cucumber expressing Arabidopsis CBF1 gene confers chilling stress tolerance

N. Gupta; M. Rathore; D. Goyary; et al. Biologia Plantarum 2011. doi:10.1007/s10535-011-0212-6

Other claims from this paper (7)

Method / resource Transformation efficiency was 1.62 using strain LBA4404.
Observation T0 cucumber lines had integrated single-copy transgenes and T1 plants were marker-free.
Observation Transgene expression was confirmed in T1 cucumber plants.
Intervention effect T2 transgenic cucumber survived chilling for up to 36 hours whereas wild type died.
Intervention effect Transgenic cucumber had a lower membrane injury index under chilling than wild type.
Intervention effect Transgenic cucumber had higher SOD and CAT activities under chilling than wild type.
Intervention effect Transgenic cucumber had greater leaf relative water content under chilling than wild type.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativesignificant (as stated)measured

Claim · model-written summary

MWMV infection significantly decreased leaf nitrogen.

Taxon: C. moschataCucurbita moschatae0
Treatment: Infection of C. moschata with a Nigerian Strain of MWMV: Lagenaria breviflora isolatee0
Interactor: MWMVe0pathogen
Outcome: leaf nitrogene0
Direction: decreasee0
Comparator: healthye0

Verbatim

e0
“Infection of C. moschata with a Nigerian Strain of MWMV: Lagenaria breviflora isolate caused significant decrease in leaf nitrogen and relative water content of inoculated plants compared to the healthy.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 821–1024

Title

Physiological Variations in Cucurbita moschata Duch. Ex. Poir Due to a Nigerian Strain of Moroccan Watermelon Virus: Lagenaria breviflora Isolate

A. A. J. Mofunanya; E. A. Effa; D. O. Etim; et al. Annual Research & Review in Biology 2021. doi:10.9734/arrb/2021/v36i830407

Other claims from this paper (19)

Intervention effect Virus infection increased all investigated amino acids.
Intervention effect Inoculated versus healthy plants differed in aspartic acid by -40.0%.
Intervention effect Inoculated versus healthy plants differed in histidine by -36.1%.
Intervention effect Inoculated versus healthy plants differed in proline by -29.7%.
Intervention effect Inoculated versus healthy plants differed in lysine by -28.8%.
Intervention effect Inoculated versus healthy plants differed in glysine by -23.3%.
Intervention effect Inoculated versus healthy plants differed in phenylalanine by -16.6%.
Intervention effect Inoculated versus healthy plants differed in glutamic acid by -12.6%.
Intervention effect MWMV infection significantly decreased relative water content.
Observation Leaf nitrogen decreased 40.7% at 2 weeks after inoculation (WAI).
Observation Leaf nitrogen decreased 25.0% at 10 WAI.
Intervention effect Virus infection reduced relative water content 29.6% at 6 WAI.
Observation peroxidase (POD) activity significantly increased in infected plants.
Observation polyphenol oxidase (PPO) activity significantly increased in infected plants.
Observation glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (6PGdH) activity significantly increased in infected plants.
Observation 6-phosphogluconic acid dehydrogenase (G6PdH) activity significantly increased in infected plants.
Intervention effect Enzyme activity was higher in inoculated plants at all growth stages.
Observation Enzyme activity decreased later in both inoculated and healthy plants.
Observation At 8 WAI infection-associated increases were reported for POD, PPO, G6PdH and 6PGdH activity, with respective values -40.5%, -46.7%, -98.9% and -89.1%.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivesignificant (as stated)measured

Claim · model-written summary

ABA mitigated the cold-induced rise in electrolyte leakage.

Taxon: ChickpeaCicer arietinumt0
Treatment: ABA‐appliede0
Outcome: electrolyte leakagee0
Direction: mitigatede0

Not reportedComparator

Verbatim

e0
“The stress injury measured in terms of increase in electrolyte leakage, decrease in 2,3,5‐triphenyl tetrazolium chloride reduction %, relative leaf water content and chlorophyll content was observed to be significantly mitigated in ABA‐applied plants.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 755–1006

t0
“Chickpea”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 66–74

Title

Exogenous Application of Abscisic Acid Improves Cold Tolerance in Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)

S. Kumar; G. Kaur; H. Nayyar Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science 2008. doi:10.1111/j.1439-037x.2008.00335.x

Other claims from this paper (9)

Intervention effect ABA mitigated cold-induced declines in tetrazolium reduction, leaf water content and chlorophyll content.
Intervention effect ABA increased pollen viability, pollen germination and flower retention relative to stressed plants.
Intervention effect ABA increased pod set relative to stressed plants.
Intervention effect ABA improved seed yield over stressed plants.
Intervention effect ABA increased seed weight and single-seeded pod number.
Intervention effect ABA reduced the number of infertile pods.
Intervention effect ABA-treated plants had less oxidative damage.
Association ABA-treated plants had greater antioxidant enzyme activities and antioxidant levels.
Mechanism The authors attribute partial cold-stress recovery to improved leaf water status and reduced oxidative damage.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativesignificant (as stated)measured

Claim · model-written summary

Water stress decreased plant height, number of pods per plant and number of grains per pod of green gram.

Taxon: green gramVigna radiata var. radiatae0
Treatment: Water stresse1
Outcome: plant height, number of pods per plant, number of grains per pode1
Direction: decreasee1
Comparator: normal conditione0

Verbatim

e0
“physiology, growth and yield of green gram under normal condition till anthesis stage”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 122–207

e1
“Water stress was found to decrease significantly in the respect of photosynthetic and transpiration rate, stomatal conductance, relative water content, chlorophyll stability index, leaf area, plant height, number of pods per plant, number of grains per pod, test weight and grain yield with a significant increase in leaf temperature”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 335–668

Title

Role of brassinolide in alleviating the adverse effect of drought stress on physiology, growth and yield of green gram (Vigna radiata L.) genotypes

S. Anil Lal; DL Bagdi; BL Kakralya; et al. Legume Research - An International Journal 2013

Other claims from this paper (8)

Intervention effect Water stress decreased the photosynthetic rate, transpiration rate and stomatal conductance of green gram.
Intervention effect Water stress decreased relative water content, chlorophyll stability index and leaf area of green gram.
Intervention effect Water stress decreased test weight and grain yield of green gram.
Intervention effect Water stress significantly increased leaf temperature of green gram.
Observation The two green gram varieties differed significantly in their response to water stress.
Intervention effect Brassinolide significantly increased the values of the parameters that water stress had decreased.
Intervention effect Brassinolide decreased leaf temperature of green gram under water stress.
Intervention effect Brassinolide increased the rate of transpiration at all stages in both green gram cultivars up to 1.0 ppm.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativesignificant (as stated)measured

Claim · model-written summary

lead significantly reduced chlorophyll (a,b), total (a+b), chlorophyll (a/b).

Taxon: Helinthus annus L.t0
Treatment: leade0
Outcome: chlorophyll (a,b), total (a+b), chlorophyll (a/b)e0
Direction: decreasee0

Not reportedComparator

Verbatim

e0
“The results of the study showed that addition of the lead and nickel to the soil showed a significant decrease in growth, relative water content, degree of cytoplasmic membrane, chlorophyll (a,b), total (a+b), chlorophyll (a/b), area of leaves / plant, carbohydrates and protein content of leaves.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 320–617

t0
“Helinthus annus L.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 70–88

Title

effect of lead and nickel on growth and some physiological aspects of Helinthus annus L.

Faik Hassan Mağallaẗ al-tarbiyaẗ wa-al-ʻilm 2009. doi:10.33899/edusj.2009.57670

Other claims from this paper (7)

Intervention effect lead significantly reduced growth, relative water content, degree of cytoplasmic membrane.
Intervention effect lead significantly reduced area of leaves / plant, carbohydrates and protein content of leaves.
Intervention effect nickel significantly reduced growth, relative water content, degree of cytoplasmic membrane.
Intervention effect nickel significantly reduced chlorophyll (a,b), total (a+b), chlorophyll (a/b).
Intervention effect nickel significantly reduced area of leaves / plant, carbohydrates and protein content of leaves.
Intervention effect Proline accumulated significantly in leaves.
Observation Lead concentration exceeded nickel concentration.

Lexical search (BM25). All words must match; if nothing does, any word. Organism names also match every spelling of the same organism. No semantic search yet.

“decrease in relative water content”

Claim types

Direction of the findings

Over time

Claim type

Research area

Polarity

Statistics