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Reduced soil water availability markedly decreased soil water potential, more than relative water content.

Treatment: reduction in water availability in the soile0
Outcome: soil water potentiale0
Direction: decreasee0
Qualifier: more affected than the relative water contente0

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“The reduction in water availability in the soil promoted a marked decrease in soil water potential, which was more affected than the relative water content.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 592–748

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Physiological responses to drought of Cnidoscolus quercifolius Pohl in semi-arid conditions

Fabio Rodrigues Ramos; Antonio Lucineudo Oliveira Freire Advances in Forestry Science 2019. doi:10.34062/afs.v6i1.5735

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativesignificant (as stated)measured

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Relative water content significantly decreased across irrigation intervals.

Taxon: RiceOryza sativat0
Treatment: irrigation intervalse0
Outcome: relative water contente0
Direction: decreasee0

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“A significant decrease in plant height, number of panicles plant-1, grain yield (t ha-1) and relative water content, while sterility (%) and water use efficiency significantly increased over irrigation intervals”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 673–884

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“Rice (Oryza sativa)”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 49–68

Title

Root Traits Responses to Irrigation Intervals in Rice (Oryza sativa)

Mahmoud M. Gaballah; Adel M. Ghoneim; Mohamed I. Ghazy; et al. International Journal of Agriculture and Biology 2021. doi:10.17957/ijab/15.1804

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Intervention effect Prolonged irrigation intervals reduced root architecture traits.
Intervention effect Plant height, panicle number, and grain yield significantly decreased across irrigation intervals.
Intervention effect Sterility significantly increased across irrigation intervals.
Intervention effect Water use efficiency significantly increased across irrigation intervals.
Association Grain yield was positively correlated with root:shoot ratio, relative water content, and panicle number.
Association Grain yield was negatively correlated with root xylem vessel number and sterility.
Mechanism The authors concluded that drought reduced yield and components through poor root development.
Recommendation Moroberekan and IET1444 were recommended as donor parents for rice breeding.
Observation Giza178 and Sakha107 had high yield potential under varying water stress.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

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Salt reduced relative water content, transpiration rate, and chlorophyll content.

Taxon: perennial ryegrassLolium perennee2
Treatment: Salinitye1
Outcome: relative water content (RWC), relative transpiration rate (Tr), and chlorophyll (Chl) contente0
Direction: decreasee1
Comparator: 0e3

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“relative water content (RWC), relative transpiration rate (Tr), and chlorophyll (Chl) content”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 455–548

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“Salinity resulted in a remarkable decrease”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 345–387

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“perennial ryegrass ( Lolium perenne )”
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“two salinity levels (0 and 250 m m NaCl)”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 262–302

Title

Exogenous Glycine Betaine Ameliorates the Adverse Effect of Salt Stress on Perennial Ryegrass

Longxing Hu; Tao Hu; Xunzhong Zhang; et al. Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science 2012. doi:10.21273/jashs.137.1.38

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Intervention effect Salt reduced shoot growth and shoot and root fresh weight.
Intervention effect Salt reduced SOD, CAT, and APX activities.
Intervention effect Salt increased electrolyte leakage, lipid peroxidation, and proline content.
Intervention effect GB reduced electrolyte leakage, lipid peroxidation, and proline content in salt-stressed plants.
Intervention effect GB raised shoot growth rate, water content, and relative transpiration under salt stress.
Intervention effect GB raised chlorophyll content and SOD, CAT, and APX activity under salt stress.
Intervention effect Salt raised Na content and the Na/K ratio.
Intervention effect Salt decreased K content.
Intervention effect Under saline conditions, 20 m m GB suppressed Na accumulation.
Intervention effect Under saline conditions, 20 m m GB significantly increased shoot K content.
Intervention effect Under saline conditions, GB raised the K/Na ratio.
Mechanism The authors attribute GB-enhanced salt tolerance mainly to antioxidant activity, less membrane damage, and improved ion balance.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativesignificant (as stated)measured

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Salinity decreased mungbean leaf chlorophyll and relative water content significantly.

Taxon: MungbeanVigna radiatat0
Treatment: Salinity stresse0
Outcome: leaf chlorophyll and leaf relative water contente0
Direction: decreasee0

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“Salinity stress caused a significant decrease in leaf chlorophyll and leaf relative water content”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 909–1006

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“Mungbean (Vigna radiate L.)”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 72–99

Title

Effects of sodium silicate on the growth and starch content in seeds of Mungbean (Vigna radiate L.) under salt stress

Thang Thanh Tran IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science 2023. doi:10.1088/1755-1315/1226/1/012022

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Intervention effect At 125 mM NaCl, mungbean germination index decreased about 65% versus controls.
Intervention effect Salinity increased respiration rate, leaf epicuticular wax and carotenoid content.
Intervention effect At 12 mM, sodium silicate increased fruit and seed number under salinity.
Intervention effect At 12 mM, sodium silicate increased seed weight to 72.33 mg.
Intervention effect At 12 mM, sodium silicate increased seed starch content to 0.51 g g−1.
Intervention effect Sodium silicate increased leaf chlorophyll a content to 4.00 mg g−1 under salt stress.
Intervention effect Sodium silicate increased leaf carotenoid content to 2.50 mg g−1 under salt stress.
Intervention effect Sodium silicate increased leaf epicuticular wax content to 3.67 µg cm−2 under salt stress.

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Relative water content significantly decreased at the most polluted sites.

Taxon: WHEAT AND RICEt0
Outcome: relative water contente0
Direction: decreasee0
Setting: most polluted sitese0

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“Chlorophyll content (up to 0.61mg/g) and relative water content have shown a significant decrease at most polluted sites”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 982–1102

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“WHEAT AND RICE”
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Title

AIR POLLUTION TOLERANCE INDEX OF WHEAT AND RICE IN THE PROXIMITY OF GAS BASED POWER PLANT

Priya Choudhary; Shakeel Ahmad Khan; Ambrina Sardar Khan; et al. Journal of Experimental Biology and Agricultural Sciences 2021. doi:10.18006/2021.9(6).791.804

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Association Crop cell sap was acidic to neutral at polluted sites and neutral to slightly alkaline at less polluted sites.
Association Ascorbic acid content was high at polluted sites.
Association Chlorophyll content significantly decreased at the most polluted sites.
Observation Both crops were categorized as sensitive to air pollution with APTI below 11.
Association APTI correlated positively with pH, chlorophyll and relative water content.
Association APTI correlated negatively with ascorbic acid.

Associationobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

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Above a relative-water-content threshold, a slight decline in water content sharply reduced stomatal conductance.

Taxon: soybeanGlycine maxt0
Outcome: g se0
Direction: reductione0
Qualifier: above which a slight decrease in RWCe0

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“a threshold of relative water content (RWC) was found, above which a slight decrease in RWC lead to a sharp reduction in g s”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 423–547

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“soybean”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 55–62

Title

Photosynthetic response of salt-tolerant and sensitive soybean varieties

K. X. Lu; B. H. Cao; X. P. Feng; et al. Photosynthetica 2009. doi:10.1007/s11099-009-0059-7

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

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Stress reduced relative water content at 144 h.

Taxon: Leymus chinensis (Trin.)Leymus chinensist0
Treatment: stressede0
Outcome: relative water contentse0
Direction: decreasee0
Qualifier: 144 he0

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“Remarkable decrease in relative water contents (RWC) was found in 144 h stressed plants.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 836–924

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“Leymus chinensis (Trin.)”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 87–111

Title

Exogenous proline mitigates the detrimental effects of saline and alkaline stresses in Leymus chinensis (Trin.)

Yan-Lin Sun; Soon-Kwan Hong Journal of Plant Biotechnology 2010. doi:10.5010/jpb.2010.37.4.529

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Intervention effect Saline stress significantly increased leaf proline after 96 h in both genotypes.
Intervention effect Alkaline stress significantly increased leaf proline after 96 h in both genotypes.
Intervention effect Alkaline stress transiently increased proline in LcJS0107 at 6 h.
Intervention effect Saline stress reduced catalase activity.
Intervention effect Alkaline stress reduced catalase activity.
Intervention effect Saline stress reduced ascorbate peroxidase activity.
Intervention effect Alkaline stress reduced ascorbate peroxidase activity.
Intervention effect Superoxide dismutase activity did not decrease under saline stress.
Intervention effect Superoxide dismutase activity did not decrease under alkaline stress.
Observation Leaf malonyldialdehyde content remained relatively stable under stress.
Intervention effect Exogenous proline alone did not change proline levels in either genotype.
Intervention effect Exogenous proline with saline stress significantly increased proline accumulation after short treatment periods.
Intervention effect Exogenous proline with alkaline stress significantly increased proline accumulation after short treatment periods.
Intervention effect With salt stress, exogenous proline increased catalase activity.
Intervention effect With salt stress, exogenous proline increased ascorbate peroxidase activity.
Mechanism The authors interpreted exogenous proline as mitigating saline and alkaline stress through osmotic adjustment and increased antioxidant enzyme activities.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

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Heat exposure reduced chlorophyll and carotenoid contents and relative water content.

Taxon: barleyHordeum vulgaret0
Treatment: heat exposuree0
Outcome: chlorophyll contents, carotenoids, relative water contentse0
Direction: decreasee0

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“heat exposure made a prominent decrease in chlorophyll contents, carotenoids, relative water contents”
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“Barley”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 83–89

Title

Exogenous Application of Salicylic acid Mitigates heat-induced Oxidative Stress in Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.)

Maryam Zahra; Sumaira Rasul; Fozia Saeed; et al. Pakistan Journal of Biochemistry and Biotechnology 2022. doi:10.52700/pjbb.v3i2.177

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Intervention effect Heat exposure reduced superoxide dismutase, peroxidase, catalase, and anthocyanin activity.
Intervention effect Heat exposure increased malondialdehyde, hydrogen peroxide, and proline accumulation.
Intervention effect Salicylic acid increased chlorophyll pigments and relative water content under control and heat conditions.
Intervention effect Salicylic acid increased proline and anthocyanin under control and heat conditions.
Intervention effect Salicylic acid pretreatment under heat stress reduced hydrogen peroxide and malondialdehyde.
Intervention effect All tested salicylic acid concentrations elevated ROS-scavenging enzyme activities under heat stress.
Intervention effect Proline accumulated highly in salicylic-acid-cotreated heat-stressed plants.
Intervention effect The 2mM salicylic acid treatment protected heat-stressed barley more effectively than 5mM.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

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Lavender relative leaf water content fell 50% under drought.

Taxon: lavenderLavandula angustifoliat1
Outcome: relative leaf water contente0
Direction: decreasee0
Value: 50%e0

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“a 50% decrease in the relative leaf water content in L. stoechas”
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“two evergreen shrubs growing in Mediterranean field conditions”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 69–131

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“lavender ( Lavandula stoechas )”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 221–252

Title

Diurnal variations of photosynthesis and dew absorption by leaves in two evergreen shrubs growing in Mediterranean field conditions

SERGI MUNNÉ‐BOSCH; SALVADOR NOGUÉS; LEONOR ALEGRE New Phytologist 1999. doi:10.1046/j.1469-8137.1999.00490.x

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Intervention effect Withheld water decreased predawn shoot water potential similarly in both shrubs.
Intervention effect Rosemary relative leaf water content fell 22% under drought.
Intervention effect CO2 assimilation fell about 75% in both drought-stressed shrubs.
Observation Lavender photosynthesis to stomatal conductance ratio was lower than rosemary, 35 versus 45.
Intervention effect Photosystem II quantum efficiency fell about 45% at midday in drought-stressed shrubs.
Observation Neither shrub suffered detectable drought damage to photosystem II.
Intervention effect Lavender carotenoid content per chlorophyll rose about 62% during water stress.
Intervention effect Rosemary carotenoid content per chlorophyll rose about 30% during water stress.
Observation Only lavender absorbed dew through leaves.
Intervention effect Six days of dew improved lavender relative leaf water content about 72%.
Intervention effect Six days of dew improved lavender shoot water potential by about 0.5 MPa.
Observation Lavender photosynthetic capacity did not recover until autumn rainfall.

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Antioxidant enzyme activity and relative water content declined as drought stress extended.

Taxon: riceOryza sativae0
Organ / stage: leavese0
Outcome: antioxidant enzymes reactivity and relative water contente0
Direction: decreasee0

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“With the extension of the stress,the antioxidant enzymes reactivity and relative water content gradually decrease in the rice leaves”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 155–287

Title

Effects of SA on the Anti-oxidant Enzymes Reactivity of Rice Seedlings Under Drought Stress

Di Lin Mianyang Shifan Xueyuan xuebao 2008

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Intervention effect SA-pretreated rice had lower water content than water-treated rice at an unspecified point.
Intervention effect After four days of drought, SA-pretreated rice had higher water content than water-treated rice.
Intervention effect SA pretreatment reduced CAT, POD, and SOD activities relative to water treatment.
Observation SOD and POD isozyme band patterns did not change.
Mechanism The authors concluded that high SA weakened rice-seedling drought tolerance.

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