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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

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ACC decreased shoot and root biomass and total root length.

Taxon: Lactuca sativaLactuca sativat0
Treatment: 10 microM ACCe0
Outcome: shoot and root biomass, total root lengthe1
Direction: decreaseinferrede0

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“Addition of 10 microM ACC to the nutrient solution of plants grown at a constant 20 degrees C root-zone temperature mimicked the effects of A-RZT on these parameters but did not influence relative water content.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1381–1592

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“shoot and root biomass, total root length”
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“Lactuca sativa”
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Title

An assessment of the role of ethylene in mediating lettuce (Lactuca sativa) root growth at high temperatures

L. Qin; J. He; S. K. Lee; et al. Journal of Experimental Botany 2007. doi:10.1093/jxb/erm156

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Intervention effect High temperature inhibited seedling root elongation by 39%.
Intervention effect High temperature increased root diameter by 25%.
Intervention effect Aminooxyacetic acid partially alleviated root elongation inhibition.
Intervention effect Aminoisobutyric acid partially alleviated root elongation inhibition.
Intervention effect ACC at 1 microM mimicked high-temperature inhibition of root elongation.
Intervention effect ACC at 1 mM mimicked high-temperature increases in root diameter.
Intervention effect Ambient root temperatures decreased stomatal conductance, water content and carbon assimilation.
Intervention effect Ambient root temperatures decreased shoot and root biomass and total root length.
Intervention effect Ambient root temperatures decreased root tip number and root surface area.
Intervention effect Ambient root temperatures increased average root diameter.
Intervention effect ACC decreased conductance and assimilation, mimicking ambient-temperature responses.
Intervention effect ACC decreased root tip number and surface area.
Intervention effect ACC increased average root diameter.
Intervention effect ACC did not influence relative water content.
Intervention effect Aminoisobutyric acid increased conductance and water content and decreased diameter, while other growth and assimilation measures were unaffected.
Intervention effect Aminooxyacetic acid increased conductance and water content and decreased diameter, while other growth and assimilation measures were unaffected.
Mechanism Ethylene regulates root morphology and elongation at ambient root temperatures.
Recommendation Biosynthesis inhibitors have limited use for ameliorating ambient-temperature growth inhibition because shoot carbon gain did not improve.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

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NaCl (200 mM) decreased total chlorophyll of Brassica juncea by 45.32% at 90 DAT.

Taxon: Brassica junceaBrassica junceae0
Treatment: 200 mM NaCle2
Outcome: total chlorophylle2
Direction: decreasede2
Value: 45.32%e2
Qualifier: at 90 DATe2

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“This study examined the protective effect of Zn on salt-stressed Brassica juncea plants”
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“Furthermore, 200 mM NaCl decreased total chlorophyll by 45.32% and relative water content by 27.62% at 90 DAT, whereas Zn application compensated the decrease in the levels of both variables”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 453–643

Title

Zinc application mitigates the adverse effects of NaCl stress on mustard [Brassica juncea(L.) Czern & Coss] through modulating compatible organic solutes, antioxidant enzymes, and flavonoid content

Parvaiz Ahmad; Mohammad Abass Ahanger; Mohammed Nasser Alyemeni; et al. Journal of Plant Interactions 2017. doi:10.1080/17429145.2017.1385867

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Intervention effect Salt stress (200 mM) reduced plant height of Brassica juncea by 58.35% at 90 DAT.
Intervention effect Salt stress (200 mM) reduced root length of Brassica juncea by 41.15% at 90 DAT.
Intervention effect Salt stress (200 mM) reduced dry weight of Brassica juncea by 53.33% at 90 DAT.
Intervention effect Zn application improved plant height of salt-stressed Brassica juncea by 15.52% at 90 DAT.
Intervention effect Zn application improved root length of salt-stressed Brassica juncea by 16.59% at 90 DAT.
Intervention effect Zn application improved dry weight of salt-stressed Brassica juncea by 11.45% at 90 DAT.
Intervention effect NaCl (200 mM) decreased relative water content of Brassica juncea by 27.62% at 90 DAT.
Intervention effect NaCl (200 mM) increased H2O2 in Brassica juncea by 70.48% at 90 DAT.
Intervention effect NaCl (200 mM) increased malondialdehyde in Brassica juncea by 35.25% at 90 DAT.
Intervention effect NaCl (200 mM) increased electrolyte leakage in Brassica juncea by 68.39% at 90 DAT.
Intervention effect Zn application with salt increased superoxide dismutase activity of Brassica juncea by 33.51% at 90 DAT.
Intervention effect Zn application with salt increased catalase activity of Brassica juncea by 9.21% at 90 DAT.
Intervention effect Zn application with salt increased ascorbate peroxidase activity of Brassica juncea by 10.98% at 90 DAT.
Intervention effect Zn application with salt increased glutathione reductase activity of Brassica juncea by 17.46% at 90 DAT.
Intervention effect Zn application with salt increased glutathione-S-transferase activity of Brassica juncea by 12.87% at 90 DAT.
Intervention effect Salt stress increased flavonoids of Brassica juncea by 24.88% at 90 DAT.
Intervention effect Zn supply further increased flavonoids of salt-stressed Brassica juncea by 7.68%.
Intervention effect Zn application compensated the salt-induced decrease in total chlorophyll and relative water content of Brassica juncea at 90 DAT.
Intervention effect Zn supplementation reduced H2O2, malondialdehyde and electrolyte leakage of salt-stressed Brassica juncea.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativesignificant (as stated)measured

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Salinity significantly decreased number of leaves, number of grains and total tillers per plant in wheat genotypes.

Taxon: wheatTriticum aestivume1
Material: Raj-3077, Raj-3765 (salt tolerant) and Raj-1482, PBW-502 (salt susceptible)e1
Treatment: Salinitye0
Outcome: number of leaves, number of grains, total number of tillers/plante0
Direction: decreasee0
Setting: cemented potse2

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“Salinity was found to decrease significantly the photosynthesis rate, transpiration rate, stomatal conductance, relative water content, chlorophyll content, osmotic potential, soluble sugar content, plant height, leaf area, number of leaves, number of grains, total number of tillers/plant, test weight, fresh, and dry weight, grain yield, biological yield, and K+ content in grain with an increase in proline content, m…” Show full quote
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“wheat genotypes namely, Raj-3077, Raj-3765 (salt tolerant) and Raj-1482, PBW-502 (salt susceptible)”
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“were grown in cemented pots under different levels of salinity (0, 4.0, 6.0 and 8.0 dSm-1) at 30 DAS, 60 DAS and anthesis stage”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 232–359

Title

Effect of Salt Stress on Physiological, Biochemical, Growth and Yield Variables of Wheat ( Triticum aestivum L.)

Niraj Yadav; DL Bagdi; BL Kakralya Agricultural science digest 2011

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

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Appropriate root temperature combined with high air temperature decreased antioxidant enzyme activities and Fv/Fm.

Taxon: Prunus mira seedlingsPrunus mirae1
Treatment: high air temperature and appropriate root temperaturee2
Outcome: activities of antioxidant enzymes and maximum quantum yield of PSII (Fv/Fm)e2
Direction: decreasee2

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“Under high air temperature (37 and 40 ℃),root temperatures of Prunus mira seedlings were increased gradually (variable root temperature) or kept at (25±2) ℃ (appropriate root temperature) throughout the treatment”
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“The combination of high air temperature and appropriate root temperature induced a decrease in activities of antioxidant enzymes and maximum quantum yield of PSII (Fv/Fm) with relatively high leaf relative water content (RWC)”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 977–1202

Title

EFFECTS OF ROOT TEMPERATURE ON THERMOSTABILITY OF PHOTOSYNTHETIC APPARATUS IN PRUNUS MIRA SEEDLINGS

Hai Hao Chinese Journal of Plant Ecology 2009

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Observation Roots at appropriate temperature maintained high relative water content of leaves.
Intervention effect Hydrogen peroxide and MDA increased under high air temperature, indicating photosynthetic apparatus damage.
Intervention effect Gradually increasing root temperature under high air temperature reduced damage to the photosynthetic apparatus.
Intervention effect Gradually increasing root temperature significantly improved antioxidant enzyme activities and leaf ABA content under high air temperature.
Mechanism High leaf ABA level prevented damage to the photosynthetic apparatus.
Mechanism High leaf ABA level enhanced heat-resistance.
Intervention effect Gradually increasing root temperature increased leaf ABA accumulation.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

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ACC decreased root tip number and surface area.

Taxon: Lactuca sativaLactuca sativat0
Treatment: 10 microM ACCe0
Outcome: the number of root tips, and root surface areae1
Direction: decreaseinferrede0

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“Addition of 10 microM ACC to the nutrient solution of plants grown at a constant 20 degrees C root-zone temperature mimicked the effects of A-RZT on these parameters but did not influence relative water content.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1381–1592

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“the number of root tips, and root surface area”
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“Lactuca sativa”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 60–74

Title

An assessment of the role of ethylene in mediating lettuce (Lactuca sativa) root growth at high temperatures

L. Qin; J. He; S. K. Lee; et al. Journal of Experimental Botany 2007. doi:10.1093/jxb/erm156

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Intervention effect High temperature inhibited seedling root elongation by 39%.
Intervention effect High temperature increased root diameter by 25%.
Intervention effect Aminooxyacetic acid partially alleviated root elongation inhibition.
Intervention effect Aminoisobutyric acid partially alleviated root elongation inhibition.
Intervention effect ACC at 1 microM mimicked high-temperature inhibition of root elongation.
Intervention effect ACC at 1 mM mimicked high-temperature increases in root diameter.
Intervention effect Ambient root temperatures decreased stomatal conductance, water content and carbon assimilation.
Intervention effect Ambient root temperatures decreased shoot and root biomass and total root length.
Intervention effect Ambient root temperatures decreased root tip number and root surface area.
Intervention effect Ambient root temperatures increased average root diameter.
Intervention effect ACC decreased conductance and assimilation, mimicking ambient-temperature responses.
Intervention effect ACC decreased shoot and root biomass and total root length.
Intervention effect ACC increased average root diameter.
Intervention effect ACC did not influence relative water content.
Intervention effect Aminoisobutyric acid increased conductance and water content and decreased diameter, while other growth and assimilation measures were unaffected.
Intervention effect Aminooxyacetic acid increased conductance and water content and decreased diameter, while other growth and assimilation measures were unaffected.
Mechanism Ethylene regulates root morphology and elongation at ambient root temperatures.
Recommendation Biosynthesis inhibitors have limited use for ameliorating ambient-temperature growth inhibition because shoot carbon gain did not improve.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

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Genotype SLH − 19 seed cotton yield dropped under skipped irrigation, with an average decline of 28.2%.

Taxon: cottonGossypium hirsutume4
Material: SLH − 19e4
Treatment: Skipping irrigation for up to 21 days at floweringe1
Outcome: seed cottone4
Direction: droppede4
Value: 28.2%e4
Comparator: normale4

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“Skipping irrigation for up to 21 days at flowering caused a significant decrease in leaf relative water content, SPAD values, net photosynthetic rate and seed cotton yield in both the genotypes”
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“Similarly, SLH − 19 produced 2.537 Mg ha−1 seed cotton under normal that dropped to 1.822 Mg ha−1 in skip, showing an average decline of 28.2%”
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Title

Kaolin and Jasmonic acid improved cotton productivity under water stress conditions

Muhammad Nazim; Muqarrab Ali; Khurram Shahzad; et al. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences 2021. doi:10.1016/j.sjbs.2021.07.043

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Intervention effect Skipping irrigation at flowering decreased leaf relative water content, SPAD values and net photosynthetic rate in cotton.
Intervention effect Seed cotton yield declined by 24.7% under skipped irrigation relative to normal irrigation.
Intervention effect Genotype NIAB − 878 seed cotton yield dropped under skipped irrigation, with an average decline of 21.9 %.
Intervention effect Kaolin and jasmonic acid, applied individually or in combination, improved vegetative and reproductive development of cotton.
Intervention effect Combined kaolin and jasmonic acid application was more beneficial for seed cotton production than either applied individually.

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At the highest NaCl concentration, net photosynthesis rate, stomatal conductance and transpiration rate decreased in Spartina pectinata

Taxon: Spartina pectinataSporobolus michauxianuse0
Treatment: NaCle1
Outcome: net photosynthesis rate (PN), stomatal conductance (gs), transpiration rate (E)e2
Direction: decreasee2
Qualifier: highest concentratione2
Comparator: 0 (control)e1

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“examine physiological and morphological characteristics of Spartina pectinata”
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“The NaCl was applied at five different levels (g·dm–3): 0 (control), 15, 30, 45, 60”
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“The highest concentration showed the strongest negative effects, which were indicated by a decrease in net photosynthesis rate (PN), stomatal conductance (gs), transpiration rate (E), specific leaf area (SLA), relative water content (RWC) and the number of shoots, number of young shoots and length of mature shoots”
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EFFECT OF SALINITY ON SELECTED PHYSIOLOGICAL AND MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF Spartina pectinata (Link.) ‘AUREOMARGINATA’

Monika Henschke; Klaudia Borowiak Acta Scientiarum Polonorum Hortorum Cultus 2018. doi:10.24326/asphc.2018.6.12

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root and seedling lengths decreased as PEG osmotic potential fell.

Taxon: Job’s Tearst0
Outcome: root and seedling lengthse0
Direction: decreasede0

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“The results showed that the germination energy, germination rate, germination index, root and seedling lengths, root and seedling diameters, root and seedling fresh masses, root and seedling dry masses, and seedling relative water content (RWC) decreased with the decrease of the osmotic potential of PEG 6000 solution.”
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“Job’s Tears”
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Title

Effects of Drought Stress Simulated by Polyethylene Glycol on Seed Germination, Root and Seedling Growth, and Seedling Antioxidant Characteristics in Job’s Tears

Can Wang; Lingbo Zhou; Guobing Zhang; et al. Agricultural Sciences 2018. doi:10.4236/as.2018.98069

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root and seedling diameters decreased as PEG osmotic potential fell.

Taxon: Job’s Tearst0
Outcome: root and seedling diameterse0
Direction: decreasede0

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“The results showed that the germination energy, germination rate, germination index, root and seedling lengths, root and seedling diameters, root and seedling fresh masses, root and seedling dry masses, and seedling relative water content (RWC) decreased with the decrease of the osmotic potential of PEG 6000 solution.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 373–692

t0
“Job’s Tears”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 150–161

Title

Effects of Drought Stress Simulated by Polyethylene Glycol on Seed Germination, Root and Seedling Growth, and Seedling Antioxidant Characteristics in Job’s Tears

Can Wang; Lingbo Zhou; Guobing Zhang; et al. Agricultural Sciences 2018. doi:10.4236/as.2018.98069

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Observationobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

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root and seedling fresh masses decreased as PEG osmotic potential fell.

Taxon: Job’s Tearst0
Outcome: root and seedling fresh massese0
Direction: decreasede0

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“The results showed that the germination energy, germination rate, germination index, root and seedling lengths, root and seedling diameters, root and seedling fresh masses, root and seedling dry masses, and seedling relative water content (RWC) decreased with the decrease of the osmotic potential of PEG 6000 solution.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 373–692

t0
“Job’s Tears”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 150–161

Title

Effects of Drought Stress Simulated by Polyethylene Glycol on Seed Germination, Root and Seedling Growth, and Seedling Antioxidant Characteristics in Job’s Tears

Can Wang; Lingbo Zhou; Guobing Zhang; et al. Agricultural Sciences 2018. doi:10.4236/as.2018.98069

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“decrease in relative water content”

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