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Relative allocation to stems increased with individual size.

Taxon: Primula nutansPrimula nutanst0
Material: individual sizee1
Organ / stage: stemse0
Outcome: relative allocation to stemse0
Direction: increasede0

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“relative allocation to stems increased”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 923–961

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“Primula nutans”
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“Primula nutans”
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“increasing of individual size”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1042–1071

Title

Resource Allocation of Primula nutans Population in the Alpine Wetland of the East Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau,China

HE Ya-ping Chinese Journal of Appplied Environmental Biology 2008

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultmeasured

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In sugarcane, Widened spacing changed proportional allocation to stems (decreased).

Taxon: sugarcanet0
Outcome: proportional allocation to stemse0
Direction: decreasede0

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“but decreased proportional allocation to stems”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1118–1164

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“sugarcane”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 94–103

Title

Effects of treatments potentially influencing the supply of assimilate on its partitioning in sugarcane

N.W. Pammenter Journal of Experimental Botany 2002. doi:10.1093/jexbot/53.366.123

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Intervention effect In sugarcane, defoliation changed total dry mass increment (decrease).
Intervention effect In sugarcane, defoliation changed proportional partitioning of assimilates to leaves (increased).
Intervention effect In sugarcane, defoliation changed proportional partitioning to stems (increased).
Intervention effect In sugarcane, defoliation changed proportional allocation to non-structural dry matter (increased).
Intervention effect In sugarcane, shading changed total dry matter increment (decreased).
Intervention effect In sugarcane, shading changed proportional partitioning to the stems (increased).
Intervention effect In sugarcane, shading changed non-structural dry matter (increased).
Intervention effect In sugarcane, Widened spacing changed total assimilation (increased).
Intervention effect In sugarcane, Widened spacing changed partitioning within the stems (not affected).
Intervention effect In sugarcane, Defoliation changed stem dry mass increment (decrease).
Intervention effect In sugarcane, partial defoliation changed partitioning to non-structural dry matter (increased).
Mechanism Sucrose storage appears to receive priority in assimilate allocation.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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Zeolite promoted K allocation to rice stems.

Taxon: riceOryza sativat0
Treatment: Zeolitee0
Outcome: K allocation to rice stemse0
Direction: promotede0

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“Zeolite promoted K allocation to rice stems”
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“rice”
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Title

Zeolite alleviates potassium deficiency and improves lodging-related stem morphological characteristics and grain yield in rice

Yinghao Li; Junlin Zheng; Qi Wu; et al. Crop and Pasture Science 2021. doi:10.1071/cp21017

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Intervention effect Zeolite and K application, alone or combined, significantly increased rice grain yield in both years.
Intervention effect Zeolite application increased panicles per rice plant.
Intervention effect K application increased spikelets per rice panicle.
Intervention effect Zeolite amendment increased soil cation exchange capacity by up to 31% in the top 30 cm.
Intervention effect Zeolite amendment increased available soil K by up to 38% in the top 30 cm.
Intervention effect Zeolite alone significantly increased rice stem, leaf, and panicle K concentrations.
Intervention effect K application alone significantly increased rice stem, leaf, and panicle K concentrations.
Intervention effect Zeolite improved rice stem morphology associated with lodging index.
Intervention effect Zeolite or K application alone increased rice stem diameter by up to 7.0% in both years.
Intervention effect Zeolite or K application alone increased rice stem dry weight linear density by up to 8.3% in both years.
Intervention effect Zeolite or K application alone increased rice stem breaking resistance moment by up to 16% in both years.
Intervention effect Zeolite or K application alone decreased rice stem lodging index by up to 6.7% in both years.
Recommendation The authors conclude zeolite can serve as an alternative K fertilizer and alleviate K deficiency in rice paddies.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultmeasured

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Widened spacing decreased proportional allocation to stems.

Taxon: sugarcanet0
Treatment: Widened spacinge0
Outcome: proportional allocation to stemse0
Direction: decreasede0

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“Widened spacing increased total assimilation, but decreased proportional allocation to stems”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1064–1156

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“sugarcane”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 94–103

Title

Effects of treatments potentially influencing the supply of assimilate on its partitioning in sugarcane

N.W. Pammenter; J.C.S. Allison Journal of Experimental Botany 2002. doi:10.1093/jxb/53.366.123

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Intervention effect Defoliation caused a small, nonsignificant decrease in total dry mass increment.
Intervention effect Defoliation increased proportional assimilate partitioning to leaves in N14.
Intervention effect Defoliation increased proportional assimilate partitioning to stems in CP.
Intervention effect Defoliation increased proportional allocation to nonstructural dry matter and sucrose in the stem in both cultivars.
Intervention effect Shading decreased total dry matter increment.
Intervention effect Shading increased proportional allocation to stems and their nonstructural dry matter and sucrose.
Intervention effect Widened spacing increased total assimilation.
Intervention effect Widened spacing did not affect partitioning within stems.
Intervention effect Field defoliation caused only a very small decrease in stem dry mass increment.
Intervention effect Field defoliation increased stem allocation to nonstructural dry matter and sucrose.
Mechanism Authors infer that sucrose storage has priority in assimilate allocation.

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Carbon assimilation correlated strongly with allocation to sink tissues, especially stems.

Taxon: ryegrassLoliumt0
Organ / stage: stemse0
Outcome: biomass allocation to sink tissuese0
Qualifier: leaf C:N ratioe0

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“this correlated strongly with the leaf C:N ratio and the biomass allocation to sink tissues, especially stems.”
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“ryegrass”
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Title

Allocation of growth to stems underpins the response of ryegrass to elevated CO2 and temperature

Charilaos Yiotis; Jennifer C McElwain; Bruce A Osborne Annals of Botany 2026. doi:10.1093/aob/mcag157

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Observation Genotype biomass responses ranged from a 32% reduction to a 62% enhancement.
Association Biomass response was unrelated to changes in leaf photosynthetic rates.
Association Plant productivity had a significant positive relationship with whole plant carbon assimilation.
Association Carbon assimilation correlated strongly with leaf C:N ratio.
Observation Stem allocation increased significantly under future conditions.
Association Stem allocation scaled positively with productivity responses.
Observation Root allocation had no significant treatment difference.
Recommendation Authors identify increased stem carbon sink allocation as a useful breeding trait.

Associationobservedoriginal resultsignificant (as stated)measured

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Increasing plant size shifts biomass allocation from leaves to roots and stems.

Taxon: Treet0
Organ / stage: leavese0
Outcome: biomass allocation from leaves to roots and stemse0
Direction: shifte0

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“As plant size increased, a significant shift in biomass allocation from leaves to roots and stems, as well as from roots to stems, was observed”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 784–927

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“Tree biomass allocation”
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Title

Tree biomass allocation is governed by allometry but modulated by optimization

Man Hu; Hang Shi; Rui He; et al. Forest Ecosystems 2025. doi:10.1016/j.fecs.2025.100405

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Associationobservedoriginal resultsignificant (as stated)measured

Claim · model-written summary

Increasing plant size shifts biomass allocation from roots to stems.

Taxon: Treet0
Organ / stage: rootse0
Outcome: from roots to stemse0
Direction: shifte0

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“As plant size increased, a significant shift in biomass allocation from leaves to roots and stems, as well as from roots to stems, was observed”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 784–927

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“Tree biomass allocation”
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Title

Tree biomass allocation is governed by allometry but modulated by optimization

Man Hu; Hang Shi; Rui He; et al. Forest Ecosystems 2025. doi:10.1016/j.fecs.2025.100405

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultmeasured

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Aluminium increased dry mass allocation to roots and stems.

Taxon: Melastoma malabathricumMelastoma malabathricume1
Treatment: Ale0
Outcome: allocation to roots and stemse0
Direction: highere0

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“higher allocation to roots and stems, for plants grown with Al”
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“Melastoma malabathricum”
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Title

Contrasting growth responses to aluminium addition among populations of the aluminium accumulator Melastoma malabathricum

Khairil Mahmud; David F R P Burslem AoB Plants 2020. doi:10.1093/aobpla/plaa049

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Intervention effect Aluminium raised seedling total dry mass relative to controls.
Intervention effect Aluminium raised seedling relative growth rate of dry mass relative to controls.
Intervention effect Growth declined with 5.0 mM aluminium addition.
Association Aluminium induced a greater growth rate increase in the fast-growing than slow-growing population.
Intervention effect Aluminium reduced dry mass allocation to leaves.
Intervention effect Aluminium increased foliar P, K, and Mg concentrations.
Intervention effect Aluminium increased foliar Ca concentration.
Association A foliar nutrient concentration PCA axis correlated positively with seedling relative growth rates across populations.
Mechanism The authors suggest aluminium accumulation optimizes elemental stoichiometry and growth rate.

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UV-B decreased biomass allocation to stems and roots.

Treatment: UV‐B radiatione0
Outcome: allocation to stems and rootse0
Direction: decreasede0

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“UV‐B radiation increased biomass allocation to leaves but decreased allocation to stems and roots.”
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“soybean”
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Title

Effects of ultraviolet‐B irradiance on soybean VII. Biomass and concentration and uptake of nutrients at varying P supply

N.S. Murali; Alan H. Teramura Journal of Plant Nutrition 1985. doi:10.1080/01904168509363333

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Intervention effect Reduced phosphorus supply decreased soybean biomass.
Intervention effect Reduced phosphorus supply decreased macronutrient uptake and concentration.
Intervention effect Reduced phosphorus supply decreased biomass allocation to leaves and stems.
Intervention effect Reduced phosphorus supply increased biomass allocation to roots.
Intervention effect At the lowest phosphorus supply UV-B did not affect measured parameters except allocation.
Intervention effect UV-B increased biomass allocation to leaves.
Intervention effect At higher phosphorus supply UV-B significantly decreased biomass.
Intervention effect At higher phosphorus supply UV-B significantly decreased calcium and magnesium uptake.
Intervention effect At higher phosphorus supply UV-B increased nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and magnesium concentrations in dry matter.
Intervention effect UV-B did not affect nitrogen, phosphorus or potassium uptake or calcium concentration.
Mechanism The authors attributed nutrient changes to dry matter production, allocation and ion balancing.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultmixedmeasured

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Burial shifted nitrogen allocation from roots to stems and leaves in Sarcobatus vermiculatus.

Taxon: S. vermiculatusSarcobatus vermiculatuse0
Organ / stage: roots to stems and leavese0
Outcome: Nitrogen allocatione0
Direction: shiftede0

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“Nitrogen allocation in S. vermiculatus and C. nauseosus shifted from roots to stems and leaves.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 721–816

Title

Effects of Experimental Burial on Survival, Growth, and Resource Allocation of Three Species of Dune Plants

Jennifer F. Brown Journal of Ecology 1997. doi:10.2307/2960647

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Intervention effect All three dune plant species survived partial burial.
Intervention effect Sarcobatus vermiculatus tolerated repeated burial better than Chrysothamnus nauseosus.
Intervention effect Distichlis spicata tolerated repeated burial better than Chrysothamnus nauseosus.
Intervention effect Increasing burial severity shifted biomass from belowground to aboveground components in all three species.
Intervention effect Burial shifted nitrogen allocation from roots to stems and leaves in Chrysothamnus nauseosus.
Intervention effect Sarcobatus vermiculatus relative growth rate declined under burial in the field experiment.
Association Relative growth rate across species correlated more strongly with net assimilation rate than leaf area ratio.
Observation Field and pot experiments sometimes yielded different outcomes.
Recommendation The authors advise confirming pot experiment results with field experiments before drawing ecological conclusions.
Observation Desert dune plants survive burial similarly to coastal dune plants.

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