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The authors recommend IAA to enhance foliage biomass and yield.

Taxon: fenugreekTrigonella foenum-graecume0
Outcome: IAAe0
Qualifier: enhance the foliage biomass production and yielde0

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“It was determined that IAA and GA3 can be used to enhance the foliage biomass production and yield but GA3 is superior over IAA in fenugreek.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1163–1304

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Efficacy of IAA, GA3 and Riboflavin for Morpho-biochemical and Yield Attributes of Fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum L.) in Pakistan

Muhammad Tufail; Khalid Hussain; Iqra Iqbal; et al. Legume Research - An International Journal 2020. doi:10.18805/a-575

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Intervention effect GA3 significantly enhanced fenugreek root and shoot development and foliage growth.
Intervention effect IAA significantly enhanced fenugreek root and shoot development and foliage growth.
Intervention effect GA3 significantly enhanced ion concentrations and POD and CAT activities.
Intervention effect IAA significantly enhanced ion concentrations and POD and CAT activities.
Intervention effect PGRs increased fenugreek pod and seed yield.
Intervention effect Riboflavin showed no significant effect on fenugreek apart from antioxidant activities.
Intervention effect Riboflavin increased antioxidant activities at the seedling stage.
Intervention effect GA3 was more effective than IAA for biomass, yield and biochemical attributes.
Recommendation The authors recommend GA3 to enhance foliage biomass and yield, preferring it to IAA.

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The authors recommend GA3 to enhance foliage biomass and yield, preferring it to IAA.

Taxon: fenugreekTrigonella foenum-graecume0
Outcome: GA3e0
Qualifier: enhance the foliage biomass production and yielde0
Comparator: IAAe0

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“It was determined that IAA and GA3 can be used to enhance the foliage biomass production and yield but GA3 is superior over IAA in fenugreek.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1163–1304

Title

Efficacy of IAA, GA3 and Riboflavin for Morpho-biochemical and Yield Attributes of Fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum L.) in Pakistan

Muhammad Tufail; Khalid Hussain; Iqra Iqbal; et al. Legume Research - An International Journal 2020. doi:10.18805/a-575

Other claims from this paper (9)

Intervention effect GA3 significantly enhanced fenugreek root and shoot development and foliage growth.
Intervention effect IAA significantly enhanced fenugreek root and shoot development and foliage growth.
Intervention effect GA3 significantly enhanced ion concentrations and POD and CAT activities.
Intervention effect IAA significantly enhanced ion concentrations and POD and CAT activities.
Intervention effect PGRs increased fenugreek pod and seed yield.
Intervention effect Riboflavin showed no significant effect on fenugreek apart from antioxidant activities.
Intervention effect Riboflavin increased antioxidant activities at the seedling stage.
Intervention effect GA3 was more effective than IAA for biomass, yield and biochemical attributes.
Recommendation The authors recommend IAA to enhance foliage biomass and yield.

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Dry-to-fresh weight ratios of the seven bamboo species were estimated for culm, branch, foliage and above-ground biomass to convert fresh weight to dry weight.

Outcome: Ratio of dry to fresh weighte0

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“Ratio of dry to fresh weight of seven bamboo species was estimated for culm, branch, foliage and above-ground biomass to convert fresh weight to dry weight”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1224–1379

Title

An allometric model-based approach for estimating biomass in seven Indian bamboo species in western Himalayan foothills, India

R. Kaushal; S. Islam; Salil Tewari; et al. Scientific Reports 2022. doi:10.1038/s41598-022-11394-3

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Relatively reliable estimates of foliage and seed biomass in Indian ricegrass were made from plant height, leaf length, seed stalk height, clump diameter and culm number.

Taxon: Indian ricegrasse0
Outcome: foliage biomass and seed biomasse4
Qualifier: Relatively reliablee4
Comparator: average and/or maximum plant heighte4

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“Growth in Indian ricegrass commenced in the spring when soil temperatures stayed at 4 degrees C for at least 3 or 4 days”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 0–120

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“Relatively reliable estimates of foliage biomass and seed biomass were made from measurements of average and/or maximum plant height, average length of longest leaf on each culm, maximum seed stalk height, clump diameter, and number of culms per plant”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 542–793

Title

Effects of Temperature and Moisture on Phenology and Productivity of Indian Ricegrass

L. C. Pearson Journal of Range Management 1979. doi:10.2307/3897557

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Sample cleaning is recommended to qualify the washoff of dry deposition from foliage and to separate superficially absorbed and biomass-incorporated elements

Taxon: treee1
Outcome: Sample cleaning is recommendede2

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“Chemical foliar analysis is a tool widely used to study tree nutrition”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 0–70

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“Sample cleaning is recommended in order (1) to investigate the transfer rate of chemical elements from soil to plants”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 821–938

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“to qualify the washoff of dry deposition from foliage and (3) to separate superficially absorbed and biomass-incorporated elements”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 944–1074

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Review of cleanning techniques and their effects on the chemical composition of foliar samples

Sabina Rossini Oliva; Hannu Raitio Boreal environment research 2003

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Differences in cultivar susceptibility to vine weevil in the field may involve interactions between palatability and nutritional value of foliage and larval tolerance set by root biomass.

Taxon: strawberryFragaria ×ananassat0
Interactor: vine weevile7pest
Outcome: cultivar susceptibility to vine weevil in the fielde7
Qualifier: interactions between the palatability and nutritional value of foliagee7

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“Susceptibility of strawberry cultivars to the vine weevil Otiorhynchus sulcatus”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 0–79

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“Differences in cultivar susceptibility to vine weevil in the field may involve interactions between the palatability and nutritional value of foliage, which influence fecundity and egg placement, and the tolerance of strawberry plants to larval feeding, determined by root biomass”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 983–1263

Title

Susceptibility of strawberry cultivars to the vine weevil Otiorhynchus sulcatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

Richard S. Cowles Agricultural and Forest Entomology 2004. doi:10.1111/j.1461-9555.2004.00233.x

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Stump and root harvest could be sustainable in the study context, unlike foliage harvest.

Taxon: Pinus pinasterPinus pinastert0
Outcome: stump and root harvest could be sustainablee2
Comparator: foliage harveste2

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“We concluded that stump and root harvest could be sustainable in our study context, conversely to foliage harvest”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1541–1654

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“Pinus pinaster”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 91–105

Title

Biomass and nutrients in tree root systems–sustainable harvesting of an intensively managedPinus pinaster(Ait.) planted forest

Laurent Augusto; David L. Achat; Mark R. Bakker; et al. GCB Bioenergy 2014. doi:10.1111/gcbb.12127

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The authors suggest the stem-foliage relationships could predict carbon sequestration and climate adaptation potential.

Taxon: black locustRobinia pseudoacaciat0
Outcome: carbon sequestration and climate change adaptation potentiale0

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“black locust”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 86–98

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“The produced species-specific relationships between stem and foliage metrics may be a useful tool to predict the carbon sequestration and climate change adaptation potential of black locust restoration plantations”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 2016–2229

Title

Allometric models for the estimation of foliage area and biomass from stem metrics in black locust

SR Tziaferidis; G Spyroglou; MN Fotelli; et al. iForest - Biogeosciences and Forestry 2022. doi:10.3832/ifor3939-015

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Method / resource Total stem area at mid-bole and stump height best predicted foliage mass and area with R2=0.81.
Method / resource Current sapwood area at stump height predicted foliage with R2=0.74.
Method / resource DBH estimated leaf area with R2=0.72 but less precisely than total stem area.
Method / resource DBH predicted diameter at the live-crown base with R2=0.80.
Association The ratio of leaf area to total stem area declined basipetally across the canopy.

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The results support the hypothesis of a physiological balance between conducting tissue and the water requirements of the shoot.

Taxon: Four Subalpine Forest Tree Speciest0
Outcome: physiological balancee3
Qualifier: between conducting tissue and the water requirements of the shoote3

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“The Relationship of Leaf Area and Foliage Biomass to Sapwood Conducting Area in Four Subalpine Forest Tree Species”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 0–114

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“This supports the hypothesis that a physiological balance exists between conducting tissue and the water requirements of the shoot”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 542–672

Title

The Relationship of Leaf Area and Foliage Biomass to Sapwood Conducting Area in Four Subalpine Forest Tree Species

Merrill R. Kaufmann; Charles A. Troendle Forest Science 1981. doi:10.1093/forestscience/27.3.477

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Biomass models could apply to other areas with similar conditions but should be validated before use in new sites.

Taxon: Tejpate7
Outcome: validated before using them in new sitese7

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“Biomass regression models are presented describing total above-ground biomass, stem wood, branch wood, foliage and bark production for Tejpat (Cinnamomum tamala), a multipurpose tree”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 0–182

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“Biomass models developed could be applied to obtain biomass of different tree components of Tejpat grown in the study area and could even be applied to other areas which have similar conditions; but it should be validated before using them in new sites and conditions”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1531–1798

Title

Above-ground tree biomass and allometric relationships of Cinnamomum tamala grown in the western hill regions of Nepal

BS Poudel; SK Gautam; DN Bhandari Banko Janakari 2013. doi:10.3126/banko.v21i1.9058

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Method / resource Regression models for Tejpat biomass were statistically significant, with R2 from 0.64 to 0.83.
Method / resource The linear model had the least error among the five regression models tested for Tejpat biomass.
Method / resource RMSE percentage of the best-fit equation for Tejpat biomass varied between 16.64% and 44.82%.
Observation Stem held 47.24% tree-1 of biomass allocation, more than foliage.
Observation Foliage held 22.75% tree-1 of biomass allocation.
Observation Branch held 19.69% tree-1 of biomass allocation.
Observation Bark held 10.31% tree-1 of biomass allocation.
Association Tejpat biomass has a positive, strongly linear relationship with DBH.

“biomass in foliage”

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