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Multiple doses of favorable alleles yielded diminishing returns.

Gene: favorable 'alleles'e0
Outcome: diminishing returnse0
Direction: diminishing returnse0

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“multiple doses of favorable 'alleles' at such chromosomal region(s) yielded diminishing returns”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 760–855

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QTL Analysis in a Complex Autopolyploid: Genetic Control of Sugar Content in Sugarcane

Ray Ming; Sin-Chieh Liu; Paul H. Moore; et al. Genome Research 2001. doi:10.1101/gr.198801

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Additional years of harvesting gave diminishing returns.

Taxon: cocoaTheobroma cacaot0
Outcome: returns from additional years of harvestinge0
Direction: diminishinge0

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“the diminishing returns from additional years of harvesting”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 600–659

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“cocoa”
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Title

OPTIMAL PLANNING OF COCOA CLONAL SELECTION PROGRAMMES

F. OWUSU-ANSAH; R. N. CURNOW; Y. ADU-AMPOMAH Experimental Agriculture 2013. doi:10.1017/s0014479713000239

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Recommendation Selection simulations favored increasing clone number at the expense of replicates.
Recommendation The authors emphasized widening the genetic base of tested clones.

Observationobservedoriginal resultnegativesimulated

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Additional training courses would have diminishing returns.

Taxon: wheatTriticum aestivume1
Outcome: returns to additional coursese0
Direction: diminishinge0

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“There would be diminishing returns to additional courses”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 790–846

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“Kent wheat farmers”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 117–135

Title

THE VALUE OF A FUNGICIDE ADVISORY PROGRAMME FOR CEREALS

K. M. Menz; J. P. G. Webster Journal of Agricultural Economics 1981. doi:10.1111/j.1477-9552.1981.tb01538.x

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Initial performance was associated with diminishing R2 returns.

Outcome: R2 showing diminishing returnse0
Direction: diminishing returnse0
Comparator: initial model performancee0

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“initial model performance influenced outcomes, with R2 showing diminishing returns”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1444–1526

Title

Improvement Approaches and Performance of Temperature-Based Remote Sensing Evapotranspiration Models in Agricultural Fields: A Meta Analysis

Jiayi Ding; Peishuo Wang; Bernard A. Engel; et al. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 2025. doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2026.111166

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Method / resource A classification framework for model improvement strategies was proposed.
Method / resource All strategies improved cropland evapotranspiration estimates to varying degrees.
Method / resource Input mechanism enhancements produced the highest R2 gains.
Method / resource RMSE% error reduction did not differ significantly among strategies.
Association Improvement strategies influenced model accuracy more than environmental conditions.
Association RMSE% retained notable room for optimization with different initial performance.
Method / resource Current models have not attained optimal performance in cropland regions.
Recommendation Future model development should reduce systematic bias and improve regional adaptability.

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The diminishing returns hypothesis receives statistical support in woody dicot species.

Taxon: woody dicot speciese2
Outcome: diminishing returns hypothesise7
Qualifier: receives statistical supporte7

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“across 25 woody dicot species”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 495–524

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“The diminishing returns hypothesis therefore receives statistical support”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1089–1162

Title

Evidence for “diminishing returns” from the scaling of stem diameter and specific leaf area

Karl J. Niklas; Edward D. Cobb American Journal of Botany 2008. doi:10.3732/ajb.0800034

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Diminishing returns arise in pollen export and local pollen competition to fertilise ovules.

Organ / stage: pollene0
Outcome: Diminishing returnse0

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“Diminishing returns arise for various processes that affect siring (e.g. pollen export and local pollen competition to fertilise ovules)”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1256–1392

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Pollination efficiency and the evolution of sex allocation – diminishing returns matter

Lawrence D. Harder; Steven D. Johnson New Phytologist 2025. doi:10.1111/nph.20389

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Higher doses showed diminishing returns.

Treatment: higher doses (≥3.5 L/ha)e0
Outcome: diminishing returnse0

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“higher doses (≥3.5 L/ha) showed diminishing returns”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1178–1229

Title

Effect of Different Quantities of Liquid Organic Fertilizer on Chilli Growth, Quality, and Yield

Salma Surayya J S; Devi Singh; Chirumella Joharika; et al. Journal of Advances in Biology & Biotechnology 2025. doi:10.9734/jabb/2025/v28i62392

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Intervention effect T7 produced a germination time of 5.5 days.
Intervention effect T7 increased plant height to 79.97 cm.
Intervention effect T7 increased branch number to 8.53.
Intervention effect T7 increased leaf area index to 186.21.
Intervention effect T7 enhanced ascorbic acid to 144.48 mg/100g.
Intervention effect T7 enhanced total soluble solids to 4.91 °Brix.
Intervention effect T7 produced 123.79 fruits per plant.
Intervention effect T7 yielded 18.39 t/ha, nearly three times the control yield.
Intervention effect T7 achieved net returns of Rs. 142,191/ha.
Intervention effect T7 achieved a benefit-cost ratio of 3.69.

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Yield showed diminishing returns at greater irrigation depths.

Treatment: greater irrigation depthse0
Outcome: yieldt0
Direction: diminishing returnse0

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“exhibited diminishing returns at greater irrigation depths”
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“yield”
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“chickpea”
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Water-yield relationships for chickpea under different irrigation regimes in Gezira Scheme, Sudan

Maie Kabbashi Alla Jabow; Mahasin Ali Mohamed; Mohie El Din Omar Agricultural Water Management 2026. doi:10.1016/j.agwat.2026.110294

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Intervention effect Full irrigation produced the highest yields in both seasons.
Intervention effect Reproductive-stage deficits reduced yield up to 33%.
Intervention effect Vegetative-stage deficit W3 saved 6% of irrigation water.
Intervention effect Vegetative-stage deficit W3 caused no significant yield reduction.
Intervention effect W3 had the highest crop and irrigation water productivity.
Association Grain yield correlated strongly with actual crop evapotranspiration.
Association Higher vapor pressure deficit and wind speed reduced 2018/19 yield and water productivity.
Association A 9–10% rise in reference evapotranspiration was associated with about 30% lower yield.
Mechanism Irrigation thresholds were governed jointly by soil hydraulics, irrigation and atmospheric demand.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

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Nitrogen rates above critical thresholds gave diminishing returns.

Taxon: cottonGossypium hirsutumt0
Treatment: nitrogen rates above critical thresholdse0
Outcome: diminishing returnse0
Direction: diminishinge0

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“nitrogen rates above critical thresholds led to diminishing returns”
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“cotton”
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Title

Water and nitrogen management strategies for stable-yield cotton in Northern Xinjiang under reduced nitrogen conditions

Sijia Wang; Jinghua Zhao; Chunxia Wang Agricultural Water Management 2025. doi:10.1016/j.agwat.2025.109857

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Intervention effect Adequate water and nitrogen supply enhanced cotton growth.
Intervention effect Moderate nitrogen application partly offset yield losses from water deficit.
Intervention effect Excessive water and nitrogen inputs reduced water use efficiency.
Intervention effect Excessive water and nitrogen inputs reduced nitrogen partial factor productivity.
Association Irrigation quota and nitrogen application rate had a synergistic effect on nitrogen partial factor productivity.
Intervention effect A 10% irrigation reduction under conventional nitrogen significantly improved cotton water use efficiency.
Association Irrigation markedly regulated nitrogen partial factor productivity under low nitrogen.
Intervention effect W1N1 enhanced cotton growth traits.
Intervention effect Ten percent less irrigation under conventional nitrogen boosted WUE by 1.29–1.77%.
Intervention effect Under low nitrogen, W3 maximized nitrogen partial factor productivity.
Intervention effect Irrigation of 400–444 mm and nitrogen of 387–440 kg ha−1 sustained stable yield.
Method / resource PCA, entropy-weighted TOPSIS and grey analysis ranked W3N1/W3N2 optimal for resource efficiency.
Recommendation The authors recommend 400–444 mm irrigation and 387–440 kg ha−1 nitrogen for Northern Xinjiang cotton.

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The response function shows diminishing returns to applied nitrogen.

Taxon: pasturet0
Outcome: diminishing returnse0

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“the response function exhibits diminishing returns”
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“pasture”
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Title

Predicting pasture yield response to nitrogenous fertiliser in Australia using a meta-analysis-derived model, with field validation

Cameron J. P. Gourley; Murray C. Hannah; Kohleth T. H. Chia Soil Research 2017. doi:10.1071/sr17032

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Method / resource The fitted model explained pasture response data with R2 = 0.92.
Method / resource Model predictions were comparable with independent spring pasture dry matter responses on Victorian dairy farms.
Method / resource The derived model predicts pasture yield response as a proportion of obtainable yield and can scale it to absolute response.
Method / resource The model enables marginal economic analysis and determination of optimum nitrogen fertiliser rates.

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