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Osmoprotectant accumulation can increase drought tolerance.

Taxon: conifersPinopsidat0
Compound: osmoprotectantse0
Outcome: drought tolerance of plante0

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“Synthesis and accumulation of osmoprotectants can increase the drought tolerance of plant.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 628–718

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“RESPONSES OF CONIFERS TO DROUGHT STRESS”
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RESPONSES OF CONIFERS TO DROUGHT STRESS

Chunying Yin Chinese Journal of Appplied Environmental Biology 2005

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Transgenic wheat enabled pyramiding of drought genes to increase tolerance.

Taxon: wheatTriticum aestivume0
Outcome: increase drought tolerancee0

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“Transgenic wheat also opened up a new era of pyramiding drought-related genes of different origins to increase drought tolerance”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 946–1074

Title

Research progress on improving wheat drought tolerance via exotic gene introduction

Li Fu Zhongguo shengtai nongye xuebao 2013

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Method / resource Distant hybridization has enabled use of alien drought tolerance genes in wheat.
Method / resource Genomic DNA injection enabled transfer of exotic genes into wheat across species barriers.

Mechanismauthor interpretationoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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ZmDHN2 may increase drought tolerance.

Taxon: MaizeZea mayst0
Gene: ZmDHN2e0
Outcome: increasing drought tolerancee0

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“It suggests that ZmDHN2 playa role in increasing drought tolerance”
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“Maize”
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Title

Cloning, Characterization, and Functional Analysis of Maize DEHYDRIN2

Hun-Ki Jung; Nam‐Chon Paek The Korean Journal of Crop Science 2002

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Observation A 1.3-kb dehydrin cDNA was cloned from drought-stressed maize scutellums.
Observation The deduced sequence encoded an SK LEA protein and was named ZmDhn2.
Observation ZmDhn2 accumulated rapidly and highly in drought-stressed scutellum and leaf tissues.
Observation ZmDhn2 did not accumulate under cold stress.
Intervention effect Under normal growth, electrolyte leakage did not differ significantly between Arabidopsis wild type and transformants.
Intervention effect Under drought, wild type Arabidopsis had about three times the electrolyte leakage of transformants.

Mechanismhypothesisoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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Greater Lantana root growth may increase drought tolerance.

Taxon: LantanaLantanae0
Organ / stage: roote0
Outcome: drought tolerancee0
Direction: increasee0
Qualifier: maye0

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“Lantana's greater root growth may also increase its drought tolerance”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1304–1373

Title

Effects of Elevated Atmospheric CO2 on Non-native Plants: Comparison of Two Important Southeastern Ornamentals

G. Brett RUNION; Heidi M. FINEGAN; Stephen A. PRIOR; et al. Environment Control in Biology 2011. doi:10.2525/ecb.49.107

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Intervention effect Lantana growth responded more strongly to elevated CO2 than vinca growth.
Intervention effect Lantana root dry weight increased by 31%.
Intervention effect Lantana total plant dry weight increased by 19%.
Intervention effect Vinca root dry weight increased by 9%.
Intervention effect Vinca total plant dry weight increased by 9%.
Intervention effect Lantana root length increased by 46% under elevated CO2.
Intervention effect Vinca root length was unaffected by CO2.
Intervention effect Elevated CO2 had no effect on Lantana flower dry weight.
Intervention effect Elevated CO2 had no effect on vinca flower dry weight.
Observation Rising CO2 was interpreted to have little impact on vinca as an ornamental or invasive weed.
Observation Elevated CO2 may increase Lantana ornamental value through abundant growth.
Observation Traits favored by high CO2 could enhance Lantana invasive potential in the southeastern US.

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Authors attribute yield increase to both increased potential and drought tolerance.

Taxon: maizeZea mayst0
Outcome: yield increasee0
Qualifier: increasing both yield potential and drought stress tolerancee0

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“yield increase is the result of increasing both yield potential and drought stress tolerance.”
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“maize”
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Title

Modern maize hybrids have improved tolerance to drought stress and increased yield potential

Gerasimos J. N. Danalatos; Emily E. Wright; Mark Reiman; et al. Agronomy Journal 2026. doi:10.1002/agj2.70294

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Association Grain yield increased across irrigation treatments by an average genetic gain of 111 kg/ha/year.
Observation New unirrigated hybrids yielded as much as old irrigated hybrids.
Association Kernel number increased with hybrid release year.
Association Kernel weight increased with hybrid release year.
Mechanism Kernel number was the primary driver of yield increase.
Observation Anthesis to silking interval was shorter by three days in new versus old hybrids.
Observation Grain protein concentration declined by 1% from 1980 to 2020.
Observation Starch concentration increased by about 1%.
Observation Oil concentration remained unchanged.
Observation Water use efficiency increased by 28% over 40 years.

Intervention effectauthor interpretationoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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Spectral light modification was concluded to greatly increase okra drought tolerance.

Taxon: okraAbelmoschus esculentuse0
Treatment: combinational spectral light modificationse0
Outcome: tolerance of okra to droughte0
Direction: increasee0

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“combinational spectral light modifications can greatly increase the tolerance of okra to drought”
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Title

Spectral light quality regulates photosynthesis and thylakoidal protein complexes to improve drought tolerance in okra rootstocks

Preethika Suresh; Srinivasan Rameshkumar; Kyung Hee Lee; et al. Frontiers in Plant Science 2026. doi:10.3389/fpls.2025.1706708

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Intervention effect Red-blue light lowered canopy temperature, indicating higher water content.
Observation NS-7774 showed improved drought tolerance.
Observation NS-7774 had decreased malondialdehyde levels.
Observation NS-7774 had enhanced antioxidant enzyme activity.
Observation Photosynthetic protein complexes and stress-responsive polypeptides were preserved.
Observation Nutrients were preserved under the evaluated conditions.
Observation Multivariate analysis identified six factors contributing to resilience.
Recommendation NS 7774 under red-blue light was proposed for drought-prone zones in India.

Mechanismauthor interpretationoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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Drought-responsive expression suggested that five MaTCP genes are involved in root growth and may increase mulberry drought tolerance.

Taxon: mulberrye0
Organ / stage: roote0
Gene: MaTCP genese0
Outcome: mulberry tolerance to droughte0
Direction: increasee0
Qualifier: maye0

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“these five MaTCP genes are involved in root growth and may increase mulberry tolerance to drought”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1099–1196

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Wuqi Wei; Jinzhi He; Yiwei Luo; et al. Forests 2023. doi:10.3390/f14010143

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Physiological drought tolerance appears to increase plant abundance in xeric uplands.

Taxon: plantsViridiplantaee3
Treatment: physiological drought tolerancee3
Outcome: abundancee3
Direction: increasee3
Qualifier: appears toe3
Setting: xeric uplandse3

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“Physiological drought tolerance and the structuring of tallgrass prairie assemblages”
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“physiological drought tolerance appears to increase the abundance of plants in xeric uplands, but does not in the mesic lowlands”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 951–1079

Title

Physiological drought tolerance and the structuring of tallgrass prairie assemblages

Sally S. Tucker; Joseph M. Craine; Jesse B. Nippert Ecosphere 2011. doi:10.1890/es11-00023.1

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultno effectmeasured

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Glutathione did not increase drought tolerance.

Taxon: Red cabbaget0
Treatment: glutathionee0
Outcome: Drought tolerancee0
Direction: note0

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“Drought tolerance was markedly increased by mercaptoethanol (ME), but not by glutathione.”
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“Red cabbage sections treated with 0.5 M sucrose”
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Title

Enhancement of Drought Tolerance hy Applied Thiols

P. C. Paricha; J. Levitt Physiologia Plantarum 1967. doi:10.1111/j.1399-3054.1967.tb07144.x

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Intervention effect Sucrose slightly increased drought tolerance of red cabbage sections.
Intervention effect Mercaptoethanol markedly increased drought tolerance.
Intervention effect PCMB did not enhance drought tolerance unless replaced by ME during rehydration.
Intervention effect NEM did not enhance drought tolerance unless replaced by ME during rehydration.

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Silicon increases drought tolerance.

Taxon: plantt0
Treatment: silicone0
Outcome: drought-tolerancee0
Direction: increasee0

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“silicon could increase the drought-tolerance”
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“plant”
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Title

Study of resistance to stress of plant on silicon

Shangzhong Li Turang feiliao 2007

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Intervention effect Silicon promotes plant growth.
Intervention effect Silicon controls disease and pests.
Intervention effect Silicon reduces lodging.
Intervention effect Silicon improves erectness.
Intervention effect Silicon alleviates salt stress.
Intervention effect Silicon alleviates freezing stress.
Intervention effect Silicon alleviates heavy metal toxicity.

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