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Exponential functions offered little advantage over polynomials in model tests.

Taxon: winter wheatTriticum aestivumt0
Outcome: little advantagee0
Comparator: polynomialse0

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“exponential functions have little advantage over polynomials”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 215–275

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“winter wheat”
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Title

Development of a winter wheat adjustable crop calendar model

John Baker NASA STI Repository (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)

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Association Precipitation did not significantly affect model fits.
Method / resource Robertson's triquadratic form showed promise for winter wheat but required special care.
Method / resource Equations with nonlinear effects often gave erratic results with daily environmental inputs.

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The authors judge nutrient conditioning of little advantage to transplant growers.

Taxon: WatermelonCitrullus lanatust0
Treatment: PNCe0
Outcome: little advantagee0

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“PNC offers the transplant grower little advantage”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 786–835

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“Watermelon”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 106–116

Title

Cell Size and Pretransplant Nutritional Conditioning Influence Growth and Yield of Transplanted `Jubilee' Watermelon

Charles J. Graham; James T. Payne; Eric J. Molnar HortTechnology 2000. doi:10.21273/horttech.10.1.199

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Intervention effect Larger cell volume shortened time to staminate and pistillate flowering.
Intervention effect Pretransplant nutrient conditioning shortened time to staminate and pistillate flowering.
Intervention effect Larger cell volumes increased early harvested watermelon number in two of three studies.
Intervention effect Larger cell volumes increased average watermelon weight in two of three studies.
Intervention effect Larger cell volume raised early yield per area in 1995 and 1998 but not 1997.
Intervention effect Larger cell volume raised total yield per area in 1995 and 1998 but not 1997.
Intervention effect The effect of cell volume on soluble solids varied by season.
Intervention effect Conditioning increased the number of early harvested melons in 1995.
Intervention effect Conditioning increased early yield per area in 1995.
Intervention effect Conditioning increased soluble solids in early harvested fruit in 1997.
Intervention effect Conditioning had no significant effect on total Jubilee watermelon size.
Intervention effect Conditioning had no significant effect on total production during 1995, 1997 or 1998.
Recommendation The authors favor increasing transplant cell size to improve early and total yields.

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Compounds with little or no selective advantage are discarded.

Taxon: Asteridaeasteridst0
Outcome: discardede0

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“Compounds providing little or no selective advantage are discarded”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 450–516

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“Asteridae”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 30–39

Title

Chemical evolution within the Asteridae

M. Daniel; S. D. Sabnis Journal of Palaeosciences 1992. doi:10.54991/jop.1992.1121

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High density offered little advantage over medium density.

Treatment: high densitye0
Outcome: little advantagee0
Direction: little advantagee0
Comparator: medium densitye0

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“There was little advantage in favour of the high density when compared with the medium density”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 380–474

Title

A note on the effect of genotype, density and row width on the yield and quality of forage maize

R. H. Phipps The Journal of Agricultural Science 1975. doi:10.1017/s0021859600052795

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Association Later maturing maize varieties had higher dry matter yield.
Association Later maturing maize varieties had lower dry matter percentage.
Intervention effect Row width did not markedly affect the measured production character.
Association Density significantly influenced ripe ear.
Association Variety significantly influenced ripe ear.
Observation Dried grain per ear was 111 g at low density.
Observation Dried grain per ear declined to 89 g at medium density.
Observation Dried grain per ear declined to 74 g at high density.
Intervention effect Highest density slightly reduced nitrogen content, dry matter digestibility and digestible organic matter.
Observation Mineral contents except magnesium showed similar trends to the decreases at highest density.

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Mixing soil with sediments offered little yield advantage.

Taxon: sudangrassSorghum ×drummondiit0
Outcome: yield advantagee0
Direction: littlee0

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“There appeared to be little yield advantage in mixing soil with sediments.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 980–1054

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“on sudangrass yields.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 143–164

Title

Agronomic use of scrubber sludge and soil as amendments to Lake Springfield sediment dredgings

Kenneth R. Olson; Robert L. Jones Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 1987. doi:10.1080/00224561.1987.12456040

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Intervention effect Sediment gave higher sudangrass yield than soil at the first cutting.
Intervention effect Two percent scrubber sludge produced the highest average yield across soil and sediment combinations.
Intervention effect Eight percent scrubber sludge sharply lowered yield across soil and sediment combinations.
Observation Eight percent scrubber sludge adversely affected plant size and color.
Intervention effect At the second and third cuttings, soil with 8% scrubber sludge gave the highest yields.
Intervention effect Sediment with 8% scrubber sludge continued to have lower yields than other treatments.
Intervention effect Soil alone outyielded sediment alone at the second and third cuttings.
Observation Total weight across three cuttings suggested sediment was better than soil for sudangrass growth.
Intervention effect Scrubber sludge increased sudangrass yield in soil-rich combinations.
Observation Scrubber sludge had little effect on yield in sediment-rich combinations.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultno effectmeasured

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Self-grafting provided little advantage for Cherokee Purple and Crista.

Taxon: TomatoesSolanum lycopersicumt0
Material: ‘Cherokee Purple’ and ‘Crista’e0
Treatment: self-graftinge0
Outcome: advantagee0
Direction: littlee0

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“There was little advantage for self-grafting of ‘Cherokee Purple’ and ‘Crista’”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1354–1432

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“Tomatoes”
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Title

Investigation of Yield and Quality of Grafted Heirloom and Hybrid Tomatoes

Stephen T. Flomo TopSCHOLAR (Western Kentucky University) 2010

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Observation Cherokee Purple on Maxifort was the highest yielding graft combination.
Observation Cherokee Purple on Maxifort produced fruits 304 g heavier than Crista.
Observation Cherokee Purple on Maxifort produced fruits 745 g heavier than Mister Stripey.
Observation Crista fruit quality grade exceeded Cherokee Purple and Mister Stripey.
Observation Mister Stripey produced the most fruits but had lower fruit quality.
Intervention effect Red mulch produced significantly larger, heavier, and higher quality tomato fruit than black mulch.
Intervention effect Black mulch produced significantly more tomato fruits per plant than red mulch.
Observation Mister Stripey responded to self-grafting and merits further investigation.
Observation Maxifort rootstock produced the biggest and heaviest fruit with the best quality.
Observation Cherokee Purple scions produced the largest and heaviest fruit.
Observation Crista scions produced the highest quality fruit.
Observation Mister Stripey had the greatest number of fruit per plant.

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Little advantage is expected from subsoil testing for annual crops.

Taxon: annual cropse2
Outcome: subsoil testinge2
Qualifier: little advantage would be expectede2

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“little advantage would be expected from subsoil testing for annual crops”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 263–335

Title

The Significance of Subsoil and Soil Series in Nebraska Soil Testing¹

R. A. Olson; A. F. Dreier; R. C. Sorensen Agronomy Journal 1958. doi:10.2134/agronj1958.00021962005000040005x

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Upper leaf readings offered little or no advantage.

Taxon: cornZea mays subsp. mayst0
Organ / stage: upper leavese0
Outcome: advantagee0

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“little or no advantage was found for taking CMR from the upper leaves.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1446–1516

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“corn leaves”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 64–75

Title

Influence of sulfur deficiency on chlorophyll‐meter readings of corn leaves

Agustín Pagani; Hernán E. Echeverría Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science 2012. doi:10.1002/jpln.201100161

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Intervention effect Sulfur application increased aboveground biomass.
Intervention effect Sulfur application increased leaf sulfur concentration.
Intervention effect Sulfur application increased chlorophyll meter readings.
Association Leaf sulfur concentration was positively related to chlorophyll meter readings.
Association The sulfur sufficiency index from middle leaves was associated with biomass, with R² 0.58.
Association The sulfur sufficiency index from upper leaves was associated with biomass, with R² 0.62.
Method / resource Leaf greenness could indicate corn sulfur status under nutrient sufficiency and severe sulfur stress.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultno effectmeasured

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Allowing unchopped silage to reach 100°F offered little or no advantage.

Treatment: allowing unchopped silage to heat to 100°Fe0
Outcome: little or no advantagee0
Direction: little or no advantagee0

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“There appeared to be little or no advantage in allowing unchopped silage to heat to 100°F.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 530–620

Title

THE EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE IN THE MASS ON THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF SILAGE

J. C. Murdoch; Muriel C. Holdsworth Grass and Forage Science 1960. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2494.1960.tb00186.x

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Authors conclude mixtures offer little hay yield advantage over alfalfa monocultures.

Taxon: alfalfaMedicago sativae0
Interactor: grasse0other
Outcome: little yield advantagee0
Qualifier: when harvested as haye0
Comparator: alfalfa monoculturese0

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“alfalfa‐grass mixtures offer little yield advantage over alfalfa monocultures when harvested as hay”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1345–1444

Title

Yield Dynamics of Canopy Components in Alfalfa‐Grass Mixtures

G. D. Mooso; W. F. Wedin Agronomy Journal 1990. doi:10.2134/agronj1990.00021962008200040010x

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Association Planting pattern, grass species and season affected mixture botanical composition.
Association Planting pattern, grass species and season affected mixture yield.
Intervention effect Alfalfa-grass mixtures exceeded alfalfa monoculture yield in only one spring cycle.
Intervention effect Alfalfa-grass mixtures were less productive than alfalfa monocultures in summer regrowth.
Association Reed canarygrass contributed more to spring total yield than orchardgrass.
Association The two grasses had similar summer yield proportions.
Association Grass yield in mixtures was unaffected by alfalfa association.

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