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The CO2-induced iron decrease was smaller in OE plants than in WT and RNAi plants.

Taxon: riceOryza sativat0
Material: OE plantse0
Outcome: magnitude of the decreasee0
Direction: lowere0
Comparator: WT and RNAi plantse0

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“the magnitude of the decrease was lower in the OE plants than in the WT and RNAi plants.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1130–1218

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“A rice small GTPase, Rab6a, is involved in the regulation of grain yield and iron nutrition in response to CO2 enrichment”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 0–121

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A rice small GTPase, Rab6a, is involved in the regulation of grain yield and iron nutrition in response to CO2 enrichment

An Yang; Qian Li; Lei Chen; et al. Journal of Experimental Botany 2020. doi:10.1093/jxb/eraa279

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Observation Under ambient CO2, transgenic and wild-type lines did not differ in growth or grain yield.
Intervention effect Elevated CO2 increased wild-type rice growth and grain yield.
Intervention effect Elevated CO2 increased OsRab6a-OE growth and grain yield more than in wild type.
Intervention effect Elevated CO2 did not affect OsRab6a-RNAi growth or grain yield.
Intervention effect Elevated CO2 stimulated wild-type photosynthesis.
Intervention effect Elevated CO2 stimulated OsRab6a-OE photosynthesis more than wild type.
Intervention effect Elevated CO2 reduced vegetative-tissue iron in wild-type and transgenic lines.
Intervention effect Elevated CO2 reduced grain iron in wild-type and transgenic lines.
Observation Fe-acquisition genes were more highly expressed in OE lines under elevated CO2.
Mechanism The authors identify OsRab6a as a regulator of rice adaptation to elevated CO2 through photosynthesis and Fe accumulation.

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Dominance variance decreased after recurrent selection for all traits except grain yield.

Taxon: MaizeZea mayst0
Treatment: recurrent selectione0
Outcome: dominance variance componente0
Direction: decreasee0
Qualifier: Except for grain yielde0

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“Except for grain yield, all traits exhibited a decrease in estimates of the dominance variance component after recurrent selection”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1340–1470

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“Maize”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 72–77

Title

Characterization of Interpopulation Genetic Variability in Three Hybrid Maize Populations

F. J. Betran; A. R. Hallauer Journal of Heredity 1996. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.jhered.a023006

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

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disruption of the OsNADH-GOGAT2 gene caused a remarkable decrease in spikelet number per panicle associated with a reductions in yield and whole plant biomass, when compared with wild-type (WT) plants

Taxon: riceOryza sativat0
Treatment: disruption of the OsNADH-GOGAT2 genee0
Gene: OsNADH-GOGAT2e0
Outcome: whole plant biomasse0
Direction: reductionse0
Comparator: wild-type (WT) plantse0

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“disruption of the OsNADH-GOGAT2 gene caused a remarkable decrease in spikelet number per panicle associated with a reductions in yield and whole plant biomass, when compared with wild-type (WT) plants”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 686–886

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“Rice”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 98–102

Title

Disruption of a Novel NADH-Glutamate Synthase2 Gene Caused Marked Reduction in Spikelet Number of Rice

Wataru Tamura; Soichi Kojima; Ayako Toyokawa; et al. Frontiers in Plant Science 2011. doi:10.3389/fpls.2011.00057

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativesignificant (as stated)measured

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FAMA knockdown significantly decreased sulforaphane yield in Arabidopsis thaliana.

Taxon: Arabidopsis thalianaArabidopsis thalianae0
Treatment: knockdown of FAMA genee0
Gene: FAMAe0
Outcome: sulforaphane yielde0
Direction: decreasee0

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“the knockdown of FAMA gene in Arabidopsis thaliana could significantly decrease sulforaphane yield by inhibiting the expression of myrosinase genes”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1329–1476

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BoMyrosinase plays an essential role in sulforaphane accumulation in response to selenite treatment in broccoli

Qiuyun Wu; Qi Wu; Yuxiao Tian; et al. Horticultural Plant Journal 2023. doi:10.1016/j.hpj.2023.04.005

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Association Selenite-associated change in broccoli sprout sulforaphane content was positively related to BoMY expression.
Intervention effect BoMY overexpression increased myrosinase activity in Arabidopsis thaliana tgg1 mutant rosette leaves.
Intervention effect BoMY overexpression increased sulforaphane content in Arabidopsis thaliana tgg1 mutant rosette leaves.
Intervention effect BoMY overexpression rescued the Arabidopsis thaliana tgg1 mutant phenotypes.
Intervention effect BoMY-overexpressed broccoli lines had increased myrosinase activity.
Intervention effect BoMY-overexpressed broccoli lines had increased sulforaphane content.
Observation A 2 033 bp BoMY promoter fragment was isolated.
Mechanism BoFAMA directly bound the BoMY promoter.
Mechanism BoFAMA activated BoMY expression.
Observation BoFAMA responded to selenite and was highly expressed in broccoli leaves.
Observation BoFAMA protein localized solely to the nucleus.
Mechanism FAMA knockdown inhibited expression of myrosinase genes in Arabidopsis thaliana.
Intervention effect Exogenous selenite partly restored low sulforaphane content in FAMA-silenced Arabidopsis plants.

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TaOTUB1 overexpression decreased grain size, grain number and grain yield.

Taxon: wheatTriticum aestivumt0
Treatment: Overexpression of TaOTUB1e0
Gene: TaOTUB1e0
Outcome: grain size, grain number, and grain yielde0
Direction: decreasee0

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“Overexpression of TaOTUB1 results in a decrease in grain size, grain number, and grain yield, as well as delayed flowering”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 604–726

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“wheat”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 34–39

Title

Knockout of TaOTUB1 homoeologs in wheat promotes increased grain yield and earlier flowering

Meng Ma; Lijian Guo; Chao Jian; et al. The Plant Journal 2025. doi:10.1111/tpj.70376

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Observation TaOTUB1 was the most highly expressed wheat OTUB family member and was expressed primarily in young reproductive primordia.
Observation TaOTUB1 overexpression delayed flowering.
Observation Knocking out all three TaOTUB1 homoeologs increased grain size and promoted flowering.
Observation Knocking out all three TaOTUB1 homoeologs promoted flowering.
Observation Knocking out all three TaOTUB1 homoeologs decreased grain number and yield.
Observation Knockout of TaOTUB1-7A alone increased grain size and accelerated flowering.
Observation Knockout of TaOTUB1-7B alone increased grain size.
Observation Single TaOTUB1-7A or -7B knockout accelerated flowering.
Observation Single TaOTUB1-7A or -7B knockout did not affect grain number.
Observation Single TaOTUB1-7A or -7B knockout enhanced wheat yield.
Observation The three TaOTUB1 homoeologs showed additive effects on grain size regulation.
Observation TaOTUB1 homoeolog action delayed flowering and shortened grain development time.
Observation TaOTUB1 interacted with TaRCN2 in the cytoplasm.
Observation TaOTUB1 interacted with TaSPL17 in the nucleus.
Observation A favorable low-activity HAPI haplotype was identified.
Observation HAPI was associated with increased grain weight and higher grain yield.
Observation HAPI was associated with higher grain yield.
Observation HAPI was associated with earlier flowering.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

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A GPAT1 loss-of-function mutation decreased seed yield.

Taxon: ArabidopsisArabidopsist0
Treatment: loss of function mutation in GPAT1e0
Gene: GPAT1e0
Outcome: seed yielde0
Direction: decreasee0

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“Arabidopsis”
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“A loss of function mutation in GPAT1 was shown to decrease seed yield but increase plant height through enhanced cell length.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 453–578

Title

A GPAT1 Mutation in Arabidopsis Enhances Plant Height but Impairs Seed Oil Biosynthesis

Yang Bai; Yue Shen; Zhiqiang Zhang; et al. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2021. doi:10.3390/ijms22020785

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The reduced height allele was associated with a decrease in test weight.

Taxon: wheatTriticum aestivumt0
Gene: reduced height allelee0
Outcome: test weighte0
Direction: decreasee0

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“A major contributor to plant height was the Rht8 locus and the reduced height allele was associated with significant increase in grains per spike (GPS) and FE, and decrease in number of spikes per square meter and test weight”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 881–1106

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“wheat quality and yield related traits”
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Title

Genome wide genetic dissection of wheat quality and yield related traits and their relationship with grain shape and size traits in an elite × non-adapted bread wheat cross

Ajay Kumar; Eder E. Mantovani; Senay Simsek; et al. PLoS ONE 2019. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0221826

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Method / resource A high-density map identified 43 genomic regions associated with quality, yield and agronomic traits in wheat.
Association quality traits shared ~18% common loci with grain shape and size traits.
Association yield traits shared ~53% common loci with grain shape and size traits.
Association Grain area and thousand-grain weight genomic regions were associated with yield.
Association Flour extraction had a weak positive phenotypic association with grain shape and size.
Association Flour extraction and grain shape and size shared no genetic loci.
Association Rht8 was a major contributor to plant height.
Association The reduced height allele was associated with a increase in grains per spike (GPS).
Association The reduced height allele was associated with a increase in FE.
Association The reduced height allele was associated with a decrease in number of spikes per square meter.
Observation Stable loci were identified for almost all the traits.
Observation we could not find any QTL in the region of major known genes like GPC-B1, Ha, Rht-1, and Ppd-1.
Observation Epistasis also played an important role in the genetics of majority of the traits.
Method / resource The study provides novel loci, genetic information and pre-breeding material for wheat.

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Variability decreased from F2 to F3 for some traits.

Taxon: pigeonpeaCajanus cajant0
Outcome: variabilitye0
Direction: decreasee0
Comparator: F2e0

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“There was decrease in variability from F2 to F3 generation for some traits”
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“pigeonpea”
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Title

Variability and transgressive segregation for yield and yield contributing traits in pigeonpea crosses

Ajay Bc; M. Byregowda; Prashanth Babu H; et al. Electronic Journal of Plant Breeding 2014

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RNAi suppression of cell-wall lignin biosynthesis can decrease biotic stress resistance.

Taxon: transgenic plantse0
Treatment: RNAi suppression of cell-wall lignin biosynthesise0
Outcome: resistance to biotic stresse0
Direction: decreasee0

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“RNAi suppression of cell-wall lignin biosynthesis can decrease biomass yield and resistance to biotic stress in the transgenic plants”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 642–775

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Forages for feedstocks of biorefineries in temperate environments: review of lignin research in bioenergy crops and some insight into Miscanthus studies

Maria S. Dwiyanti; J. Ryan Stewart; Toshihiko Yamada Crop and Pasture Science 2014. doi:10.1071/cp14039

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Observation Lignin in Miscanthus inhibits cellulose digestion during bioethanol production.
Observation Lignin in switchgrass inhibits cellulose digestion during bioethanol production.
Intervention effect RNAi suppression of lignin biosynthesis genes can increase fermentable sugar yields.
Intervention effect RNAi suppression of cell-wall lignin biosynthesis can decrease biomass yield.
Observation Whole-genome sequencing information is limited for forage species.
Observation Natural low-lignin mutants are useful breeding material and help identify regulation of lignin content.
Method / resource Molecular markers have been used to identify QTL or genes related to biorefinery traits.

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Adjacent chromosome 11 regions decreased fruit size.

Taxon: tomatoesSolanum lycopersicumt0
Gene: adjacent regionse0
Outcome: fruit sizee0
Direction: decreasee0

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“Yield QTLs were also located on chromosome 11 where Koralik alleles increase fruit number and yield, and adjacent regions decrease fruit size.”
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“tomatoes”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 21–29

Title

QTL mapping in salad tomatoes

Thomas D. Brekke; James A. Stroud; David S. Shaw; et al. Euphytica 2019. doi:10.1007/s10681-019-2440-3

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Observation Very few QTLs were shared across the two environments.
Observation Nine crop-related QTLs were found.
Observation Two QTLs for late-blight resistance phenotypes were found.
Observation A Koralik-derived late-blight resistance QTL occurred on chromosome 11 at 70.2–83.5 cM.
Association Koralik alleles at chromosome 11 increased fruit number.
Association Koralik alleles at chromosome 11 increased yield.
Association Koralik alleles on chromosome 9 increased fruit sweetness by 25%.
Recommendation The authors identify Koralik as a donor parent for targeted fresh-market tomato breeding.

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