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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivesignificant (as stated)measured

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The same thinning increased return bloom.

Taxon: appleMalus domesticat0
Treatment: thinning to 4 fruits cm-2(TCSA)e0
Outcome: return bloome0
Direction: increasee0
Comparator: unthinned treese0

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“in contrast to the unthinned trees, thinning to 4 fruits cm-2(TCSA) resulted in a significant decrease of yield per tree, but a significant increase of fruit mass, return bloom, and leaf area”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 540–731

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“apple”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 70–75

Title

Effect of crop load on phytohormones, sugars, and biennial bearing in apple trees

G. Samuolienė; A. Čeidaitė; R. Sirtautas; et al. Biologia Plantarum 2016. doi:10.1007/s10535-015-0581-3

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Intervention effect Thinning to four fruits per TCSA reduced yield per tree relative to unthinned trees.
Intervention effect The same thinning increased fruit mass.
Intervention effect The same thinning increased leaf area.
Association Heavy crop load suppressed bloom the following year.
Observation Phytohormone composition and content changed considerably.
Intervention effect Thinning increased hexose accumulation.
Mechanism The authors suggest flowering inhibition depends on hormone export to buds and sugar hormone signalling.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivesignificant (as stated)measured

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The same thinning increased leaf area.

Taxon: appleMalus domesticat0
Treatment: thinning to 4 fruits cm-2(TCSA)e0
Outcome: leaf areae0
Direction: increasee0
Comparator: unthinned treese0

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“in contrast to the unthinned trees, thinning to 4 fruits cm-2(TCSA) resulted in a significant decrease of yield per tree, but a significant increase of fruit mass, return bloom, and leaf area”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 540–731

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“apple”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 70–75

Title

Effect of crop load on phytohormones, sugars, and biennial bearing in apple trees

G. Samuolienė; A. Čeidaitė; R. Sirtautas; et al. Biologia Plantarum 2016. doi:10.1007/s10535-015-0581-3

Other claims from this paper (7)

Intervention effect Thinning to four fruits per TCSA reduced yield per tree relative to unthinned trees.
Intervention effect The same thinning increased fruit mass.
Intervention effect The same thinning increased return bloom.
Association Heavy crop load suppressed bloom the following year.
Observation Phytohormone composition and content changed considerably.
Intervention effect Thinning increased hexose accumulation.
Mechanism The authors suggest flowering inhibition depends on hormone export to buds and sugar hormone signalling.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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GA3 at 50 ppm increased pulp to stone ratio to 7.12.

Taxon: Mango cv. AmrapaliMangifera indicat0
Outcome: pulp: stone ratioe0
Direction: moree0
Value: 7.12e0

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“more pulp (74.56%), pulp: stone ratio (7.12) with decrease in peel (14.94%) and stone per cent (10.51%).”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1177–1281

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“Mango cv. Amrapali”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 112–130

Title

Effect of pre-harvest application of GA3, Naphthalene acetic acid and borax on fruit drop, yield and quality of Mango cv. Amrapali

PK Maurya; VK Tripathi; Shubham Gupta Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry 2020. doi:10.22271/phyto.2020.v9.i6ae.13275

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Intervention effect GA3 at 25 ppm significantly decreased fruit drop to 85.77%.
Intervention effect GA3 at 25 ppm increased fruit retention to 14.23%.
Intervention effect GA3 at 25 ppm increased fruits per panicle to 6.43.
Intervention effect GA3 at 50 ppm significantly increased fruit yield to 50.67 kg/tree.
Intervention effect GA3 at 50 ppm increased polar fruit diameter to 9.11 cm.
Intervention effect GA3 at 50 ppm increased equatorial diameter to 7.39 cm.
Intervention effect GA3 at 50 ppm increased pulp proportion to 74.56%.
Intervention effect GA3 at 50 ppm decreased peel proportion to 14.94%.
Intervention effect GA3 at 50 ppm decreased stone proportion to 10.51%.
Intervention effect GA3 at 75 ppm increased fruit weight to 244.59 g.
Intervention effect GA3 at 75 ppm increased fruit volume to 255.43 cc.
Intervention effect GA3 at 75 ppm increased specific gravity to 1.09 g/cc.
Intervention effect GA3 at 75 ppm increased total soluble solids to 18.36 0Brix.
Intervention effect GA3 at 75 ppm increased total sugars to 17.75%.
Intervention effect GA3 at 75 ppm increased ascorbic acid to 37.60 mg/100g.
Intervention effect GA3 at 75 ppm reduced titratable acidity to 0.50%.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultno effectmeasured

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Zinc applied to canes during the dormant season had no effect on vines not receiving superphosphate.

Taxon: sultana vinese0
Treatment: application of zinc to canes during the dormant seasone5
Outcome: effecte5
Direction: no effecte5
Comparator: vines not receiving superphosphatee5

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“Zinc foliage sprays increased the yield of dried fruit of sultana vines on two light-textured alkaline soils in the Mildura area”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 0–128

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“The application of zinc to canes during the dormant season offset this decrease but had no effect on vines not receiving superphosphate”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 452–587

Title

Yield responses by sultanas to applications of zinc and superphosphate

DMcE Alexander; RC Woodham Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture and Animal Husbandry 1964. doi:10.1071/ea9640169

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Intervention effect Zinc foliage sprays increased dried fruit yield of sultana vines on two alkaline soils in the Mildura area.
Observation Neither sultana vineyard showed zinc deficiency symptoms.
Mechanism Yield increases with zinc application were mainly due to better setting.
Observation The yield increase from zinc occurred in the season of application.
Intervention effect Superphosphate depressed yields in three of seven years after 19 years of heavy annual dressings at one site.
Intervention effect Zinc applied to canes during the dormant season offset the superphosphate-related yield decrease.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultmeasured

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Increasing vine load from 39 to 84 buds reduced pruning weight and cluster weight.

Taxon: FLAME SEEDLESS GRAPEVINESt0
Treatment: increasing vine load from 39 to 84 budse0
Outcome: pruning weight, cluster weighte1
Direction: decreaseinferrede1

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“FLAME SEEDLESS GRAPEVINES”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 116–141

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“increasing vine load from 39 to 84 buds”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 307–346

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“pruning weight, cluster weight”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 547–577

Title

EFFECT OF SOME PRUNING TREATMENTS ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF SOME GRAPE CULTIVARS: [B] - BUD LOAD AND SPUR THICKNESS OF FLAME SEEDLESS GRAPEVINES

M. EL-MOGY, Journal of Plant Production 2006. doi:10.21608/jpp.2006.235803

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Intervention effect Increasing vine load from 39 to 84 buds improved fruiting bud percentage, yield per vine and number of clusters per vine in Flame Seedless grapevines.
Intervention effect Increasing vine load from 39 to 84 buds was accompanied by higher total acidity, total carbohydrates and C/N ratio.
Intervention effect Increasing vine load from 39 to 84 buds reduced shoot length, shoot base diameter and leaf area.
Intervention effect Increasing vine load from 39 to 84 buds reduced berry size and weight and total soluble solids percentage.
Intervention effect Increasing vine load from 39 to 84 buds reduced total anthocyanin and total N percentage.
Intervention effect All studied parameters except total acidity tended to increase with thicker fruiting spurs.
Intervention effect Only a slight influence on the investigated characters was recorded between the two spur thickness classes 1 : <15 and 15:2 cm.
Intervention effect The highest yield with fairly good quality was obtained with a charge of 69 buds per vine.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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Saving-water flood irrigation saved 50% of water compared with traditional flood irrigation in young apple.

Taxon: AppleMalus domesticat0
Treatment: saving-water floode1
Outcome: watere1
Direction: decreaseinferrede1
Value: 50%e1
Comparator: traditional floode1

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“Apple”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 110–115

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“Compared to traditional flood, saving-water flood, irrigation in furrow and irrigation in hole can save water 50%, 75%and 95%, respectively”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 400–539

Title

Effect of Different Method of Saving-water Irrigation and Mulching on the Yield and Growth of Common Red Fuji Apple

Zhaoliang Gao Xibei nongye xuebao 2003

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Intervention effect Irrigation in furrow saved 75% of water compared with traditional flood irrigation in young apple.
Intervention effect Irrigation in hole saved 95% of water compared with traditional flood irrigation in young apple.
Intervention effect Branch growth was nearly the same under the different irrigation methods.
Intervention effect Coverage with grass or plastic film greatly promoted blossom-becoming in apple.

Associationobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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Rational pruning improved Nanfeng orange fruit quality.

Taxon: Nanfeng orangee2
Treatment: rational pruninge1
Outcome: fruit qualitye1
Direction: improvee1

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“the results indicated that proper increase in application rate of potassium and rational pruning could enhance the yield, improve fruit quality of Nanfeng orange, and decrease the incidence and disease index of scab”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 120–335

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“improving the fruit quality of Nanfeng orange by balanced fertilization”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 15–86

Title

Study on Improving Fruit Quality of Nanfeng Orange by Balanced Fertilization

LI Zu-zhang Guangdong nongye kexue 2005

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultmeasured

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Treated effluent at 1 L/week increased volatile materials in aroeira.

Taxon: aroeirae0
Treatment: treated effluent at a volume of 1 L/weeke1
Outcome: VMe0
Direction: increasede0

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“while in aroeira it increased the basic density and VM, with a decrease in the gravimetric yield”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1552–1648

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“The treated effluent at a volume of 1 L/week”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1415–1459

Title

Growth and Energy Characteristics of Arboreal Wood Irrigated with Treated Effluent in Degraded Soil of Semi-Arid Regions

Victor Junior Lima Felix; Salomão de Sousa Medeiros; Vanderléia Fernanda dos Santos Araújo; et al. Forests 2025. doi:10.3390/f16020354

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Method / resource The Richards model fitted growth variables satisfactorily for the species studied.
Intervention effect Treated effluent at 1 L/week increased condensed-liquid yield of sabiá.
Intervention effect Treated effluent at 1 L/week decreased volatile materials in sabiá wood.
Intervention effect Treated effluent at 1 L/week increased basic density in aroeira.
Intervention effect Treated effluent at 1 L/week decreased gravimetric yield in aroeira.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

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Liming increased must total acidity alongside reduced vine potassium.

Taxon: grapet0
Treatment: liminge0 e1
Outcome: must total aciditye0 e1
Direction: increasee0 e1

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“with a concomitant increase in must total acidity.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 902–952

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“grape”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 118–123

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“potassium contents in vines organs, including leaves and berries, seemed to decrease as a consequence of liming”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 789–900

Title

Assessing the effects of soil liming with dolomitic limestone and sugar foam on soil acidity, leaf nutrient contents, grape yield and must quality in a Mediterranean vineyard

Miguel A. Olego; Fernando Visconti; Miguel J. Quiroga; et al. Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research 2016. doi:10.5424/sjar/2016142-8406

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Intervention effect Sugar foam reduced soil acidity more than dolomitic limestone at equal calcium carbonate equivalent dose.
Intervention effect Liming appeared to reduce potassium contents in vine leaves and berries.
Intervention effect Liming reduced soil available phosphorus, especially with sugar foam.
Intervention effect The soil phosphorus decline had no observed plant effect.
Intervention effect Grape yields in limed soil rose 30%, without statistical significance.
Recommendation The authors recommend K and P fertilization together with liming.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

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Magnesium deficiency increased sucrose and starch concentrations in longan leaves relative to normal plants.

Taxon: LONGANDimocarpus longant0
Treatment: MAGNESIUM DEFICIENCYt1
Outcome: sucrose,starch concentration in leavese0
Direction: increasee0
Comparator: normal plante0

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“LONGAN”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 82–88

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“MAGNESIUM DEFICIENCY”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 11–31

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“increase of sucrose,starch concentration in leaves,and with the decrease of sucrose,starch concentration in shoots and roots as compared with normal plant”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 820–974

Title

EFFECTS OF MAGNESIUM DEFICIENCY ON THE YIELD AND DISTRIBUTION OF PHOTOSYNTHATE OF LONGAN ( Dimocarpus longana LOUR)

Yán Li (牠丁文)acta Agriculturae Nucleatae Sinica 2001

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Intervention effect Magnesium deficiency reduced leaf chlorophyll and carotenoid contents per area and fresh weight.
Intervention effect Magnesium deficiency reduced photosynthesis rate in longan.
Observation Magnesium deficiency markedly affected longan chloroplast ultrastructure, with starch vacuoles accumulating.
Intervention effect Magnesium deficiency increased the proportion of labelled 14 C photosynthate retained in leaves.
Intervention effect Magnesium deficiency decreased the export rate of labelled 14 C photosynthate.
Intervention effect Magnesium deficiency decreased sucrose and starch concentrations in longan shoots and roots relative to normal plants.

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