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Observationobservedoriginal resultno effectnot significant (as stated)measured

Claim · model-written summary

Thinning treatments did not significantly decrease yield per tree.

Taxon: ‘Wilking’ mandarinst0
Outcome: yield in kg per treee0
Direction: without significant decreasee0

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“without significant decrease of yield in kg per tree.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 243–296

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“‘Wilking’ Mandarins”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 55–74

Title

Improving Fruit Size and Breaking Alternate Bearing in ‘Wilking’ Mandarins by Ethephon and Other Agents1

S. Galliani; S. P. Monselise; R. Goren HortScience 1975. doi:10.21273/hortsci.10.1.68

Other claims from this paper (9)

Intervention effect Ethephon caused satisfactory thinning in heavily loaded mandarin trees.
Intervention effect NAA caused satisfactory thinning in heavily loaded mandarin trees.
Intervention effect Ethephon increased individual fruit size by 64% versus hand thinning.
Intervention effect NAA increased individual fruit size by 48% versus hand thinning.
Intervention effect Ethephon increased profit by about 30% versus hand thinning.
Intervention effect NAA increased profit by about 30% versus hand thinning.
Intervention effect Summer pruning had similar effects but a smaller fruit size increase.
Intervention effect Ethephon reduced alternate bearing.
Observation After ethephon, 57% of treated trees had satisfactory yields the following year.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultno effectmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Nitrogen did not decrease legume yield.

Taxon: tropical grass-legumet0
Treatment: Nitrogen fertilizere0
Outcome: yield of legumee0
Direction: did not decreasee0

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“Nitrogen fertilizer did not decrease the yield of legume”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 613–669

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“tropical grass-legume”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 86–107

Title

Effects of nitrogen fertilizer applied in autumn and winter on milk production from a tropical grass-legume grazed at four stocking rates

RT Cowan; TH Stobbs Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture and Animal Husbandry 1976. doi:10.1071/ea9760829

Other claims from this paper (7)

Intervention effect Nitrogen increased pasture yield, particularly at high stocking rates.
Intervention effect Nitrogen increased milk yield, particularly at high stocking rates.
Observation Mid-autumn to spring milk gains accounted for nearly all annual gains.
Intervention effect Nitrogen reduced pasture legume content in year two.
Association Nitrogen response of nonlegumes increased with stocking rate.
Association Lower pasture dry matter availability restricted fat-corrected milk yield.
Intervention effect At equal dry matter yield, fertilized pasture gave higher fat-corrected milk yield.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultno effectmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Zinc sulphate and zinc oxide caused little or no decrease in tuber yield.

Taxon: potatoSolanum tuberosumt0
Treatment: zinc sulphate and zinc oxidee0
Outcome: tuber yielde0
Direction: little or no decreasee0

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“zinc sulphate and zinc oxide caused little or no decrease in tuber yield.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1880–1953

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“potato mop‐top virus”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 51–71

Title

Field and glasshouse experiments on the control of potato mop‐top virus

J. I. COOPER; R. A. C. JONES; B. D. HARRISON Annals of Applied Biology 1976. doi:10.1111/j.1744-7348.1976.tb00600.x

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Observation Infected mother plants passed PMTV to only some progeny tubers.
Observation Symptomless plants produced only symptomless progeny in this cultivar.
Recommendation Removing symptomatic plants was recommended to accelerate elimination of PMTV.
Intervention effect Heat treatment at 37 °C for up to 8 wk failed to free infected tubers of PMTV.
Intervention effect Formaldehyde treatment greatly decreased PMTV establishment.
Intervention effect Organo-mercurial fungicide greatly decreased PMTV establishment.
Intervention effect Fumigation with 2-aminobutane was ineffective.
Intervention effect Sulphur acidification greatly decreased infection by PMTV and S. subterranea.
Observation PMTV transmission resumed when treated soil pH rose.
Intervention effect Fungicides decreased infection of Nicotiana debneyi bait seedlings.
Intervention effect Calomel at 75 kg/ha controlled field spread of PMTV and S. subterranea to potato.
Intervention effect Zinc frit greatly decreased spread of both pathogens to potato.
Intervention effect Zinc sulphate greatly decreased spread of both pathogens to potato.
Intervention effect Zinc oxide greatly decreased spread of both pathogens to potato.
Association The zinc amount required rose with soil clay content.
Intervention effect Zinc treatment did not eliminate virus-carrying vectors from soil.
Intervention effect Zinc frit was phytotoxic due to boron content.
Intervention effect Potato tuber zinc content increased in treated plots but did not double.
Recommendation The authors recommended sulphur, zinc oxide or calomel for small early propagation plots.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultno effectmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Use of a herbicide allowed a lower seeding rate with no decrease in sericea stand or forage yield.

Taxon: Sericea lespedezaLespedeza cuneatat0
Treatment: Use of a herbicidee3
Outcome: sericea stand or forage yielde3
Direction: no decreasee3

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“Establishment of Sericea Lespedeza”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 0–34

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“Use of a herbicide permitted a reduction in seeding rate with no decrease in sericea stand or forage yield”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 308–414

Title

Establishment of Sericea Lespedeza

C. S. Hoveland; G. A. Buchanan; E. D. Donnelly Weed Science 1971. doi:10.1017/s0043174500048189

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Intervention effect Preplant vernolate reduced grass and broadleaf weed populations in sericea lespedeza.
Intervention effect Sericea was unaffected by preplant vernolate.
Intervention effect The herbicide treatment allowed a hay cutting in the establishment year with only a minor effect on next-year production.
Intervention effect The beneficial effect of vernolate on sericea yield continued into the second year.
Intervention effect Sericea seeding rate did not affect weed competition or forage yield.
Recommendation A seeding rate of 11 kg/ha with 3.4 kg/ha vernolate is the most practical treatment.

Observationobservedoriginal resultno effectmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

No yield decrease was found in alluvial paddy soil even under continuous direct sowing culture.

Taxon: riceOryza sativat0
Treatment: continuous direct sowing culturee1
Outcome: such decreasee1
Qualifier: could not be founde1
Setting: alluvial paddy soile0

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“Rice Yield Decrease Resulting from Continual Direct Sowing Culture”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 25–91

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“such decrease could not be found, even under continuous direct sowing culture”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 2521–2598

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“in alluvial paddy soil which was high in available phosphorus”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 2397–2458

Title

Studies on the Causes of Rice Yield Decrease Resulting from Continual Direct Sowing Culture : II. In relation to phosphorus nutrition

Yoshimasa UEMURA; AKIRA MIYASAKA Japanese Journal of Crop Science 1973. doi:10.1626/jcs.42.116

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultno effectnot significant (as stated)measured

Claim · model-written summary

Retaining leaves 6–20 while removing others did not significantly decrease total plant dry matter yield.

Taxon: Sugar‐beetBeta vulgaris subsp. vulgarise1
Treatment: removing all leaves except 6–20e0
Outcome: total dry matter yield of the whole plante0
Direction: did not decreasee0

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“removing all leaves except 6–20 did not decrease significantly total dry matter yield of the whole plant”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 469–573

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“Sugar‐beet plants”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 8–25

Title

The effect of partial defoliation on yield of sugar beet

S. A. W. FRENCH; E. C. HUMPHRIES Annals of Applied Biology 1977. doi:10.1111/j.1744-7348.1977.tb01876.x

Other claims from this paper (5)

Intervention effect Removing mature leaves substantially decreased sugar beet yields.
Intervention effect In one experiment, retaining leaves 6–20 increased total dry matter yield by 7%.
Intervention effect In one experiment, retaining leaves 6–20 increased root weight by 15%.
Intervention effect Remaining leaves had greater photosynthetic efficiency.
Association Leaves formed beyond the twentieth reduced overall leaf photosynthetic efficiency proportionately.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultno effectmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Deflowering up to nine days did not decrease Adzuki seed yield in greenhouse or irrigated plots.

Taxon: cowpeaVigna unguiculatat0
Material: Adzukie0
Treatment: deflowering for up to 9 dayse0
Outcome: seed yielde0
Direction: did not decreasee0

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“deflowering for up to 9 days did not decrease the seed yield of the varieties Adzuki or Westbred”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 376–472

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“cowpea”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 83–89

Title

Effect of continuous removal of open flowers on the seed yield of two varieties of cowpea, Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.

O. Ojeaga Ojehomon The Journal of Agricultural Science 1970. doi:10.1017/s0021859600023017

Other claims from this paper (5)

Intervention effect Deflowered cowpea opened more flowers than untreated plants.
Observation Most extra flowers dropped prematurely.
Intervention effect Deflowering up to nine days did not decrease Westbred seed yield in greenhouse or irrigated plots.
Intervention effect Early-season Westbred yield declined only with twelve days of deflowering.
Intervention effect All deflowering periods reduced Adzuki seed yield, with the longest period lowest.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultno effectmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Deflowering up to nine days did not decrease Westbred seed yield in greenhouse or irrigated plots.

Taxon: cowpeaVigna unguiculatat0
Material: Westbrede0
Treatment: deflowering for up to 9 dayse0
Outcome: seed yielde0
Direction: did not decreasee0

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“deflowering for up to 9 days did not decrease the seed yield of the varieties Adzuki or Westbred”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 376–472

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“cowpea”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 83–89

Title

Effect of continuous removal of open flowers on the seed yield of two varieties of cowpea, Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.

O. Ojeaga Ojehomon The Journal of Agricultural Science 1970. doi:10.1017/s0021859600023017

Other claims from this paper (5)

Intervention effect Deflowered cowpea opened more flowers than untreated plants.
Observation Most extra flowers dropped prematurely.
Intervention effect Deflowering up to nine days did not decrease Adzuki seed yield in greenhouse or irrigated plots.
Intervention effect Early-season Westbred yield declined only with twelve days of deflowering.
Intervention effect All deflowering periods reduced Adzuki seed yield, with the longest period lowest.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultno effectnot significant (as stated)measured

Claim · model-written summary

Yield did not decrease significantly until more than 60 cm of plot area was removed.

Taxon: spring wheatTriticum aestivumt0
Treatment: more than 60 cm (12.5%) of plot area was removede0
Outcome: yield of the genotypese0
Direction: decreasee0
Value: 60 cm (12.5%)e0

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“Generally, no significant decrease in yield of the genotypes was detected until more than 60 cm (12.5%) of plot area was removed.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 415–544

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“spring wheat”
✓ located after whitespace/quote normalisation · title, characters 38–50

Title

Yield Adjustment for Missing Units in Spring Wheat¹

Robert H. Busch; Yusuf Ergun Crop Science 1973. doi:10.2135/cropsci1973.0011183x001300010044x

Other claims from this paper (3)

Association Mean yield reduction per missing unit was about 4.55%.
Association Yield reduction per missing unit ranged from 3.7 to 5.0% across genotypes and years.
Method / resource Yield adjustments using the mean reduction were satisfactory after more than two missing units.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultno effectmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Soybean yield showed no apparent decrease at 100 to 1000 ppm.

Taxon: SoybeansGlycine maxe3
Treatment: at levels from 100 to 1000 ppme4
Outcome: yielde5
Direction: decreasee5
Qualifier: no apparente5

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“Soybeans”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 488–496

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“grown in Hacienda loam soil at levels from 100 to 1000 ppm had increased concentrations of several heavy metals and also of Ca, K, and Mg in leaves”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 548–695

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“but there was no apparent yield decrease”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 697–737

Title

Effect of High Levels of Nitrilotriacetate on Metal Uptake by Plants Grown in Soil¹

A. Wallace; R. T. Mueller; G. V. Alexander Agronomy Journal 1974. doi:10.2134/agronj1974.00021962006600050030x

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Intervention effect NTA at 2500 ppm was slightly toxic to bush beans.
Intervention effect Lower NTA application rates increased bush bean leaf concentrations of Fe, Zn and Mn.
Intervention effect Lower NTA application rates increased bush bean leaf concentrations of Cu, Mo and Co.
Intervention effect Lower NTA application rates increased bush bean leaf concentrations of Ni and Al.
Intervention effect Soybeans grown at 100 to 1000 ppm had increased leaf concentrations of several heavy metals.
Intervention effect Soybeans grown at 100 to 1000 ppm had increased leaf concentrations of Ca, K and Mg.
Intervention effect Only slight effects are expected from NTA concentrations likely to be found in effluent water.

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