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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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Stem IVDMD was 33 g kg −1 greater in intercropped than in monocrop soybean.

Taxon: soybeanGlycine maxe3
Organ / stage: steme3
Treatment: intercroppede3
Outcome: stem IVDMDe3
Direction: greatere3
Value: 33 g kg −1e3
Comparator: monocrop soybeane3

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“However, stem IVDMD was 33 g kg −1 greater for intercropped than monocrop soybean, reflecting the 36 g kg −1 decrease in NDF concentration”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1176–1314

Title

Sorghum Intercropping Effects on Yield, Morphology, and Quality of Forage Soybean

Daren D. Redfearn; Dwayne R. Buxton; Tom E. Devine Crop Science 1999. doi:10.2135/cropsci1999.3951380x

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Intervention effect Intercropped soybean had 6 more plants per m of row than monocrop soybean.
Intervention effect Intercropped soybean had less advanced morphological development than monocrop soybean.
Intervention effect Intercropped soybean had 2.3 Mg ha −1 less dry matter than monocrop soybean.
Intervention effect Leaf IVDMD, NDF and hemicellulose did not differ between intercropped and monocrop soybean.
Intervention effect Leaf cellulose did not differ between intercropped and monocrop soybean.
Intervention effect Stem NDF concentration decreased by 36 g kg −1 in intercropped soybean compared with monocrop soybean.
Intervention effect Intercropped soybean lodged more than monocrop soybean in both years.
Mechanism Lodging of intercropped soybean may be due to the significant decrease in stem NDF.
Association Leaf CP concentration was 25 g kg −1 greater in monocrop soybean than in intercropped soybean.
Association Stems of intercropped soybean had 12 g kg −1 greater CP than monocrop soybean stems.
Observation Soybean showed a high degree of morphological plasticity.
Association Forage quality of intercropped soybean was greater than that of monocrop soybean.
Recommendation Intercropping forage-type soybean with another tall-growing forage does not appear practical because of lower dry matter accumulation.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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Low conductivity solution increased average marketable fruit weight in spring.

Taxon: tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
Treatment: low-EC solution treatmentse0
Outcome: average marketable fruit weighte0
Direction: highere0
Comparator: high-EC solutiont1

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“spring total yield and average marketable fruit weight were higher for low-EC solution treatments”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 615–712

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“Impact of irrigation management of greenhouse tomato: Yield, nutrition, and salinity of peat substrate”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 0–102

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“Foliar mineral concentration analysis of spring-grown plants indicated increases in nitrogen, potassium, zinc, and manganese, and a decrease in calcium in plants receiving high-EC solution.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 794–983

Title

Impact of irrigation management of greenhouse tomato: Yield, nutrition, and salinity of peat substrate

J. Norrie; J. Charbonneau; A. Gosselin; et al. Canadian Journal of Plant Science 1995. doi:10.4141/cjps95-087

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Intervention effect Changing substrate matric potential setpoints did not significantly affect tomato yield.
Intervention effect Low conductivity solution increased spring total tomato yield.
Intervention effect Blossom-end rot was slightly higher in fall under the highest conductivity treatment.
Intervention effect High conductivity solution increased foliar nitrogen, potassium and zinc concentrations in spring tomato.
Intervention effect High conductivity solution increased foliar manganese concentration in spring tomato.
Intervention effect High conductivity solution decreased foliar calcium concentration in spring tomato.
Observation Peat substrate conductivity exceeded that of applied solutions, indicating salt accumulation despite periodic overwatering.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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Pendimethalin and anilofos both followed by 2,4-D Na gave higher grain yield in rainfed upland rice.

Taxon: rainfed upland riceOryza sativae0
Treatment: Pendimethalin and anilofos both followed by 2, 4-D Na salte2
Outcome: grain yielde2
Direction: highere2
Setting: Field experimentse0

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“Field experiments were conducted during kbarif 1994 and 1995 to evaluate anilofos, butachlor and pendimethalin followed by 2, 4-D Na and without 2, 4-D Na for weed control in direct sown rainfed upland rice (Oryza sativa L.)”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 0–224

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“Pendimethalin and anilofos both followed by 2, 4-D Na salt resulted in maximum decrease in weed dry weight which resulted in higher grain yield”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 306–449

Title

Weed Management for Direct Sown Rice under Rainfed Upland Conditions

B. D. Kalia; A. D. Bindra Indian Journal of Weed Science 1997

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Intervention effect Herbicide application significantly reduced the dry weight of weeds in rainfed upland rice.
Intervention effect Pendimethalin and anilofos both followed by 2,4-D Na gave the maximum decrease in weed dry weight.
Intervention effect Pendimethalin followed by 2,4-D Na (1.0+0.6 kg/ha) was more effective in controlling grasses, sedges and broad leaf weeds.
Intervention effect Anilofos followed by 2,4-D Na (0.4+0.6 kg/ha) was more effective in controlling grasses, sedges and broad leaf weeds.
Intervention effect Herbicide application gave an almost similar increase in grain yield of rainfed upland rice.

Associationhypothesisoriginal resultnegativemeasured

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Possible subsoil acidity problems may be associated with poorer silage and grain yields.

Taxon: cornZea mays subsp. mayse5
Treatment: possible subsoil acidity problemse0
Outcome: silage and grain yieldse0
Direction: decreaseinferrede0

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“Poor silage and grain yields were associated with higher clay content and lower organic C in the A horizon, lower plant “available water” in the 0− to 15-cm depth interval, and possible subsoil acidity problems”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 722–932

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“controlling corn (Zea mays L.) yield differences”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 256–304

Title

THE INFLUENCE OF SOIL FACTORS ON YIELD DIFFERENCES AMONG LANDSCAPE POSITIONS IN AN APPALACHIAN CORNFIELD

R. J. WRIGHT; D. G. BOYER; W. M. WINANT; et al. Soil Science 1990. doi:10.1097/00010694-199006000-00009

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Association Higher clay content was associated with poorer silage and grain yields.
Association Lower organic C in the A horizon was associated with poorer silage and grain yields.
Association Lower plant available water in the 0 to 15 cm depth was associated with poorer silage and grain yields.
Association Mean available water was a good predictor of silage yield.
Association Soil water was apparently the most important factor controlling corn production differences.
Observation Silage yield in 1984 ranged from 15.3 to 43.0 Mg/ha.
Observation Silage yield in 1985 ranged from 22.2 to 36.6 Mg/ha.
Observation Grain yield in 1984 ranged from 3.1 to 8.2 Mg/ha.
Observation Grain yield in 1985 ranged from 4.0 to 7.6 Mg/ha.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

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Under high EC, high transpiration gave tomato fruits about 25 percent smaller than low transpiration.

Taxon: tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
Treatment: high transpiration treatmente1
Outcome: smaller fruitse2
Direction: decreaseinferrede2
Value: 25 percente2
Comparator: low transpiration treatmente0

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“GREENHOUSE TOMATO CROP”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 75–97

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“whereas the low transpiration treatment only mitigated the effect of high EC”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1465–1541

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“in the high transpiration treatment marketable yield was reduced by 30 percent”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1558–1636

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“due both to 25 percent smaller fruits”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1638–1675

Title

COMBINED EFFECT OF CLIMATE AND CONCENTRATION OF THE NUTRIENT SOLUTION ON A GREENHOUSE TOMATO CROP. II: YIELD QUANTITY AND QUALITY

C. Stanghellini; W.Th.M. van Meurs; F. Corver; et al. Acta Horticulturae 1998. doi:10.17660/actahortic.1998.458.27

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Intervention effect High EC significantly reduced yield in greenhouse tomato relative to 2 dS/m.
Intervention effect Low transpiration mitigated the effect of high EC on tomato yield relative to high transpiration.
Intervention effect Under high EC, high transpiration reduced marketable tomato yield by 30 percent relative to low transpiration.
Intervention effect Under high EC, high transpiration increased blossom-end rot incidence to 20 percent relative to low transpiration.
Intervention effect Low transpiration with high EC reduced tomato size and yield by 15 percent relative to 2 dS/m.
Observation Under low transpiration, incidence of blossom-end rot was only 2 percent.
Intervention effect Dry matter and sugar content of tomato fruit were higher under high EC than under 2 dS/m.
Observation Total dry matter yield of tomato was the same across treatments except the high EC, high transpiration treatment.
Observation In the high EC, high transpiration treatment, blossom-end rot reduced marketable tomato dry matter by 25 percent.
Observation Tomato fruit elasticity was not affected by any treatment once size differences were accounted for.
Recommendation Appropriate use of indoor climate tools can offset the effect of high salinity of irrigation water on tomato.
Recommendation A grower could accept a tomato yield decrease if quality increases sufficiently.

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Crown and root rots, Phytophthora root rot, anthracnose, black stem and common leaf spot most affect alfalfa forage yield, quality and stand persistence in Nebraska

Taxon: AlfalfaMedicago sativat0
Interactor: PhytophthoraPhytophthorae2pathogen
Outcome: forage yields, forage quality and stand persistencee2
Direction: decreaseinferrede2
Qualifier: crown and root rots, phytophthora root rot, anthracnose, spring black stem, summer black stem and common leaf spote2

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“Alfalfa Disease Management”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 10–36

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“In Nebraska the diseases that most affect forage yields, forage quality and stand persistence are crown and root rots, phytophthora root rot, anthracnose, spring black stem, summer black stem and common leaf spot”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 377–589

Title

EC98-1875 Alfalfa Disease Management

John E. Watkins Lincoln (University of Nebraska) 1998

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Observationobservedoriginal resultno effectmeasured

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Polygalacturonase activity was not detected in carnation petals.

Taxon: Dianthus caryophyllusDianthus caryophylluse0
Outcome: polygalacturonase activitye5
Direction: not detectede5

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“Senescence of carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus L. ev. White Sim) petals coincided with a decrease on a per flower basis in the yield of cell wall and ethanol‐insoluble solids”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 0–174

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“polygalacturonase activity was not detected”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 675–718

Title

Cell wall changes during the expansion and senescence of carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus) petals

N. C. de Vetten; D. J. Huber Physiologia Plantarum 1990. doi:10.1111/j.1399-3054.1990.tb09062.x

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Higher N concentration was associated with a higher occurrence of blossom end rot in early Trial 2 results.

Taxon: PEPPERSCapsicumt0
Treatment: increasing N concentratione7
Outcome: occurrence of BERe7
Direction: highere7
Qualifier: Early results of Trial 2e7

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“PEPPERS GROWN IN ROCKWOOL”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 69–94

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“Early results of Trial 2 indicate higher occurrence of BER with increasing N concentration”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1135–1225

Title

NITROGEN CONCENTRATIONS TO MAXIMIZE YIELD AND DECREASE LEACHATE-N IN PEPPERS GROWN IN ROCKWOOL.

M.K. Schon; M.S. Compton; I. Burns; et al. HortScience 1993. doi:10.21273/hortsci.28.5.507a

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Intervention effect Increasing N did not affect the number of marketable pepper fruit in Trial 1.
Intervention effect Increasing N increased the size of pepper fruit in Trial 1.
Intervention effect Marketable fruit weight was significantly greater with Treatment 3 than with Treatment 1.
Intervention effect Marketable yield did not differ significantly between 120 ppm N and 175 ppm N.
Intervention effect Nitrogen level did not affect blossom end rot occurrence in peppers.
Recommendation The authors recommend 120 ppm N to maximize yield and reduce environmental impact of greenhouse pepper production in Florida.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultmeasured

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Enhanced UV-B slightly increased UV-absorbing compounds.

Taxon: rice (Oryza sativa L.)Oryza sativae1
Treatment: UV-B irradiatione0
Outcome: UV-absorbing compoundse0
Direction: increasee0
Qualifier: slighte0

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“The UV-B irradiation caused a slight decrease in chlorophyll content and a slight increase in the UV-absorbing compounds”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 517–637

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“rice (Oryza sativa L.) plants in a paddy”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 308–348

Title

Effects of Enhanced UV-B Radiation on Growth and Yield of Rice in the Field

Isamu Nouchi; Kazuhiko Kobayashi; Hak Yoon Kim Journal of Agricultural Meteorology 1997. doi:10.2480/agrmet.52.867

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Intervention effect Enhanced UV-B slightly decreased rice chlorophyll content.
Intervention effect Enhanced UV-B did not significantly change rice height or biomass.
Intervention effect Enhanced UV-B reduced rice yield by up to 7%.
Association The observed yield response corresponds to 1% loss per 10% UV-BBE increase.
Association Projected 15% UV-BBE increase implies rice yield loss below 2%.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

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Root pruning increased the number of small fruit in three of six years.

Taxon: AppleMalus domesticat0
Treatment: Root pruninge0
Outcome: small fruite0
Direction: increasee0
Qualifier: in 3 of the 6 yearse0

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“Root pruning resulted in a decrease in large fruit and an increase in small fruit in 3 of the 6 years.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 692–794

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“Apple”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 105–110

Title

Time of Root Pruning Influences Vegetative Growth, Fruit Size, Biennial Bearing, and Yield of `Jonathan' Apple

David C. Ferree Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science 1992. doi:10.21273/jashs.117.2.198

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Intervention effect Root pruning reduced terminal shoot growth by about 30% during 1985–89 but not 1990.
Intervention effect Root pruning at bloom reduced cumulative apple yield by 14%.
Intervention effect Root pruning in mid-June reduced cumulative apple yield by 20%.
Intervention effect Root pruning reduced cumulative yield efficiency, with little difference among pruning times.
Intervention effect Root pruning reduced biennial bearing intensity regardless of pruning time.
Intervention effect Root pruning decreased the number of large fruit in three of six years.
Intervention effect Yield-adjusted analysis showed root pruning reduced average fruit size.
Intervention effect Root-pruned trees produced firmer fruit and higher soluble solids.
Intervention effect Root pruning increased fruit soluble solids concentration.
Intervention effect Root-pruned trees had less preharvest fruit drop than nonpruned trees.
Intervention effect Under severe drought, root pruning reduced net photosynthesis and transpiration.
Intervention effect Supplemental water increased apple transpiration and harvest fruit size.

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