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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultno effectnot significant (as stated)measured

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Minor leaf injuries did not significantly decrease yield.

Taxon: cornZea mays subsp. mayst0
Treatment: Minor leaf injuriese0
Outcome: yielde0
Direction: did not result in significant decreasese0

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“Minor leaf injuries which were designed to upset the elaboration and translocation of synthesized plant food did not result in significant decreases in yield”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1392–1549

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“corn plant”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 75–85

Title

The effect of injury in imitation of hail damage on the development of the corn plant

J. C. Eldredge Iowa State University Digital Repository (Iowa State University) 1935

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Intervention effect Total leaf removal reduced corn yield in proportion to unrolled leaf percentage.
Intervention effect Total leaf removal caused 9 percent yield reduction in early June.
Intervention effect Total leaf removal caused 100 percent yield reduction near July 20 before tasseling.
Intervention effect Severe shredding reduced early-June yield by 2 percent.
Intervention effect Severe shredding caused 50 percent yield reduction before tasseling.
Intervention effect Removing one-third of leaves caused 30 percent yield reduction at tasseling-silking.
Intervention effect Removing two-thirds of leaves caused 70 percent yield reduction at tasseling-silking.
Intervention effect Removing half of each leaf before tasseling reduced yield 27 percent.
Intervention effect Removing half of each leaf at full tasseling reduced yield 33 percent.
Intervention effect Removing half of each leaf at milk stage reduced yield 13 percent.
Intervention effect Severe bruising of stalks and ears before tasseling reduced yield 20 percent.
Intervention effect Combined bruising and shredding reduced yield 64 percent before tasseling.
Intervention effect Combined bruising and shredding reduced yield 77 percent at tasseling.
Intervention effect Corn strains did not significantly differ in yield reduction from severe shredding.
Intervention effect Under severe drought, leaf and stalk injury reduced yield less than in normal seasons.
Intervention effect In June drought, injured plots yielded somewhat more than checks.
Intervention effect Leaf and stalk injury usually caused little reduction in kernel development by bushel test weight.
Intervention effect Ear bruising produced 2 to 3 percent damaged kernels.
Intervention effect Injury before tasseling increased smutted plants; other corn diseases showed no noticeable increase.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultno effectnot significant (as stated)measured

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Removing 10 to 15 primary branches did not significantly decrease sorghum grain number or yield.

Taxon: sorghumSorghumt0
Treatment: removal of 10 to 15 primary branchese1
Outcome: grain number or yielde1
Direction: declinee1

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“sorghum”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 69–76

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“removal of 10 to 15 primary branches gave an increase in grain size without a significant decline in grain number or yield”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 183–305

Title

Effect of removal of primary branches on the grain size and yield of sorghum

A. R. Dabholkar; R. C. Mishra; Raziullah Khan . 1984

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Intervention effect Removing 10 to 15 primary branches increased sorghum grain size.
Intervention effect Yield was decreased after removing 20 primary branches.
Recommendation Selection of segregating sorghum material could be based on bolder grains.
Intervention effect Removing 10-15 primary branches randomly from a panicle decreased the number of grains.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultno effectnot significant (as stated)measured

Claim · model-written summary

Increasing virus infection did not significantly decrease ryegrass yields.

Taxon: ryegrassLoliumt0
Treatment: increasing virus infectione4
Interactor: viruse4pathogen
Outcome: yieldse4
Direction: did not decreasee4

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“ryegrass mosaic virus”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 40–61

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“increasing virus infection did not decrease yields significantly”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 432–496

Title

The transmission and effect on yield of ryegrass mosaic virus in a filtered air environment

R. W. GIBSON; R. T. PLUMB Annals of Applied Biology 1976. doi:10.1111/j.1744-7348.1976.tb01674.x

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Observation No mites were found within the filtered-air house during two seasons, so all virus transmission was by sap.
Intervention effect Rolling and frequent cutting of uninfected plots decreased ryegrass yields.
Intervention effect Cutting transmitted virus within infected ryegrass plots.
Intervention effect Cutting did not transmit virus from infected to healthy ryegrass plots.
Intervention effect Combined rolling and cutting transferred virus to healthy ryegrass plots.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultno effectnot significant (as stated)measured

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Grain yield did not decrease significantly under balanced fertilization (BF) compared with the local farmer practice (FP) treatment.

Taxon: spring wheatTriticum aestivume0
Treatment: Balanced fertilization (BF)e2
Outcome: grain yielde1
Direction: did not decreasee1
Comparator: local farmer practice (FP) treatmente1
Setting: Hetao Irrigation Districte0

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“The Hetao Irrigation District is the primary spring wheat production region in China”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 9–93

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“The results showed that the grain yield did not decrease significantly in the BF treatments compared in the local farmer practice (FP) treatment”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 470–614

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“Balanced fertilization (BF), a 29.9–36.4% N fertilizer and 40% P fertilizer, was reduced”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 241–329

Title

Optimizing nutrient inputs by balancing spring wheat yield and environmental effects in the Hetao Irrigation District of China

Yuzhen Chen; Na Zhao; Yunfeng Hao; et al. Scientific Reports 2022. doi:10.1038/s41598-022-26668-z

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultno effectnot significant (as stated)measured

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Reducing N by 28% relative to conventional N caused no significant decrease in rice yield.

Taxon: riceOryza sativae0
Treatment: reduction of N by 28%e1
Outcome: yielde1
Direction: no significant decreasee1
Comparator: conventional Ne1
Setting: field experimente0

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“on rice sink and source characteristics were studied using four varieties(Yuejingsimiao 2,Guixiangzhan,Huayou 8305 and Tianyou 998) in field experiment”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 115–266

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“Compared by conventional N,reduction of N by 28% would maintain or promote the rice source and sink coordination,which resulted in no significant decrease in yield”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 267–430

Title

Effects of Reduced Nitrogen Fertilizer on the Source and Sink Characteristics of Early /Late Season Rice in South China and Their Mechanism

MO Zhao-we 2013

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Intervention effect Reducing N by 28% would maintain or promote rice source and sink coordination relative to conventional N.
Intervention effect Reducing N by 28% increased grain yield of Yuejingsimiao 2 by 11.99% relative to conventional N.
Intervention effect Reducing N by 28% increased grain yield of Guixiangzhan by 5.51% relative to conventional N.
Intervention effect Reducing N by 28% increased grain yield of Huayou 8305 by 6.46% relative to conventional N.
Mechanism The yield increase under 28% N reduction is attributed to enhanced photosynthesis or sheath and stem transfer ability in rice.
Intervention effect Reducing N by 28% improved sink capacity, spikelet ratio and leaf area of Yuejingsimiao 2 relative to conventional N.
Intervention effect Reducing N by 28% improved sink capacity, spikelet ratio and leaf area of Guixiangzhan relative to conventional N.
Intervention effect Reducing N by 28% improved the available filled ratio of sink in Huayou 8305 relative to conventional N.
Intervention effect Reducing N by 28% produced no significant difference in sink and source characteristics of Tianyou 998.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultno effectnot significant (as stated)measured

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Most cultivars and lines did not show a significant decrease in maximal PS2 quantum yield below values indicating reduced PS2 structural stability after heat exposure.

Taxon: common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)Phaseolus vulgarise0
Treatment: high temperature stresst0
Outcome: maximal PS2 quantum yield (F v /F m )e1
Direction: did not show a significant decreasee1

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“high temperature stress”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 14–37

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“common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)”
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“most of the studied cultivars and lines did not show a significant decrease in the maximal PS2 quantum yield (F v /F m ) below values reflecting reduced structural stability of PS2”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 453–633

Title

Resistance to high temperature stress of various bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) cultivars and lines.

V. Petkova; Iliya Denev; D. Stefanov 2009

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Intervention effect Line 83201007 was an exception to the absence of a significant fall in maximal PS2 quantum yield under heat exposure.
Intervention effect Line RRR46 was an exception to the absence of a significant fall in maximal PS2 quantum yield under heat exposure.
Intervention effect Initial fluorescence increased significantly in line 83201007 under heat treatment.
Intervention effect Initial fluorescence increased significantly in line RRR46 under heat treatment.
Intervention effect Maximum fluorescence decreased after heat treatment in most cultivars and lines, other than RRR46.
Intervention effect RRR46 did not show the decrease in maximum fluorescence seen in most lines after heat treatment.
Observation The authors interpreted the plastic response of line 83201007 as evidence that it should not be considered heat sensitive.
Observation The authors interpreted the plastic response of line RRR46 as evidence that it should not be considered heat sensitive.
Observation Line 83201007 showed a well-expressed recovery four hours after heat treatment.
Observation Line RRR46 showed a well-expressed recovery four hours after heat treatment.
Recommendation The authors propose using heat-responsive bean parental lines in breeding for sudden temperature jumps.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativenot significant (as stated)measured

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At lower sulphur doses the decrease in grain potassium concentration was nonsignificant.

Taxon: wheatTriticum aestivumt0
Treatment: lower levelse0
Outcome: potassium concentratione0
Direction: decreasee0

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“at lower levels the decrease in potassium concentration was found to be non-significant”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1736–1823

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“wheat”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 71–76

Title

Effect of different sources of sulphur on yield and nutrient uptake by wheat

Anurag Sangwan; B. S. Duhan; PS Sangwan Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry 2018

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Intervention effect Wheat grain yield increased 13.1 per cent at 20 mg/kg sulphur relative to control.
Intervention effect Wheat grain yield increased 17.0 per cent at 40 mg/kg sulphur.
Intervention effect Wheat grain yield increased 20.4 per cent at 60 mg/kg sulphur.
Observation Grain yield did not differ significantly among sulphur sources.
Intervention effect Wheat grain nitrogen concentration was higher at 60 mg/kg than at a lower dose.
Intervention effect Nitrogen concentration rose more in straw than in grain at the highest sulphur dose.
Intervention effect Wheat grain phosphorus concentration did not differ significantly by sulphur source or level.
Intervention effect Wheat straw phosphorus content differed significantly as sulphur level increased relative to control.
Intervention effect Phosphorus uptake in wheat grain and straw differed significantly under sulphur application versus control.
Intervention effect Wheat potassium content decreased by 2.0 at 20 mg/kg sulphur.
Intervention effect Wheat potassium content decreased by 6.1 at 40 mg/kg sulphur.
Intervention effect Wheat potassium content decreased by 8.2 at 60 mg/kg sulphur.
Intervention effect Wheat grain potassium content decreased significantly at 60 mg/kg sulphur.
Intervention effect Grain uptake of potassium increased significantly with sulphur level.
Intervention effect Grain uptake of S increased significantly with sulphur level.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativenot significant (as stated)measured

Claim · model-written summary

Copper treatment slightly decreased onion yield without statistical significance.

Taxon: Allium cepa L.Allium cepae1
Treatment: copper treatmente0
Outcome: yielde0
Direction: decreasee0
Qualifier: slighte0

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“copper treatment resulted in a slight, but not significant, yield decrease.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 672–747

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“onion yield (Allium cepa L.)”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 258–286

Title

RESPONSE OF ONION TO FOLIAR APPLICATION OF SOME MICRONUTRIENTS

Zaghalol T. Sliman; Mohamed A. Abdelhakim; Aly A. Omran Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research 1999. doi:10.21608/ejar.1999.336498

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Intervention effect Fe foliar treatment changed onion dry yield by 9.7% relative to control in the first growing season.
Intervention effect Mn foliar treatment changed onion dry yield by 2.2% relative to control in the first growing season.
Intervention effect Zn foliar treatment changed onion dry yield by 23.6% relative to control in the first growing season.
Intervention effect B foliar treatment changed onion dry yield by 11.5% relative to control in the first growing season.
Intervention effect Fe foliar treatment changed onion dry yield by 0.0% relative to control in the second growing season.
Intervention effect Mn foliar treatment changed onion dry yield by 5.6% relative to control in the second growing season.
Intervention effect Zn foliar treatment changed onion dry yield by 27.8% relative to control in the second growing season.
Intervention effect B foliar treatment changed onion dry yield by 18.5% relative to control in the second growing season.
Intervention effect ZnSO4 foliar application gave the highest onion dry yield.
Intervention effect Foliar sprays other than ZnSO4 did not increase onion micronutrient concentrations.
Intervention effect ZnSO4 spray increased onion Zn concentration and content to their highest levels.
Association Onion P and Zn were significantly correlated (coefficient -0.792*).
Association Onion Fe and Zn were significantly correlated (coefficient +0.734*).
Association Onion Fe and Cu were significantly correlated (coefficient -0.828*).
Association Onion Mn and Fe were significantly correlated (coefficient -0.801*).
Association Onion Mn and Cu were significantly correlated (coefficient -0.809*).

Observationobservedoriginal resultnegativenot significant (as stated)measured

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One pepper cultivar yielded 7.38% less than the control, a non-significant decrease.

Taxon: peppere0
Outcome: yielde0
Direction: lesse0
Value: 7.38%e0
Comparator: Zunjiao No.2e1

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“the yield of 1 pepper cultivar was 7.38% less than the control, and didn't decrease significantly”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 322–419

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“with Zunjiao No.2 as control”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 79–107

Title

Field Experiment of Local Pepper Cultivars in Some Area of Guizhou

Han Shuyu Journal of Changjiang Vegetables 2010

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultno effectnot significant (as stated)measured

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Turkey litter combined with bioplastic or polyethylene mulch did not significantly decrease pepper yield relative to the weed free control.

Taxon: peppere1
Treatment: turkey littere4
Outcome: yielde4
Direction: no significant decreasee4
Qualifier: when combined with either bioplastic or polyethylene mulche4
Comparator: weed free controle4

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“replicated four times in an organic pepper cropping system near Urbana, IL in 2015 and 2016”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 800–891

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“There was no significant decrease in yield compared to the weed free control for turkey litter or walnut shell treatments when combined with either bioplastic or polyethylene mulch or for soybean meal + polyethylene plots”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1472–1693

Title

Abrasive grit application for integrated weed and nitrogen management in organic vegetable cropping systems

Emily Elizabeth Braun IDEALS (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) 2017

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