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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultno effectmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

The Double Cut Alternative tapping system does not alter the competition between trunk radial growth and rubber production.

Taxon: rubbere0
Treatment: DCA tapping systeme4
Outcome: competitive relationship between, trunk radial growth and rubber productione4
Direction: does not altere4
Comparator: ½ S d/2 7d/7e1

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“Continuous decrease of the size of Thai rubber smallholdings”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 0–60

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“A new tapping system ("Double Cut Alternative" or DCA, 2x ½ S d/4 (t,t) 7d/7) is studied in comparison with ½ S d/2 7d/7 control”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 533–661

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“The DCA tapping system does not alter the competitive relationship between, trunk radial growth and rubber production”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1447–1564

Title

"Double cut alternative" tapping system (DCA) : Towards improvement of yield and labour productivity of Thailand rubber smallholdings

Éric Gohet; Pisamai Chantuma Agritrop (Cirad) 2003

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Intervention effect The Double Cut Alternative tapping system significantly increased rubber production (+25-30%) compared with the conventional system.
Intervention effect The Double Cut Alternative tapping system increased latex sucrose and inorganic phosphorus.
Intervention effect The Double Cut Alternative tapping system reduced latex thiols.
Intervention effect The DCA system increased output per tapper compared with reduced tapping frequencies.
Recommendation The DCA tapping system appears very promising for small-size rubber holdings.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Selection decreased lodging by 3.5% per cycle at 80 kg N ha-1.

Taxon: maizeZea mayst0
Treatment: selectione1
Outcome: lodginge1
Direction: decreaseinferrede0
Value: -3.5%e0
Qualifier: 80 kg N ha-1e0

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“maize”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 36–41

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“2.1, -0.8, -1.5, -3.5% at 80 kg N ha-1”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1345–1383

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“Least square estimates of progress per cycle of selection for grain yield, days to mid-silk, plant height, and lodging were 1.6, -0.6, -1.5, -1.1% at zero fertilizer N; 2.1, -0.8, -1.5, -3.5% at 80 kg N ha-1 and 1.8, -0.7, -1.4, -2.8% at 160 kg N ha-1, respectively”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1176–1441

Title

Progress from selection in la posta maize population evaluated underthree nitrogen fertilizer levels

TSpace 1998

Other claims from this paper (19)

Intervention effect Mean grain yield rose across the three nitrogen rates from 3.0 to 4.7 to 5.2 Mg ha-1.
Intervention effect As nitrogen increased, grain yield, plant height and lodging increased.
Intervention effect Ear rating increased with fertilizer nitrogen.
Intervention effect Days to mid-silk decreased with increasing fertilizer nitrogen.
Intervention effect Grain moisture and ears per plant did not change as fertilizer nitrogen increased.
Observation The greatest response to applied nitrogen across traits was at 80 kg N ha-1.
Observation Nitrogen response patterns were similar across selection cycles.
Intervention effect Selection increased grain yield per cycle by 1.6% without nitrogen fertilizer.
Intervention effect Selection advanced mid-silk by 0.6% per cycle without nitrogen fertilizer.
Intervention effect Selection reduced plant height by 1.5% per cycle without nitrogen fertilizer.
Intervention effect Selection reduced lodging by 1.1% per cycle without nitrogen fertilizer.
Intervention effect Selection increased grain yield by 2.1% per cycle at 80 kg N ha-1.
Intervention effect Selection decreased days to mid-silk by 0.8% per cycle at 80 kg N ha-1.
Intervention effect Selection decreased plant height by 1.5% per cycle at 80 kg N ha-1.
Intervention effect At 160 kg N ha-1, selection increased grain yield by 1.8% per cycle.
Intervention effect At 160 kg N ha-1, selection decreased days to mid-silk by 0.7% per cycle.
Intervention effect At 160 kg N ha-1, selection decreased plant height by 1.4% per cycle.
Intervention effect At 160 kg N ha-1, selection decreased lodging by 2.8% per cycle.
Observation Recurrent selection had little effect on the population’s nitrogen fertilizer response.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

At 160 kg N ha-1, selection decreased lodging by 2.8% per cycle.

Taxon: maizeZea mayst0
Treatment: selectione1
Outcome: lodginge1
Direction: decreaseinferrede0
Value: -2.8%e0
Qualifier: 160 kg N ha-1e0

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“maize”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 36–41

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“1.8, -0.7, -1.4, -2.8% at 160 kg N ha-1”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1388–1427

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“Least square estimates of progress per cycle of selection for grain yield, days to mid-silk, plant height, and lodging were 1.6, -0.6, -1.5, -1.1% at zero fertilizer N; 2.1, -0.8, -1.5, -3.5% at 80 kg N ha-1 and 1.8, -0.7, -1.4, -2.8% at 160 kg N ha-1, respectively”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1176–1441

Title

Progress from selection in la posta maize population evaluated underthree nitrogen fertilizer levels

TSpace 1998

Other claims from this paper (19)

Intervention effect Mean grain yield rose across the three nitrogen rates from 3.0 to 4.7 to 5.2 Mg ha-1.
Intervention effect As nitrogen increased, grain yield, plant height and lodging increased.
Intervention effect Ear rating increased with fertilizer nitrogen.
Intervention effect Days to mid-silk decreased with increasing fertilizer nitrogen.
Intervention effect Grain moisture and ears per plant did not change as fertilizer nitrogen increased.
Observation The greatest response to applied nitrogen across traits was at 80 kg N ha-1.
Observation Nitrogen response patterns were similar across selection cycles.
Intervention effect Selection increased grain yield per cycle by 1.6% without nitrogen fertilizer.
Intervention effect Selection advanced mid-silk by 0.6% per cycle without nitrogen fertilizer.
Intervention effect Selection reduced plant height by 1.5% per cycle without nitrogen fertilizer.
Intervention effect Selection reduced lodging by 1.1% per cycle without nitrogen fertilizer.
Intervention effect Selection increased grain yield by 2.1% per cycle at 80 kg N ha-1.
Intervention effect Selection decreased days to mid-silk by 0.8% per cycle at 80 kg N ha-1.
Intervention effect Selection decreased plant height by 1.5% per cycle at 80 kg N ha-1.
Intervention effect Selection decreased lodging by 3.5% per cycle at 80 kg N ha-1.
Intervention effect At 160 kg N ha-1, selection increased grain yield by 1.8% per cycle.
Intervention effect At 160 kg N ha-1, selection decreased days to mid-silk by 0.7% per cycle.
Intervention effect At 160 kg N ha-1, selection decreased plant height by 1.4% per cycle.
Observation Recurrent selection had little effect on the population’s nitrogen fertilizer response.

Observationobservedoriginal resultsignificant (as stated)measured

Claim · model-written summary

Wild bees were the most frequent pollinator group during in-season longan flowering in Northern Thailand.

Taxon: longanDimocarpus longane1
Treatment: in‐season floweringe0
Interactor: wild beese0pollinator
Outcome: wild bees were the most frequent pollinator groupe0
Direction: most frequente0
Setting: Northern Thailande1

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“Visitation rates of flower visitor groups significantly differed among treatments: for in‐season flowering, wild bees were the most frequent pollinator group, whereas in the off‐season flowering, there were no wild bees, and instead dipterans were the most frequent pollinator group.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 570–853

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“longan ( Dimocarpus longan Lour.), comparing between in‐season flowering (naturally) and off‐season flowering (chemically induced) in Northern Thailand.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 417–569

Title

Insufficient native pollinators during artificially induced early flowering decrease yield and long‐term economic viability of a tropical fruit crop

Tuanjit Sritongchuay; Kanuengnit Wayo; Michael C. Orr; et al. Journal of Applied Ecology 2020. doi:10.1111/1365-2664.13787

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Diminishing water supply increased activities of six antioxidant enzymes in strawberry leaves.

Taxon: strawberryFragaria ×ananassae0
Treatment: diminishing water supplye0
Outcome: glutathione reductase (GR), glutathione S-transferase (GST), catalase (CAT), peroxidase (POD), superoxide dismutase (SOD) and ascorbate peroxidase (APX)e0
Direction: increasinge0

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“The diminishing water supply caused a gradual decrease in the plant growth, chlorophyll content and berry yield, accompanied by increasing activities of drought stress markers such as total phenolics content (TPC), trolox equivalent antioxidant capacity (TEAC), malondialdehyde (MDA) content, hydrogen peroxide (H 2 O 2 ), glutathione reductase (GR), glutathione S-transferase (GST), catalase (CAT), peroxidase (POD), su…” Show full quote
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 347–851

Title

Role of inoculation with multi-trait rhizobacteria on strawberries under water deficit stress

Ümmügülsüm Erdogan; Ramazan Çakmakçi; Atafeh Varmazyari; et al. Zemdirbyste-Agriculture 2016. doi:10.13080/z-a.2016.103.009

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Intervention effect Diminishing water supply decreased strawberry growth, chlorophyll content and berry yield.
Intervention effect Diminishing water supply increased strawberry leaf TPC and TEAC.
Intervention effect Diminishing water supply increased strawberry leaf MDA and hydrogen peroxide content.
Intervention effect Multi-trait bacteria increased strawberry plant growth and yield.
Intervention effect Multi-trait bacteria increased strawberry TPC and TEAC.
Intervention effect Multi-trait bacteria increased antioxidant enzyme activity in strawberry.
Intervention effect Multi-trait bacteria increased strawberry phytohormones GA, SA and IAA.
Intervention effect Multi-trait bacteria increased strawberry N, P, K, Ca, Fe, Mn, Zn and Cu contents.
Intervention effect Multi-trait bacteria decreased strawberry MDA and hydrogen peroxide content.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivesignificant (as stated)measured

Claim · model-written summary

Pruning at 4 canes per vine significantly increased soluble solids, total sugars and anthocyanin rate in fruits.

Taxon: Vitis viniferaVitis viniferat0
Material: Francyt0
Organ / stage: fruitse1
Treatment: Pruning at the level of 4 canese1
Outcome: percentage of soluble solids, total sugars, and anthocyanin ratee1
Direction: increasee1
Setting: Tikrit University, Iraqe0

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“Effect of Pruning and Fertilization with Bio Fertilizer (Mycorrhiza) on Some Growth Characteristics and Yield of Grape Vines (Vitis vinifera L.) CV. Francy”
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“Department of Horticulture and Landscape Engineering/Tikrit University, Iraq”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 64–140

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“Pruning at the level of 4 canes vine −1 at a rate of (48 eyes vine −1 ) led to a significant increase in the relative chlorophyll rate of leaves, cluster weight, percentage of soluble solids, total sugars, and anthocyanin rate in fruits, and a decrease in the total acidity rate in fruits”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 804–1092

Title

Effect of Pruning and Fertilization with Bio Fertilizer (Mycorrhiza) on Some Growth Characteristics and Yield of Grape Vines (Vitis vinifera L.) CV. Francy

Suzan Ali Hussein; Mahmood Fadhil Al-Doori IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science 2025. doi:10.1088/1755-1315/1487/1/012061

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Intervention effect Pruning at 4 canes per vine significantly increased the relative chlorophyll rate of leaves.
Intervention effect Pruning at 4 canes per vine significantly increased cluster weight.
Intervention effect Pruning at 4 canes per vine decreased total acidity rate in fruits.
Intervention effect Pruning at 6 canes per vine significantly increased the average number of clusters, reaching 25.62 gm.
Intervention effect Pruning at 4 and 5 canes per vine gave a significant superiority in leaf area.
Intervention effect Pruning at 4 and 5 canes per vine gave a significant superiority in yield per grapevine.
Intervention effect Fertilization at 30 gm per vine with biofertilizer significantly increased leaf area to 78.11 cm2.
Intervention effect Fertilization at 30 gm per vine with biofertilizer significantly increased relative chlorophyll content of leaves to 19.45 CCI.
Intervention effect Fertilization at 30 gm per vine with biofertilizer significantly increased the average number of clusters to 25.11 clusters per vine.
Intervention effect Fertilization at 30 gm per vine with biofertilizer significantly increased percentage of soluble solids to 16.84%.
Intervention effect Fertilization at 30 gm per vine with biofertilizer significantly increased total sugars to 15.42%.
Intervention effect Fertilization at 30 gm per vine with biofertilizer significantly increased fruit anthocyanin content to 0.67 mg 100g −1.
Intervention effect Biofertilizer at 15 and 30 gm per vine significantly affected cluster weight.
Intervention effect Biofertilizer at 15 and 30 gm per vine significantly affected grape yield.
Intervention effect Both biofertilizer levels reduced total acidity of the fruits to 0.38%.
Association The pruning by biofertilizer interaction had a clear significant effect on vegetative characteristics and quantitative and qualitative yield.

Associationobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Damaged fruit was 29.74 ±1.87% at 0.5 m lure height and 14.47 ± 2.29% at 1 m, lower at the greater height.

Taxon: EggplantSolanum melongenat0
Treatment: 0.5 and 1m lure heighte0
Outcome: damaged fruite0
Direction: decreaseinferrede0
Value: 29.74 ±1.87% and 14.47 ± 2.29%e0

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“A damaged fruit was recorded as 29.74 ±1.87% and 14.47 ± 2.29% with the fruit yield in q/ha was 176.58 ± 6.38% and 232.56 ± 6.63% at the 0.5 and 1m lure height plots respectively”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1682–1860

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“Eggplant”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 0–8

Title

Eggplant shoot and fruit borer leucinodes orbonalis guénee male moth catch in sex pheromone trap with special reference of lure elevation and IPM

F Mazumder; M Khalequzzaman Journal of Bio-Science 1970. doi:10.3329/jbs.v18i0.8768

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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SDI produced aril juice with higher soluble solids content than a fully irrigated control in pomegranate.

Taxon: PomegranatePunica granatumt0
Organ / stage: aril juicee3
Treatment: SDI strategye2
Outcome: soluble solids contente3
Direction: highere3
Comparator: fully irrigated controle0

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“Physiological Disorders of Pomegranate Fruits”
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“L.) compared to a fully irrigated control in a Mediterranean climate”
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“The SDI strategy, which achieved considerable water savings of approximately 50%, led to a reduction in yield (both total and marketable), as well as a decrease in the size and unit weight of the fruits”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 188–390

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“it also produced arils with higher dry matter content and aril juice with higher soluble solids content, all without altering the maturity index”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 401–545

Title

The Effect of Deficit Irrigation on the Quality Characteristics and Physiological Disorders of Pomegranate Fruits

Rossana Porras-Jorge; José Mariano Aguilar; Carlos Baixauli; et al. Plants 2025. doi:10.3390/plants14050720

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Intervention effect Sustained deficit irrigation (SDI) achieved water savings of approximately 50% relative to a fully irrigated control in pomegranate.
Intervention effect SDI reduced total and marketable yield of pomegranate relative to a fully irrigated control.
Intervention effect SDI decreased fruit size and unit weight of pomegranate relative to a fully irrigated control.
Intervention effect SDI produced arils with higher dry matter content than a fully irrigated control in pomegranate.
Intervention effect SDI left the maturity index of pomegranate unchanged across the irrigation strategies.
Intervention effect SDI increased non-marketable production of pomegranate because of more cracking, particularly in the hot, dry summer of 2023.
Intervention effect SDI gave a greater percentage of pink-red rind on marketable pomegranate fruits than the other strategies.
Recommendation SDI could allow earlier harvesting of pomegranate and so enhance its commercial value.
Intervention effect Regulated deficit irrigation (RDI) achieved a slight water saving in pomegranate.
Intervention effect RDI did not compromise marketable yield or fruit quality characteristics of pomegranate.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

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Drought reduced soil fungal biomass and diversity relative to irrigated controls in mesocosms.

Taxon: crope4
Treatment: severe summer droughte2
Outcome: soil fungal biomass and diversitye1
Direction: decreaseinferrede1
Comparator: irrigated controlse2
Setting: mesocosmse2

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“We show that drought has an direct negative effect on soil fungal biomass and diversity and that the magnitude of the effect depended on the initial community in soils”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 694–861

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“In a fully factorial design, half of the mesocosms were subjected to severe summer drought while half served as irrigated controls”
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“the effects of drought legacy are apparent as reduction of crop yield in recovery period and slower decomposition rate 6 months after the drought”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1205–1350

Title

Drought has short-term effects on soil fungal communities leading to long-term effects on soil functions

S.E. Hannula; G.F. Veen Soil Biology and Biochemistry 2025. doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2025.109893

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Association The magnitude of the drought effect on soil fungi depended on the initial community.
Intervention effect Drought was associated with a decrease in soil fungal network connectivity.
Intervention effect Drought changed the dominant fungal taxa in soil.
Intervention effect Drought legacy reduced crop yield during the recovery period.
Intervention effect Drought legacy slowed soil decomposition rate 6 months after the drought.
Association The effect of drought on crop yield depended on the soil inoculum.
Intervention effect The legacy effect of drought on fungal communities was smaller in bulk soil than in rhizosphere soil.
Association Soil communities that were more diverse and fungal-rich recovered faster from drought.
Recommendation The authors conclude that watering of soils can alleviate the most acute drought stress on soil fungal communities.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Ear number and weight per 10 ares increased as plant density rose up to 6,500 plants per 10 ares.

Taxon: sweet corne0
Treatment: plant density increased up to 6,500 plants per 10 arese5
Outcome: Ear number and weight per 10 arese5
Direction: increasede5

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“A sweet corn hybrid. ‘Golden Elite 70’ was grown at four plant densities of 4.500, 5.500, 6,500 and 7,500 plants per 10 ares under early and ordinary season cultivations”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 0–169

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“Ear number and weight per 10 ares increased as plant density increased up to 6,500 plants per 10 ares and tended to decrease at 7,500 plants per 10 ares”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 812–964

Title

Effects of plant density on growth and yield of sweet corn hybrid

S.U. Park; Ki Young Park; Hyeon Gui Moon; et al. The Korean Journal of Crop Science 1987

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Intervention effect Under ordinary season cultivation, plant and ear heights and ear size were greater than under early season cultivation.
Intervention effect Under ordinary season cultivation, ear number per plant was less than under early season cultivation.
Intervention effect Ear weight per 10 ares was similar between ordinary and early season cultivation.
Intervention effect Plant density did not affect silking date.
Intervention effect Plant density did not affect plant and ear heights.
Intervention effect Plant density did not show a consistent trend in ear size.
Intervention effect Ear number per plant decreased as plant density increased.
Intervention effect Ear number and weight per 10 ares tended to decrease at 7,500 plants per 10 ares.
Association No significant interaction between cultural practice and plant density was found for plant height, yield and yield components.
Association The interaction between cultural practice and plant density was significant for ear length.
Recommendation The optimum plant density for sweet corn is around 6,500 plants per 10 ares.

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