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Twenty percent drought stress at alternate irrigation could significantly decrease cotton yield by 6% compared with the control treatment.

Taxon: cottonGossypium hirsutumt0
Treatment: 20% drought stress of existing irrigation practice at alternate irrigation (even)e1
Outcome: yielde1
Direction: decreasee1
Value: 6%e1
Qualifier: coulde1
Comparator: control treatmente1

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“cotton”
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“20% drought stress of existing irrigation practice at alternate irrigation (even) could significantly decrease yield by 6% and reduce IWP by 5% as compared to control treatment”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1468–1644

Title

Responses of cotton yield and water productivity to irrigation management: assessment of economic costs, interactive effects of deficit irrigation water and soil types

Zhangjin; Rajesh Kumar Soothar; Sajid Usman Shar; et al. Discover Life 2025. doi:10.1007/s11084-024-09677-y

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativesignificant (as stated)measured

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High ambient ozone caused a significant decrease in tomato fruit size over time.

Taxon: TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
Treatment: High ambient ozonee2
Outcome: fruit sizee2
Direction: decreasee2
Qualifier: over timee2

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“Reduction of Tomato Fruit Size and Yield by Ozone1”
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“High ambient ozone depressed production and caused a significant decrease in fruit size over time”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 461–558

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Reduction of Tomato Fruit Size and Yield by Ozone1

R. J. Oshima; P. K. Braegelmann; D. W. Baldwin; et al. Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science 1977. doi:10.21273/jashs.102.3.289

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Intervention effect Ozone was responsible for a significant reduction in tomato fruit size.
Association Ozone dose accounted for 85% of the reduction in tomato fruit size.
Association Ozone dose was at least 3.3 times more important than the monitored meteorological variables in predicting percentage of marketable tomato fruit.
Intervention effect High ambient ozone depressed tomato production.
Method / resource A model predicted a 50% reduction in marketing container yield at an ozone dose of 2000 pphm-hours above 10 pphm.

Observationobservedoriginal resultnegativesignificant (as stated)projected

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Dry-season irrigated rice yield in West Africa decreases 15% with adaptation.

Taxon: riceOryza sativat0
Outcome: decrease significantly lesse0
Direction: decreasee0
Value: -15%e0
Qualifier: with adaptatione0

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“with adaptation they would decrease significantly less (-15%)”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1213–1274

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“rice production in Africa”
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Title

Impacts of climate change on rice production in Africa and causes of simulated yield changes

Pepijn A. J. van Oort; Sander J. Zwart Global Change Biology 2017. doi:10.1111/gcb.13967

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Observation Without adaptation, rice yield falls 24% in RCP 8.5 by 2070 versus 2000.
Observation High-temperature-sum varieties maintain growing-period length at baseline.
Observation Adapted rainfed rice yield increases 8%.
Observation Irrigated rice yields in East Africa increase 25%.
Observation Unadapted wet-season irrigated rice yield in West Africa changes by -21%.
Observation Adapted wet-season irrigated rice yield in West Africa changes by +7%.
Observation Dry-season irrigated rice yield in West Africa decreases 45% without adaptation.
Mechanism Reduced photosynthesis at extreme temperature was the main cause of the yield decline.
Observation Simulated heat sterility hardly increased and was not a major cause of yield decline.
Recommendation Improved water and nutrient management is needed for East Africa to benefit.
Recommendation The authors call for further research on extreme-temperature photosynthesis and shifting sowing dates in West Africa.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativesignificant (as stated)measured

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Severe drought significantly decreased yield.

Taxon: Winter WheatTriticum aestivumt0
Outcome: yielde0
Direction: decreasee0

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“siginificant decrease of the yield”
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“Winter Wheat”
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Title

The Effects of Drought on the Yield and Physiological Characteristics of Winter Wheat During Later Growth Stage

LI Sheng-xiu 2005

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Intervention effect Drought lowered photosynthesis and transpiration rates.
Intervention effect Drought decreased SOD, POD and CAT activities.
Intervention effect Drought accumulated MDA.
Intervention effect Drought enhanced leaf senescence.
Intervention effect NR activity fell under drought.
Intervention effect Dry matter production was significantly affected by drought, without a stated direction.
Intervention effect Moderate drought promoted acid invertase, sucrose synthetase and alkaline invertase activities.
Intervention effect Moderate drought increased transport and partition of photoassimilates to kernels.
Intervention effect Severe drought lowered kernel metabolic activities.
Intervention effect Severe drought impaired photoassimilate transport and partition into kernels.
Intervention effect Moderate drought did not change grain number per spike and 1000-kernel weight.
Intervention effect Moderate drought had little effect on grain yield.
Intervention effect Moderate drought increased harvest index and WUE.
Intervention effect Severe drought significantly lowered plant height, effective spike numbers, grain number per spike and 1000-kernel weight.
Intervention effect Severe drought decreased harvest index and WUE.

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The end decrease stage was positively correlated with grain yield in 2019 dryland (r=0.56).

Taxon: winter wheatTriticum aestivumt0
Outcome: grain yielde3
Direction: higherinferrede3
Value: r=0.56e3
Setting: 2019 drylande3

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“winter wheat growth dynamics”
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“The end decrease stage (EDS) was correlated with grain yield (r=0.56 in 2019 dryland, and r=0.53 in 2020 irrigated, p<0.001)”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1001–1125

Title

A double-sigmoid approach for high-throughput phenotyping of winter wheat growth dynamics

Shannon Baker; Lei Zhao; Jose Landivar Scott; et al. Smart Agricultural Technology 2026. doi:10.1016/j.atech.2026.101948

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The end decrease stage was positively correlated with grain yield in 2020 irrigated (r=0.53).

Taxon: winter wheatTriticum aestivumt0
Outcome: grain yielde3
Direction: higherinferrede3
Value: r=0.53e3
Setting: 2020 irrigatede3

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“winter wheat growth dynamics”
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“The end decrease stage (EDS) was correlated with grain yield (r=0.56 in 2019 dryland, and r=0.53 in 2020 irrigated, p<0.001)”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1001–1125

Title

A double-sigmoid approach for high-throughput phenotyping of winter wheat growth dynamics

Shannon Baker; Lei Zhao; Jose Landivar Scott; et al. Smart Agricultural Technology 2026. doi:10.1016/j.atech.2026.101948

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativesignificant (as stated)measured

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In 2015, all termination intervals reduced plant population, ear number and yield; two days before planting had the greatest decrease.

Taxon: CornZea mays subsp. mayst0
Treatment: all termination intervalse0
Outcome: plant population, number of ears, and yielde0
Direction: reducede0

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“In 2015, all termination intervals reduced plant population, number of ears, and yield (P = 0.01), with the 2-DBP treatment causing the biggest decrease.”
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“Corn”
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Title

Time Interval Between Cover Crop Termination and Planting Influences Corn Seedling Disease, Plant Growth, and Yield

J. Acharya; M. G. Bakker; T. B. Moorman; et al. Plant Disease 2016. doi:10.1094/pdis-07-16-0975-re

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Intervention effect Shorter intervals increased corn seedling disease.
Intervention effect Shorter intervals reduced corn emergence and shoot growth.
Intervention effect Shorter intervals reduced corn grain yield.
Association Pythium incidence increased at intervals shorter than eight days.
Observation Fusarium incidence varied across runs and experiments.
Intervention effect In 2014, the one-day-after-planting treatment reduced corn ear number and grain yield.
Recommendation The authors recommend a 10- to 14-day interval to improve corn yield.

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Only the largest climate change scenario produced a significant winter wheat yield decrease.

Taxon: winter wheatTriticum aestivume0
Treatment: climate scenario with the largest changee0
Outcome: winter wheat yielde0
Direction: decreasese0

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“significant winter wheat yield decreases were only observed for the climate scenario with the largest change”
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“wheat”
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Title

Modelling wheat yield responses to soil and climate variability at the regional scale

T Wassenaar; P Lagacherie; JP Legros; et al. Climate Research 1999. doi:10.3354/cr011209

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Haymaking group yield decreased 68–72% by the fourth year.

Taxon: SMOOTH BROMEt0
Outcome: decreasee0
Direction: decreasee0
Value: 68–72%e0

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“its significant decrease by 68–72% to the 4th year of utilization”
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“SMOOTH BROME”
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Title

THE EFFECT OF THE AGE OF SMOOTH BROME (BROMOPSIS INERMIS) STANDS ON THEIR HERBAGE YIELD IN TYUMEN PROVINCE

N. A. Feoktistova PROCEEDINGS ON APPLIED BOTANY GENETICS AND BREEDING 2019. doi:10.30901/2227-8834-2019-2-30-37

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Observation Accessions formed six productivity groups spanning 8 to 30 t/ha.
Observation Herbage yield was 21.3–30 t/ha in the first two test years.
Observation Yield fell to 8.0–19.6 t/ha in the third and fourth years.
Observation Every accession lost productivity by 32 to 72%, with significant differences among accessions.
Observation The haymaking group yielded 28–30 t/ha in its first use year.
Recommendation Haymaking accessions may suit short-term field crop rotations.
Observation The haymaking–grazing group yielded 24–27 t/ha in its first year.
Observation Haymaking–grazing productivity fell 42–64% by the fourth year.
Recommendation Haymaking–grazing accessions can be used in forage rotations for 5–7 years.
Observation The grazing group yielded 20–23 t/ha in the first year.
Observation Grazing group productivity declined 39–50% by the fourth year.
Recommendation Grazing accessions are promising for long-term pastures, lawns, or land recultivation.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativesignificant (as stated)measured

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Grain yield decreased significantly at the 12-day interval relative to four-day irrigation, with a reported decrease of 120.8%.

Taxon: MaizeZea mayst0
Treatment: 12-day irrigation intervale0
Outcome: yielde0
Direction: decreasede0
Value: 120.8%e0
Comparator: 4e0

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“the yield decreased significantly at the 12-day irrigation interval with a decrease of 120.8% and 120.5% than the 4 and 8 irrigation treatments, respectively.”
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“Maize”
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Title

Genetic Performance of Inbred and Hybrids of Maize Under Irrigation Interval

Z Abdulhamed; S A Abas; A H Noaman; et al. IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science 2021. doi:10.1088/1755-1315/904/1/012001

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