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Compared with WT and NT, the soil available phosphorus content of BJ and BN showed an increasing trend.

During storage, cellulase activity in both the control and MP40 samples displayed a decreasing trend ( Figure 3A ).

PG (Polygalacturonase) activity exhibited an increasing trend and peaked on day 4, which was higher in the MP40 group than in the control (( Figure 3C ).

The acid-insoluble lignin contents also showed an increasing trend with age in the bamboo culms without managements.

The fiber lumen diameter showed a decreasing trend with age in the culms with or without management ( Table 2 ).

The consumption of functional foods to improve these various aspects of health and well-being is a significant trend among young adult consumers.

Similarly, an increasing trend in average main leaf area development in Carignano plants subjected to C, –UV, and +UV was recorded, with an average value of 104, 207, and 249 cm 2 in Carignano compared to 48, 59, and 58 cm 2 in Cannonau, respectively.

However, the inoculation of IPR-4 alone showed an increasing trend of DPPH activity, which was significantly enhanced by 38% under co-inoculation conditions.

With the increase in UAV flight height (2–4 m), the effective unidirectional spray swath also increased, and with the increase in atomization level (20–40 μm), the effective reciprocating spray swath showed a decreasing trend.

The results are discussed by comparing the plants grown in the control treatment with those grown at 120 mM NaCl level due to the highly significant changes as compared to the 60 mM NaCl level.

In addition, the expression of HDR in MEP pathway also showed a decreasing trend from stage S2 to S3, while the expression of HDS significantly increased during the two periods.

3.6 Associations between environmental variations and pyrethrin diversity A weak but moderately to highly significant correlation was found between some of the bioclimatic variables and the content of pyrethrin compounds.

2.9 Identification of candidate genes The position of the highly significant SNP markers was explored by subjecting them to fine mapping and BLAST search on NCBI Genome Viewer v6.0 to annotate genomic regions and detect the nearby putative candidate genes associated with storage root formation and bulking.

Statistically significant redistribution of label was noted for April-fixed assimilate, from the shoot into the old rhizome and new ramet compartments, and marginally significant redistribution for May-fixed assimilate ( Table 5 , Compartment * Harvest), but the magnitude of redistribution was small compared to the pronounced seasonal changes in dominant sink location ( Figure 4 , horizontal vs. vertical comparisons).

The demographic status of the current year’s shoot (1989, V or S) was a significant factor in how assimilate was distributed among compartments only for April-fixed assimilate; it was of marginal significance for May-fixed and non-significant for June-fixed assimilate.

Interestingly, there was a significant trend towards a more flint endosperm (decrease in texture score).

(2016) , the P50 variation along the stem of our trees from ~3 m from the apex until the stem base was very limited and hardly significant if extrapolated from the remaining distal part of the stem.

During the growing season of maize, the SR changing at 10-day intervals showed a decreasing trend ( Figure 7B ). 4 Discussion 4.1 Optimal sowing date and effect of climatic variables on grain yield The distinct change in climatic conditions during the growth period of summer maize thereby influences its growth sensitivity and yield response ( Wang et al., 2022 ; Li et al., 2022b ).

Moreover, the change in precipitation at 10-day intervals showed an increasing trend from mid-June, which differed from the SR.

Notably, Subpop 4 - CIMMYT’70 - ICARDA also showed also a wide range of responses with the absence of a clear trend.

The relative abundance of Fusarium exhibited a decreasing trend with increasing distance from the patch ( Supplementary Figure 4 ). 3.3.

Road distance and the altitudinal gradient had highly significant effects on the plant community richness index and the diversity index ( P A = 0.027, P D < 0.001, P A × D = 0.006).

During maize development, out of these ZmGF14s, the expression level of the ZmGF14–3 may demonstrate an increasing trend.

Procyanidin B1 showed a decreasing trend, suggesting that the reduction of bitterness in the pulp was related to its gradual reduction.

crispus area showed an increasing trend with increasing Temp, WL, and SD and decreasing WS and NH 3 -N.