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However, for Shandong plants, e − /P700 values showed an increasing trend (10% to 90% increases) as the result of increased growth irradiance ( Figure 10 ). 3.

In general, Shandong plants showed a trend of increasing e − /P700 with increase in irradiance and also due to cold acclimation.

The activity of these flavonoids against this Gram-negative bacterium is highly significant because the outer membrane of Gram-negative bacteria possesses narrow porin channels that slow the penetration of small hydrophilic solutes and increase their tolerance to antibiotics [ 41 ].

Highly significant effects were found for the plant height ( Table 1 ).

[ 10 ] reported data about seven trials in different climatic regions of Europe; they observed an increasing trend in weed richness under reduced tillage compared with conventional tillage as well as strong effects of the type of tillage on the weed community composition.

Effect of Cinnamic Acid on Pathogenesis-Related Faba Bean Seedling Root Proteins Seedling root β-1,3-glucanase activity showed a decreasing trend as cinnamic acid concentration increased, except at 50 mg·L −1 where it showed a slight stimulating effect.

Values of * p < 0.05 and ** p < 0.01 were considered statistically significant and highly significant, respectively. 3.

The reduction of lag of germination, meaning a significant trend for a faster initiation of germination with increasing temperatures was found in heat treatments below 100 °C.

Catalase (CAT) activity also showed a trend of increase after EDU application, being highest in HD 2987 (27%) and lowest in Kharchiya 65 (6.5%).

Second Experiment: Effects of Smoke-Water on Growth Parameters and Macroelement Contents Table 2 shows that there were highly significant differences in growth parameters among the smoke-water treatments in all the studied crops with the exception of the chlorophyll content in cucumber.

In a comparative analysis of high, medium, and low Si-accumulating plants such as rice, cucumber, and tomato, it was observed that Si transport is facilitated by transporters (Km value 0.15 mM) across the cortical cells, whereas Vmax value followed a decreasing trend from rice to cucumber to tomato, thereby showing a significant variation in the transport density.

The LRD showed a trend of linear increase over the time course, for which the slope value can be calculated based on linear regression.

Depending on invasion status, biomass of ripe seeds differed between treatments (marginally significant interaction, Figure 2 , Table 1 ): While there were no differences in seed biomass between treatments for natives and established neophytes (both mean native “with pollinators” and “without pollinators”: 0.49 g; mean established neophytes “with pollinators”: 0.75 g; mean established neophytes “without pollinators”: 0.71 g), for archaeophytes and casual neophytes the treatment “with pollinators” (mean archaeophytes: 0.37 g; mean casual neophytes: 0.32 g) reported a higher seed biomass than the treatment “without pollinators” (mean archaeophytes: 0.05 g; mean casual neophytes: 0.09 g).

Supervised analysis performed on the bucket reduced spectra of Dentamet®-treated and untreated Cellina di Nardò and Ogliarola salentina samples showed a trend according to the cultivars.

Although these determined increases in precursor transcript abundance are all highly significant, they are not as significant as the 1546 relative expression value obtained for the PRE-MIR399D transcript in P − Col-0 roots.

As described in Table 1 , there was an increasing trend in the RI for non-selenized sprouts.

The temporal reduction of carbon gain following heatflecks can be highly significant for forest understory plants struggling at the verge of positive carbon balance.

However, no main effect of parasitism on starch levels was noted [ 25 ], although a light x parasitism interaction approached significance, suggesting that any effects of parasitism may be contingent on photosynthetic rates. 4.

Hence, while the expression of IDN2 and FDM1-3 peaked at seed developmental stages 4 and 7, ATFDM4 and ATFDM5 displayed a decreasing trend of expression throughout seed development.

In the CF treatment there is an obvious trend that Mandarin (Ottawa) has a higher rate of conductance compared to Fiskeby III, although the difference is only significant in the oldest trifoliate measured ( Figure 3 ).

The plants showed an increasing trend in lipid peroxidation as well as hydrogen peroxide (H 2 O 2 ) and methylglyoxal contents that corresponded to increased stress duration.

Statistical analyses were performed using a t-test, and p < 0.05 and < 0.01 were considered significant and extremely significant differences, respectively. 4.7.

The genes GmWOX11 and GmWOX29 showed an overall trend towards higher expression under cold conditions, with the exception of the 6 h time point.

The older cultivar, ‘Maris Dove’, had a significant reduction in seed head biomass (−9%) and 1000 grain weight (−11%) but was less sensitive than the more recent cultivar ‘Skyfall’, which had a highly significant reduction in its seed head biomass (−21%) and 1000 grain weight (−27%) under high ozone.

We found highly significant and positive correlations for traits related to the root system size ( Supplementary Materials Figure S2 a).