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Photosynthetic Parameters Compared with the control group, the Pn, Gs and Tr values for the four oak species showed a decreasing trend under continuous drought stress.

Except for GhGPDH1 and GhGPDH14 , all of the genes showed a trend of first increasing and then decreasing and peaked at 12 h post treatment.

The average numbers of amino acids in groups I through IV, as well as their molecular masses, showed an increasing trend.

FUM 1 , OGDH 2 , PEPC 3, and PEPC 4 and SCS 1 shared positive correlation relationship with citric acid contents, of which PEPC 3 and PEPC 4 were highly expressed at stage 5 during fruit development with an extremely significant relationship ( Table S10 ).

However, a decreasing trend for all pigments was noticed from 80 mM NaCl onwards ( Table 1 ).

A significant trend for earlier spring drop onset in Araxos site was evident following the similar downward trend of April precipitation, which was found to be the most influential climatic factor at this particular event and site.

Thus, Aglianico wines from early leaf removal on the north side (ND) showed a trend to increase the mayor number of compounds quantified, with exceptions of 2-methyl-1-propanol, 3-methyl-1-propanol, 3-oxo-7,8-dihydro-a-ionol, isoamyl acetate and hexyl acetate, which were higher when early leaf removal was made on the south side (SD) of the canopy.

Almost all members of BnaSYN61s and BnaSYN63s genes showed a trend becoming up-regulated in both 84039 and Zhongshuang9 varieties in response to S. sclerotiorum , while BnaSYN62s were down-regulated, implying that BnaSYN6s are associated with plant resistance.

Moreover, both salt and exogenous JA reduced the performance of the Car pigment in comparison with the control, for instance, displaying a decreasing trend with an increasing salt concentration in both soybeans.

In agreement with these findings, the SFW and RFW followed a decreasing trend as NaCl concentration increased.

Differential Expression Analysis The results of observing the pedicels of Gr and UD at the full flowering stage showed that the pedicel diameter of Gr was thicker and showed an extremely significant difference.

An evident trend indicating an increasing accumulation pattern of phenolics from vegetative stage to flowering, followed by a decrement towards the seed ripening and plant senescence was achieved.

With the increase in roasting time, aroma I generally showed a decreasing trend followed by an increasing trend; aroma II appeared to have a decreasing trend; aroma III presented a growing trend followed by a decreasing trend; the total relative content of aroma IV fluctuated and was significantly lower than that of the unbaked tea sample at baking times of 2 h, 6 h, and 7 h ( Figure 4 ).

pomponium (where it is present) in the different micro-niche types (Kruskal–Wallis test: p -value > 0.01; pair-wise Wilcoxon tests with Bonferroni adjustment: p -value > 0.05— Supplementary Material Figure S2 ) despite a slight trend towards fewer flowers and individuals in niche types 3 and 4 ( Supplementary Material Figure S3 ). 2.5.

There was a highly significant interaction between ozone and maximum July temperature ( Figure 7 ), which suggests that in colder areas, the ozone effect is smaller than in warmer areas. 4.

Interestingly, while no changes were observed in root fresh or dry weight ( Figure 3 B and Figure S1 ), there was a clear trend (although not statistically significant) in the shoot and total plant fresh weight at 25 mM and 175 mM NaCl versus control.

Temporal Trends in Tree Vitality There was a significant trend of increasing mean defoliation (DEF) by 0.39% annually over the study period ( Figure 1 ).

The results reveal an increasing trend of DEF during the study period from 1996 to 2017.

The landraces Chenkayama (0.75 μ mol g −1 FW) and Oheruchitteni (0.70 μ mol g −1 FW) recorded the lowest GA concentration, However, the GA level remarked a decreasing trend in stressed seeds in comparison with the control, irrespective of genotypes ( Table 4 and Figure 4 ).

speciosa For ptDNA, the neutrality tests turned out to be non-significant ( Table S3 ); however, negative values close to significance were registered for the Azores region.

Correlations among Traits All measured traits except PV showed highly significant positive correlations between means recorded under control and heat conditions in 2007 ( Figure 2 , upper triangle).

The relationship between SP and FSET showed a negative trend under control conditions, which was significant only in 2007; in the heat field, such a relationship was lost ( Figure 3 c,d).

The thickness of the albedo in Citrus × limon is both relatively and absolutely significantly lower than the thickness of the albedo in Citrus maxima ( Section 2.1 ).

The mean squares of GCA and SCA were highly significant for all studied traits under both well-watered and stressed conditions.

An increasing trend in uronic acid proportion in the hemicellulose I, hemicellulose II, and cellulose fractions was observed for both species in response to increasing salt concentration.