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In contrast to Et, Fq’/Fm’, Fq’/Fm’ and ETR all had an increasing trend with salt treatment for E. loxophleba ( Figure 4 A–D).

There was a clear trend towards increased soil N supply capacity with manure application, except for the sorghum sudangrass mixed with verticillium-resistant alfalfa.

Numerous studies have shown that there is a positive trend in this seagrass expansion amidst environments dominated by human activities during recent decades (i.e., shellfish harvesting and dredging) [ 16 , 20 ].

The values of p < 0.05 and p < 0.01 were indicative of statistical significance, which were recognized as statistically significant and extremely significant, respectively.

While α-tocopherol hydroquinone amounts exhibited an increasing trend, and no significant differences were detected during de-etiolation. 2.2.

The interaction was highly significant for most two-treatment (temperature level and duration, temperature level and cultivar, temperature level and stage, temperature duration and stage, as well as cultivar and stage) and three-treatment factors (cultivar, stage and temperature level, cultivar, stage and temperature duration, as well as stage, temperature level and duration).

These four variables generally showed an increasing trend with the increase in half-pot fertility ( Figure 5 B,D,F,H).

The malondialdehyde (MDA) content, as a marker of lipid peroxidation, was similar in roots from all treatments ( Table 1 ), while in leaves, an increasing trend in MDA contents was observed, and a significant difference was found in MDA contents in leaves from plants cultivated at the highest Cu concentration.

The analysis of variance results showed that the mean squares of the 50 wheat genotypes were highly significant for all the studied disease parameters during the two growing seasons as shown in Table 2 .

Signals A ( r = −0.505, N = 14, p = 0.065) and B ( r = −0.557, N = 14, p = 0.038) ( Table 2 ) were negatively correlated with silver damage, although for signal A, this was only marginally significant ( Table 2 ).

After the recovery phase, the plants showed a decreasing trend in APX activity. 3.4.

There was a highly significant genotype × water regime (Gen*WR) interaction for the traits gs and Fv/Fm and significant for AWUE and WF ( Table 2 ).

Changes in the indol-3-ylmethyl GS content in the “Clapton” leaves were not significant, but an increasing trend was found at all foliar treatment concentrations ( Figure 2 G).

Significant or highly significant differences were observed in the other remaining first-, second-, and third-order interactions.

NR relative expression depicted an increasing trend with progression in growth; however, this increase was more evident in leaves as compared to peel and pulp.

The differences between organ types were large, but so too were intra-organ differences; differences due to organs proved to be significant for hyoscyamine, while they were only marginally significant for scopolamine.

Our study clearly showed a decreasing trend of SAVI across Wadi Hagul during 2013, 2015, and 2020.

Conclusions The effect on germination and the initial growth of lettuce and celeriac seedlings treated with Zn, B, the biological preparation—Coveron, or with the mixture of these three treatments was significantly positive or showed a positive trend compared to the control.

The main phytochemical properties displayed a decreasing trend over the maturity throughout the development of fruit parts.

The colonisation of treated trees was apparent at the first assessment point (45 WAT), with stem lesions clearly apparent, a highly significant decrease in health score and a small but significant increase in plant mortality.

Further correlation analysis of soil dominant phylum and genera bacteria indicated that Methylobacterium , Brevundimonas , Sphingobium , and Acinetobacter had significant or highly significant negative correlation with Actinobacteria, Chloroflexi and Acidobacteria and significant or highly significant positive correlation with Proteobacteria, which indicated that Methylobacterium , Brevundimonas , Sphingobium , and Acinetobacter were the key species regulating the soil ecology of Phoebe bournei seedling soil ( Table 4 ).

Based on the SMA results, we have observed that the overall fit for total phenolic contents to PC1 showed an increasing trend with the elevation of TEs (β = 1.400225), where both species share a common slope ( Table S6 ).

It is reported that coumarins dominated in celery ( Table 2 ), additionally, based on the SMA model a positive trend regarding PC1 in celery (β = 44.71397) can be noticed, while in parsley, it occurred as a weak negative trend based on the slope (β = −1.5026377).

The Zn content showed an increasing trend in green beans, cabbage and tomato, but this change was only significant in green beans and cabbage in the lighter textured soils, while in tomato, it was significant in sand and silt soils.

We detected highly significant main effects of either shade or planting, such that seedlings of pure planting resulted in higher biomass for both unfertilized and fertilized seedlings, higher leaf-specific weight for only unfertilized, and higher production for only fertilized ones, compared with mixed planting.