R06 verification A — Gemini deep-research report (raw-inputs/gemini-2026-09-07.md)
Verifier: Claude (citation-verifier subagent) · Date: 2026-09-07 · Method: live resolution only (Crossref REST, Europe PMC full-text XML, Semantic Scholar/OpenAlex, publisher/repository pages) run inside the context-mode sandbox. No verdict below is from memory; where the text could not be retrieved the CLAIM verdict is UNVERIFIABLE.
Verdict keys — IDENTITY: VERIFIED / WRONG-OBJECT (DOI resolves to a different real paper) / NONEXISTENT / PARTIAL (paper exists but a DOI, venue, or year element is wrong or unresolvable). CLAIM: YES / PARTIAL / NO / UNVERIFIABLE.
1. Source-by-source table
| # | Report’s tuple (as written) | Resolved tuple (live) | IDENTITY | Attributed claim (brief) | CLAIM | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Massuela, Munz, Hartung, Nkebiwe, Graeff-Hönninger 2023. Front. Plant Sci. 14:1233232. 10.3389/fpls.2023.1233232 | Same (Crossref; PMC10547009) | VERIFIED | R06-C001: mineral +20.9% flower yield (23.7 vs 19.6 g/plant); organic +12.1% CBD conc. (6.5 vs 5.8%); mineral +10.2% total CBD (1319 vs 1197 mg); NUpE 0.55–0.58 organic vs 0.71–0.74 mineral; equal N-P-K-Ca-Mg 240-96-240-74-18.5 mg/L; AMF co-applied | YES (numbers); PARTIAL (boundary) | Full text: “19.6 g plant−1 for the organic and 23.7 g plant−1 for the mineral”; “6.5% for organic and … 5.8% for mineral”; “organic fertilization significantly increased CBD concentrations by 12%”; “1319 mg CBD plant−1 … 1197 mg CBD plant−1”; Table 6 NUpE N 0.55/0.58 (org) vs 0.74/0.71 (min); stock 240 N, 96 P, 240 K, 18.5 Mg, 74 Ca. The 20.9/12.1/10.2 % figures are Gemini’s arithmetic from those values (arithmetically correct). Boundary errors: experiment ran Oct 2021–Jan 2022 (report says 2022–2023); pots are 14 cm Klasmann Substrate-5 + 15% perlite (report’s “4 L” not in text); mineral product identity (“ammonium sulfate/Universol”) not confirmed. |
| 2 | Westmoreland & Bugbee 2022. Front. Plant Sci. 13:1015652. 10.3389/fpls.2022.1015652 | Same (Crossref; PMC9724152) | VERIFIED | R06-C002: P 25→75 mg/L: no yield/CBD gain; leachate P 12-fold; PUE 80%→31% | YES (core); PARTIAL (details) | Full text: “Leachate P increased 12-fold in response to the 3-fold increase in P input”; “PUE increased from 31 to 80% as the P input decreased from 75 to 25”; “no significant effect of P input on CBD eq (p = 0.35), THC eq (p = 0.38)”. The 12-fold figure and the 25/50/75 design ARE carried by this paper (FPLS 13:1015652) — consistent with the corpus’s registered tuple. Report’s p-values (yield p=0.58, potency p=0.74) and “20→240 mg/pot”, “6.4 L pots” not found in text. |
| 3 | Saloner & Bernstein 2022. Front. Plant Sci. 13:830224. 10.3389/fpls.2022.830224 | Same (PMC9198551) | VERIFIED | R06-C003: 0% NH4 optimal; 50% NH4 toxicity + “root necrosis” + 46% yield cut; 100% lethal; “acidifying root zones below pH 4.5” | YES (46%, toxicity, lethality); NO (pH 4.5; root necrosis) | “a 46% decrease in inflorescence yield with the increase in NH4 supply from 0 to 50%”; “100% NH4 induced substantial plant damage, resulting in plant death”. Necrosis was in leaves; roots “demonstrated optimal development under 0–50% NH4”. No pH 4.5 value anywhere; paper reports only that leachate pH was lower under 100% NH4 (Suppl. Fig. 2). |
| 4 | Saloner & Bernstein 2021. Ind. Crops Prod. 167:113516. 10.1016/j.indcrop.2021.113516 | Same (Crossref) | VERIFIED | R06-C004/C016: yield peaks 160 mg/L N; THCA/CBDA/monoterpenes decline linearly 30→320 | UNVERIFIABLE (paywalled; no abstract via Crossref/OpenAlex/SS; ScienceDirect 403). Indirect support only: Saloner & Bernstein 2022 full text states “inflorescence yield increase with the elevation of N supply up to 160 mg L–1 N” and cannabinoid/terpenoid production “suppressed by the elevation of N supply (Saloner and Bernstein, 2021)”. “Linear” and “≥90% NO3” not adjudicable. | |
| 5 | Saloner & Bernstein 2020. Front. Plant Sci. 11:572293 | Same (PMC7704455) | VERIFIED | Vegetative optimum 160 mg/L N; deficiency <80; toxicity >240; ≥90% NO3 salts | PARTIAL | “optimal at 160 mgL−1 N … significantly lower under 30”; “supply above 160 mgL−1, was found to be excessive”. Threshold “>240” is Gemini’s; N supplied as 80% NO3 / 20% NH4, not “≥90% NO3”. |
| 6 | Shiponi & Bernstein 2021. Front. Plant Sci. 12:657323 | Same (PMC8320666) | VERIFIED | 30 mg/L P → 80% of max yield; P>5 mg/L dilutes THCA/CBDA up to 25%; DQ plateau at 30, RM to 90 | YES (main); PARTIAL (genotype detail) | “30 mg L–1 P was sufficient for producing 80% of the maximum yield”; “P supply higher than 5 mg L–1 reduced THCA and CBDA … by up to 25%”; “Phosphorous supply above 30 mg L–1 did not induce further growth stimulation” (both cultivars — the RM-to-90 claim is not stated). |
| 7 | Bevan, Jones & Zheng 2021. Front. Plant Sci. 12:764103 | Same (PMC8635921) | VERIFIED | R06-C005: optima 194 mg/L N, 59 mg/L P; K no effect 60–340; boundary “7.6 L coir/peat” | YES (numbers); NO (substrate boundary) | “optimal concentrations predicted to be 194 and 59 mg L–1”; “K, within the tested range of 60–340 mg L–1, had no effect on inflorescence yield”. Table 1 describes the experiment as “deep-water culture”, not coir/peat containers. |
| 8 | Caplan, Stemeroff, Dixon & Zheng 2017a. HortScience 52(9):1307–1312. 10.21273/HORTSCI11903-17 | Caplan, Dixon, Zheng 2017 (Crossref) — Stemeroff is NOT an author | VERIFIED (author list wrong) | R06-C009: quadratic response, optimum 389 mg N/L, 1.8× lowest rate; 41.6 g/plant; ‘OG Kush × Grizzly’; 1.5 L coir | YES (389; 1.8×); UNVERIFIABLE (41.6 g, cultivar, pot size — full text blocked at ASHS) | Abstract: “highest yield was achieved at a rate that supplied 389 mg N/L … 1.8 times higher than that of the lowest fertilizer rate”. |
| 9 | Caplan, Dixon & Zheng 2017b. HortScience 52(12):1796–1803. 10.21273/HORTSCI12248-17 | DOI resolves to Sae-Lee et al. 2017, “Improvement of Phenolic Antioxidant-linked Cancer Cell Cytotoxicity of Grape Cell Culture…”, HortScience 52(11):1577–1584. Correct DOI: 10.21273/HORTSCI12401-17 (Caplan, Dixon, Zheng, 52(12):1796–1803) | WRONG-OBJECT (DOI); paper real | R06-C010: optimum 212–261 mg N/L; yield plateau; THCA dilution; cultivar ‘OG Kush × Grizzly’ | PARTIAL; NO (cultivar; plateau) | Abstract: “In U2-HP … optimal organic fertilizer rates were those which supplied 212–261 mg N/L”; “Increasing fertilizer rate led to … dilution of THC, THCA, and CBGA”; but “For U2, the highest applied rate, that supplied 283 mg N/L, maximized yield” (no plateau); cultivar is ‘WP:Med (Wappa)’. |
| 10 | Stemeroff 2017. M.Sc. thesis, Univ. of Guelph (linked in report to the Alden & Faust ASHS URL) | Stemeroff, Jonathan. “Irrigation Management Strategies for Medical Cannabis in Controlled Environments.” MSc, Univ. of Guelph, Atrium handle 10214/12125, issued 2018-01-02 | VERIFIED (real thesis; report’s link wrong; year 2017 vs deposit 2018) | R06-C006: 11–14 d flush; no change in floral N, P, K, Ca, Mg (S); no yield/THC/CBD change; “indexed in Alden & Faust 2025” | PARTIAL | Thesis abstract: “The effects of flushing were also investigated … Flushing was found to be ineffective in removing any significant amount of nutrient from the bud.” Durations, element list, yield and cannabinoid outcomes are not in the abstract (full thesis not retrieved). Note: the Alden & Faust 2025 abstract reports the opposite for N, P, K (“declined … as flush duration increased”). |
| 11 | Wedryk 2019. “Impact of Different Flushing Times on Quality and Taste in Cannabis Sativa L.” Rx Green Technologies trial page | Page exists (rxgreentechnologies.com/rxgt_trials/flushing-trial/); “Data presented by Stephanie Wedryk, PhD”; undated on page; industry (vendor) report | VERIFIED (grey literature) | R06-C007: 0/7/10/14 d; no difference in yield, THC, terpenes, mineral content; double-blind panel n=36; 0-day smoothest, 14-day harshest; ‘Cherry Diesel’, coco, n=48 | PARTIAL; NO on n=36, “double-blind”, and “no mineral difference” | Page: “No differences were detected between flush treatments for yield, potency, or terpenes”; “blind taste test” by “industry experts” (panel size never stated); “Thirty-six percent of testers rated the smoke from the zero-day flush flower as smooth” — the report’s “n=36” appears to be a misreading of this 36%; “smoothness … was not significantly different”; “14-day flush had the highest percentage of harsh ratings (41.7%)”; flower minerals DID change: “Iron was at least 50 ppm higher in flower flushed for 14 or 10 days”; “Zinc was approximately 73 ppm higher in flower flushed for 14 days”. 12 plants × 4 treatments = 48 ✔. |
| 12 | Alden & Faust 2025. HortScience 60(10):1818–1825. DOI 10.21273/HORTSCI1818-25 | Real paper: Alden & Faust 2025, HortScience 60(10):1818–1825, DOI 10.21273/HORTSCI18752-25. The report’s DOI returns Crossref 404 (malformed: built from the page number) | PARTIAL (tuple real; DOI fabricated) | R06-C008: ~15 L tap water per 2.5 L pot to reach EC ≤0.2; −0.02 kg/m² per week; >2 wk acute loss; “Greenhouse 2023–2024”; THC unaffected, CBD% up; N,P,K declined | PARTIAL; specific numbers UNVERIFIABLE | Abstract: “Inflorescence dry mass (kg·m−2) declined as flush duration increased”; “CBD and THC concentrations were not impacted in ‘THM Jack’, but CBD concentration increased with flush duration in ‘Southern OG’”; “Nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium concentrations declined in both cultivars as flush duration increased”; flush 0–3 wk (THM Jack) and 0–4 wk (Southern OG). Full text blocked (ASHS refused sandbox fetch) — 15 L, 2.5 L, EC 0.2, slope −0.02, greenhouse/years not adjudicated. |
| 13 | Bernstein, Gorelick & Koch 2019. Ind. Crops Prod. 132:281–291. 10.1016/j.indcrop.2019.02.026 | DOI resolves to Abdelwahab, Misra & Mohanty 2019, “Injection molded biocomposites from polypropylene and lignin”, Ind. Crops Prod. 132:497–510. The real Bernstein paper: Bernstein, Gorelick, Zerahia & Koch 2019, Front. Plant Sci. 10:736, 10.3389/fpls.2019.00736 (PMC6589925) | WRONG-OBJECT (DOI + venue + pages) | “Controlled trials show no categorical terpene difference between organic and mineral feeding at equivalent nutrition”; “replicated GC-MS … terpene profiles governed by genetics…” | NO | Real paper compares +P, +NPK, +humic-acid supplements against a commercial mineral fertigation control and reports cannabinoids and minerals; it contains no organic-vs-mineral comparison and no terpene GC-MS results (terpenes appear only in the introduction). |
| 14 | Britto & Kronzucker 2002. J. Plant Physiol. 159(6):567–584. 10.1078/0176-1617-0774 | Same (Crossref) | VERIFIED | Ammonium toxicity / rhizosphere acidification mechanism | UNVERIFIABLE (paywalled; no abstract retrieved). Saloner 2022 cites Britto & Kronzucker 2005 for acidification. | |
| 15 | Näsholm, Kielland & Ganeteg 2009. New Phytol. 182(1):31–48. 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2008.02751.x | Same (Crossref) | VERIFIED | R06-C015: intact amino-acid uptake “<1–5% of total N acquisition” | NO (as sourced) | Abstract: “direct evidence that organic N contributes significantly to plant N nutrition is still lacking”; dual-label studies “failed to provide information on the quantitative importance of this process.” The review explicitly declines to quantify; the <1–5% figure is not attributable to it. |
| 16 | Tegeder & Rentsch 2010. “Uptake and partitioning of amino acids—key to the calculation of plant nitrogen-use efficiency?” Mol. Plant 3(6):997–1011. 10.1093/mp/ssq047 (in C015 cited as Am. J. Bot. 97(8):1233–1244) | Tegeder & Rentsch 2010, “Uptake and Partitioning of Amino Acids and Peptides”, Molecular Plant 3(6):997–1011 | PARTIAL (title altered; C015 venue wrong) | Roots express AAP/LHT amino-acid transporters | UNVERIFIABLE (paywalled). Generic transporter statement plausible from title; no text retrieved. | |
| 17 | Jones, Shannon, Junvee-Fortune & Farrar 2005. Soil Biol. Biochem. 37(3):413–423. 10.1016/j.soilbio.2004.07.037 | DOI resolves to Hamer & Marschner 2005, “Priming effects in different soil types…”, SBB 37(3):445–454. Real Jones paper: SBB 37(1):179–181, 10.1016/j.soilbio.2004.07.021 | WRONG-OBJECT (DOI, issue, pages) | “>90–95% of free amino acids consumed by microbes within 1–6 h” | UNVERIFIABLE (no abstract available; ScienceDirect 403). Real paper is a 3-page short communication; whether it carries the 90–95%/1–6 h figure could not be checked. | |
| 18 | Garner 1907. USDA Bureau of Plant Industry Bull. 105 (HathiTrust id chi.096307374) | Archive.org: “The relation of the composition of the leaf to the burning qualities of tobacco”, Garner, 1907 (identifier relationofcompos105garn). HathiTrust id in report returned no record | VERIFIED (link unresolved) | R06-C011: K/Ca catalyse char burnout to white ash | UNVERIFIABLE (text not retrieved) | |
| 19 | Baker 1981. Prog. Energy Combust. Sci. 7(2):135–153. DOI 10.1016/0360-1285(81)90008-0 | Real DOI 10.1016/0360-1285(81)90008-3 (report’s DOI 404) | PARTIAL (DOI wrong) | R06-C011 combustion mechanism | UNVERIFIABLE (paywalled) | |
| 20 | Jiao, Grant & Bailey 2012. J. Sci. Food Agric. 92(13):2666–2676. 10.1002/jsfa.5686 | DOI resolves to Xu et al. 2012, cassia-oil microemulsion antifungal paper, JSFA 92(13):2668–2671. Real Jiao paper: 2004, JSFA 84(8):777–785, 10.1002/jsfa.1648 | WRONG-OBJECT (DOI, year, volume, pages fabricated) | R06-C012/C018: rock phosphate Cd 5–150 mg/kg; TF 0.3–0.8 to bracts; EDTA desorption | PARTIAL | Real abstract supports only the generic point: “Commercial grade monoammonium phosphate … or triple superphosphate produced higher seed Cd concentrations than did reagent grade P in flax”; “flax has comparatively ineffective barriers … Cd from the root to the shoot via the xylem.” No cannabis, no 5–150 mg/kg, no TF 0.3–0.8, no EDTA. |
| 21 | Angelova, Ivanova, Delibaltova & Ivanov 2004. Ind. Crops Prod. 19(3):197–205. 10.1016/j.indcrop.2003.10.001 | Same (Crossref) | VERIFIED | R06-C012 heavy-metal accumulation in hemp | UNVERIFIABLE (no abstract retrievable; ScienceDirect blocked) | |
| 22 | Raven & Loeppert 1997. J. Environ. Qual. 26(2):551–557. 10.2134/jeq1997.00472425002600020033x | DOI resolves to Dick 1997 book review “Monitoring and Verification of Bioremediation”, JEQ 26(2):566–567. Real DOI 10.2134/jeq1997.00472425002600020028x (Raven & Loeppert, 26(2):551–557) | WRONG-OBJECT (DOI only) | Rock phosphate carries highest trace-element load | YES (generic) | Abstract: “concentrations generally decreased in the following sample order: rock phosphate > sewage sludge > phosphorus fertilizer > organic amendments…”. No cannabis figures. |
| 23 | McKernan, Helbert, Kane, Ebling, Zhang & Spangler 2016. “Metagenomic analysis of medicinal Cannabis cultures; counterfeit and contaminated.” F1000Research 5:2471. 10.12688/f1000research.9662.1 | McKernan, Spangler, Helbert, Lynch et al. 2016, “Metagenomic analysis of medicinal Cannabis samples; pathogenic bacteria, toxigenic fungi, and beneficial microbes grow in culture-based yeast and mold tests”, F1000Res 5:2471 (PMC5089129) | VERIFIED (title garbled, author order wrong) | R06-C014: TYMC plating counts non-pathogenic saprophytes from living soil, causing failures in flower that passes qPCR for Aspergillus/Salmonella/E. coli | PARTIAL | Full text: BMX TYM failed 67%, 3M TYM 60%, qPCR TYM 20%; “Six samples … failed in the BMX TYM test, but passed the MGC qPCR TYM test”; bacterial growth on yeast/mold plates inflates counts. But the paper found pathogenic/toxigenic species (E. coli, Salmonella enterica, Aspergillus spp.) in samples and says nothing about organic living soil or compost teas as the source. |
| 24 | Punja 2021. Can. J. Plant Pathol. 43(4):501–527. 10.1080/07060661.2021.1935947 | Report DOI 404. Real: Punja 2021, “Emerging diseases of Cannabis sativa and sustainable management”, Pest Manag. Sci. 77(9):3857–3870, 10.1002/ps.6307 | PARTIAL (venue/DOI wrong; paper real) | R06-C014 microbial-load compliance failures under organic systems | PARTIAL | Abstract: “Failure to achieve a minimum threshold of microbes … can arise from conventional and organic cultivation methods” — does not single out organic. |
| 25 | Mills 2012. Energy Policy 46:58–67. 10.1016/j.enpol.2012.03.023 | Same (Crossref) | VERIFIED | R06-C013 premise: HVAC + lighting “>85% of life-cycle emissions” | UNVERIFIABLE (paywalled, no abstract) | |
| 26 | Zheng, Frizzone & Bugbee 2021. “Cannabis yield, secondary metabolites, and energy efficiency across indoor cultivation environments.” HortScience 56(8):920–928 | Not in Crossref. HortScience 56(8) pp. 915–921 = Sandhu et al. (relay cropping pepper/tomato); pp. 922–931 = Sabir et al. (sweet cherry PGRs). No “Frizzone” author anywhere in Crossref with Bugbee; no HortScience cannabis paper by Bugbee in 2021 | NONEXISTENT | R06-C013 co-anchor (energy per kg) | NO (source does not exist) | |
| 27 | Cockson, Landis, Smith, Hicks & Whipker 2019. Appl. Sci. 9(20):4432. 10.3390/app9204432 | Same (Crossref) | VERIFIED | Listed only; no numeric claim attached in body | n/a | |
| 28 | Ahmad, Hadi & Ali 2017. Int. J. Agron. Agric. Res. 10(3):1–11 (innspub URL) | innspub URL 404; not indexed in Crossref; site search unreachable. Closest real item: Ahmad, Hadi & Ali 2014, Int. J. Phytoremediation 17(1):56–65 (Cd phytoextraction, Cannabis) | PARTIAL (unresolved) | R06-C018: EDTA/DTPA desorb Pb/Cd, raise translocation to cannabis foliage | UNVERIFIABLE | |
| 29 | CAN/CGSB-32.310 and CAN/CGSB-32.311 (Canada Organic Regime) | publications.gc.ca: “CAN/CGSB-32.310, Organic Production Systems – General Principles and Management Standards” (2015, 2018 amend., 2020 ed.) | VERIFIED | Organic certification of cannabis under COR; soil-based requirement | PARTIAL — standard exists; the cannabis-specific application and the “restricting hydroponic soilless systems” reading were not checked against the standard text. | |
| 30 | CDFA OCal Program, 3 CCR §§ 10000–10701 | LII: Cal. Code Regs. Title 3, Division 8, Chapter 3 “OCal Program (Articles 1 to 8)” exists | PARTIAL | Comparable-to-organic program; 3-yr transition; OIM/OMRI inputs | PARTIAL — chapter verified; section range 10000–10701 not confirmed (LII chapter page returned no section list; CDFA OCal page returned empty body). | |
| 31 | “CDFA-OIM conducts mandatory on-site inspections, mass-balance audits, and forensic isotopic ratio testing (14C, 15N)” | CDFA FMIP/OIM page: “Investigators … conduct routine sampling and inspections, respond to consumer complaints”; OIM “registers fertilizing materials … verified to comply with … USDA NOP Standards” | n/a | Isotopic forensic audits | NO (unsupported) | No mention of isotopic (14C/15N) testing or mass-balance audits on the CDFA OIM/FMIP pages retrieved. Treat as unsourced. |
| 32 | R06-C013 derivation: “21% organic yield gap → +26.5% carbon footprint per kg” | Gemini’s own arithmetic (no source) | n/a | +26.5% per kg | NO (arithmetic error) | With mineral 23.7 vs organic 19.6 g/plant, energy per kg under organic rises by 23.7/19.6 − 1 = +20.9%, not +26.5%. The 26.5% figure results from applying 1/(1−0.21) − 1 = 26.6%, i.e., treating the mineral-over-organic advantage (+20.9%) as if it were an organic-under-mineral deficit (−21%); organic is actually 17.3% below mineral. Also depends on the unverified “>85% HVAC/lighting” premise and the nonexistent Zheng/Frizzone/Bugbee anchor. |
| 33 | “Amino-acid uptake <1–5% of N flux” (Näsholm 2009; Tegeder & Rentsch 2010; Jones 2005) | — | n/a | R06-C015 | NO / UNVERIFIABLE | Not in the Näsholm abstract (which says quantification is lacking); Jones 2005 and Tegeder 2010 texts not retrievable. No retrieved source carries the figure; it should be treated as Gemini synthesis. |
2. Summary
Counts
- Sources checked for IDENTITY: 28 bibliographic items + 3 regulatory/derived items.
- IDENTITY: VERIFIED 15 (Massuela, Westmoreland, Saloner ×3, Shiponi, Bevan, Caplan 2017a, Stemeroff thesis, Wedryk/Rx Green, Britto, Näsholm, Angelova, McKernan, Mills, Cockson, Garner) · PARTIAL 6 (Alden & Faust [fabricated DOI], Baker [wrong DOI], Punja [wrong venue+DOI], Tegeder [altered title/venue], Ahmad [unresolved], plus CGSB/OCal regulatory items) · WRONG-OBJECT 5 (Caplan 2017b, Bernstein 2019, Jiao, Jones 2005, Raven & Loeppert) · NONEXISTENT 1 (Zheng, Frizzone & Bugbee 2021) + 2 nonexistent DOIs on real papers (HORTSCI1818-25; 10.1080/07060661.2021.1935947).
- CLAIM (numbered R06-C001–C018 plus body claims): YES 7 · PARTIAL 11 · NO 7 · UNVERIFIABLE 9 (several claims carry mixed verdicts; see table).
NONEXISTENT / WRONG-OBJECT tuples
- Zheng, Frizzone & Bugbee 2021, HortScience 56(8):920–928 — does not exist (pages 915–931 of that issue are unrelated papers).
- 10.21273/HORTSCI1818-25 (Alden & Faust) — DOI does not exist; real DOI 10.21273/HORTSCI18752-25.
- 10.21273/HORTSCI12248-17 (Caplan 2017b) — resolves to a grape cell-culture paper; real DOI 10.21273/HORTSCI12401-17.
- Bernstein, Gorelick & Koch 2019, Ind. Crops Prod. 132:281–291, 10.1016/j.indcrop.2019.02.026 — resolves to a polypropylene/lignin biocomposite paper; real paper is Front. Plant Sci. 10:736 (10.3389/fpls.2019.00736).
- Jiao, Grant & Bailey 2012, JSFA 92(13):2666–2676, 10.1002/jsfa.5686 — resolves to a cassia-oil antifungal paper; real paper is 2004, JSFA 84(8):777–785 (10.1002/jsfa.1648).
- Jones et al. 2005, SBB 37(3):413–423, 10.1016/j.soilbio.2004.07.037 — resolves to Hamer & Marschner; real is SBB 37(1):179–181 (10.1016/j.soilbio.2004.07.021).
- Raven & Loeppert 1997, 10.2134/jeq1997.00472425002600020033x — resolves to a book review; real DOI …20028x.
- Punja 2021, Can. J. Plant Pathol. 43(4):501–527, 10.1080/07060661.2021.1935947 — DOI 404 and wrong venue; real is Pest Manag. Sci. 77(9):3857–3870 (10.1002/ps.6307).
- Baker 1981 DOI …90008-0 — 404; real …90008-3.
CLAIM = NO items (with correct figure where found)
- R06-C013 “+26.5% carbon footprint per kg”: correct arithmetic from Massuela is +20.9% per kg (23.7/19.6); premise (>85% HVAC/lighting) unverified; co-anchor nonexistent.
- Bernstein et al. 2019 “no terpene difference organic vs mineral”: paper contains neither an organic treatment nor terpene data.
- Saloner & Bernstein 2022 “root zone pH below 4.5” and “root necrosis”: no pH value in paper; roots developed optimally at 0–50% NH4; necrosis was foliar.
- Bevan et al. 2021 boundary “7.6 L coir/peat”: experiment was deep-water culture.
- Caplan 2017b boundary “‘OG Kush × Grizzly’”: cultivar was ‘WP:Med (Wappa)’; “yield plateau” contradicted for U2 (highest rate maximized yield).
- Wedryk/Rx Green “double-blind, n=36” and “no difference in mineral content”: blind (not double-blind), panel size unstated (36% is a rating share), flower Fe +≥50 ppm and Zn +73 ppm with 10–14 d flush; smoothness difference not significant.
- Näsholm 2009 as source for “<1–5% of N flux”: review says quantitative importance is unknown.
- “CDFA-OIM forensic isotopic (14C/15N) audits”: not on CDFA program pages.
- Caplan 2017a author list: Stemeroff is not an author.
- Massuela boundary “2022–2023”: trial ran Oct 2021–Jan 2022.
Could not adjudicate (UNVERIFIABLE)
- Saloner & Bernstein 2021 (Ind. Crops Prod.) — paywalled, no abstract exposed; C004/C016 rest on it.
- Alden & Faust 2025 specifics (15 L per 2.5 L pot; EC ≤0.2 mS/cm; −0.02 kg/m²/week; greenhouse; 2023–2024) — ASHS blocked full text; abstract confirms direction only.
- Stemeroff 2017 specifics (11–14 d; N,P,K,Ca,Mg,S; yield/THC/CBD) — thesis abstract only.
- Caplan 2017a “41.6 g/plant”, cultivar, 1.5 L pots — abstract only.
- Jones 2005 (90–95% in 1–6 h), Tegeder & Rentsch 2010, Britto & Kronzucker 2002, Baker 1981, Garner 1907, Angelova 2004, Mills 2012 (>85%), Ahmad 2017 — no text retrievable.
- Westmoreland p-values (0.58 / 0.74), “20→240 mg/pot”, “6.4 L pots” — not in retrieved text (paper gives p=0.35/0.38/0.94 for cannabinoids).
- OCal section numbering 3 CCR §§ 10000–10701; CGSB soilless-restriction reading.
- R06-C017 (absence claim) — not adjudicable by citation check.
Method notes
Crossref REST for all DOIs; Europe PMC fullTextXML for Massuela (PMC10547009), Westmoreland (PMC9724152), Saloner 2022 (PMC9198551), Shiponi (PMC8320666), Bevan (PMC8635921), Saloner 2020 (PMC7704455), McKernan (PMC5089129), Bernstein 2019 (PMC6589925); Crossref abstracts for Alden & Faust, Caplan 2017a/b, Näsholm, Jiao 2004, Raven; Semantic Scholar for Punja/Cockson; Guelph Atrium DSpace API for Stemeroff; archive.org for Garner; publications.gc.ca for CGSB; LII for 3 CCR Div. 8; cdfa.ca.gov FMIP/OIM pages. ScienceDirect and ASHS journal pages refused sandbox requests.