( ( In addition ) ( , ( ( ( ( reduced ( water uptake ) ) ( by ( nitrogen-deficient ( corn plants ) ) ) ) ( growing ( in ( the ( rye-only plots ) ) ) ) ) ( ( could ( have ( influenced ( the ( soil ( water content ) ) ) ) ) ) . ) ) ) )
(ROOT (S (PP (IN In) (NP (NN addition))) (, ,) (NP (NP (VBN reduced) (NN water) (NN uptake)) (PP (IN by) (NP (JJ nitrogen-deficient) (NN corn) (NNS plants))) (VP (VBG growing) (PP (IN in) (NP (DT the) (JJ rye-only) (NNS plots))))) (VP (MD could) (VP (VB have) (VP (VBN influenced) (NP (DT the) (NN soil) (NN water) (NN content))))) (. .)))
In addition, reduced water uptake by nitrogen-deficient corn plants growing in the rye-only plots could have influenced the soil water content.
(ROOT (S (NP (RBS Most) (JJ growing) (NN plant) (NNS cells)) (VP (VBP expand) (PP (IN through) (NP (NN water) (NN uptake)))) (. .)))