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SynthesisMicrobial ecology2018

Do Endophytes Promote Growth of Host Plants Under Stress? A Meta-Analysis on Plant Stress Mitigation by Endophytes.

Hyungmin Rho, Marian Hsieh, Shyam L Kandel, Johanna Cantillo, Sharon L Doty, Soo-Hyung Kim

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Synthesis in Microbial ecology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 64 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

64 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Hyungmin RhoSchool of Environmental and Forest Sciences, College of the Environment, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195-2100, USA. tony0822@uw.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5857-0730
Marian HsiehSchool of Environmental and Forest Sciences, College of the Environment, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195-2100, USA.
Shyam L KandelSchool of Environmental and Forest Sciences, College of the Environment, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195-2100, USA.
Johanna CantilloDepartment of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195-1800, USA.
Sharon L DotySchool of Environmental and Forest Sciences, College of the Environment, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195-2100, USA.
Soo-Hyung KimSchool of Environmental and Forest Sciences, College of the Environment, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195-2100, USA.

Funding

National Institute of Food and Agriculture (US) 2012-68002-19824
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Endophytes are microbial symbionts living inside plants and have been extensively researched in recent decades for their functions associated with plant responses to environmental stress. We conducted a meta-analysis of endophyte effects on host plants' growth and fitness in response to three abiotic stress factors: drought, nitrogen deficiency, and excessive salinity. Ninety-four endophyte strains and 42 host plant species from the literature were evaluated in the analysis. Endophytes increased biomass accumulation of host plants under all three stress conditions. The stress mitigation effects by endophytes were similar among different plant taxa or functional groups with few exceptions; eudicots and C

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Bacterial Physiological PhenomenaPlant DevelopmentPlant Physiological PhenomenaBacteriaBiomassEndophytesFungiPlantsStress, PhysiologicalBacteria/fungi/yeastDrought/nitrogen/salinity stressEffect sizeEndophytesMeta-analysisPlant biomass

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PMID28840330

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