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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2018

Boron: Functions and Approaches to Enhance Its Availability in Plants for Sustainable Agriculture.

Fareeha Shireen, Muhammad Azher Nawaz, Chen Chen, Qikai Zhang, Zuhua Zheng, Hamza Sohail, Jingyu Sun, Haishun Cao, Yuan Huang, Zhilong Bie

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 66 papers.

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66citing papers in PubMed
32.1field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

66 citing papers in PubMed, 358 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Fareeha ShireenCollege of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University/Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology, Ministry of Education, Wuhan 430070, China. fareehamalik63@yahoo.com.
Muhammad Azher NawazCollege of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University/Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology, Ministry of Education, Wuhan 430070, China. azher490@hotmail.com.
Chen ChenCollege of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University/Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology, Ministry of Education, Wuhan 430070, China. cuiyanhuashi@163.com.
Qikai ZhangCollege of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University/Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology, Ministry of Education, Wuhan 430070, China. zhangqk96@sina.com.
Zuhua ZhengCollege of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University/Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology, Ministry of Education, Wuhan 430070, China. zuhzheng@163.com.
Hamza SohailCollege of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University/Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology, Ministry of Education, Wuhan 430070, China. hamzadarbzu@gmail.com.
Jingyu SunCollege of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University/Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology, Ministry of Education, Wuhan 430070, China. sunjingyu@webmail.hzau.edu.cn.
Haishun CaoCollege of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University/Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology, Ministry of Education, Wuhan 430070, China. chsmugua@webmail.hzau.edu.cn.
Yuan HuangCollege of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University/Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology, Ministry of Education, Wuhan 430070, China. huangyuan@mail.hzau.edu.cn.
Zhilong BieCollege of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University/Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology, Ministry of Education, Wuhan 430070, China. biezl@mail.hzau.edu.cn.
Huazhong Agricultural University · CNUniversity of Sargodha · PK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Boron (B) is an essential trace element required for the physiological functioning of higher plants. B deficiency is considered as a nutritional disorder that adversely affects the metabolism and growth of plants. B is involved in the structural and functional integrity of the cell wall and membranes, ion fluxes (H⁺, K⁺, PO₄

Indexed as

AgricultureBiological TransportBoronCrops, AgriculturalFertilizersHumansMelatoninMycorrhizaeNanoparticlesNanotechnologyRhizobiaceaeBoronFertilizersMelatoninarbuscular mycorrhizal fungibiostimulatorsborongraftingion uptake and transportrhizobacteria

Identifiers

PMID29937514
PMCPMC6073895
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