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ReviewPlant cell reports2018

Plant growth promoting bacteria: role in soil improvement, abiotic and biotic stress management of crops.

Abdul Majeed, Zahir Muhammad, Habib Ahmad

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Review in Plant cell reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 46 papers.

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

46 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Abdul MajeedDepartment of Botany, Government Degree College Naguman Peshawar, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. majeedpsh@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2886-288X
Zahir MuhammadDepartment of Botany, University of Peshawar, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
Habib AhmadIslamia College University Peshawar, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Agricultural production-a major contributing factor towards global food supply-is highly reliant on field crops which are under severe threats ranging from poor soil quality, biotic, abiotic stresses and changing climatic conditions. To overcome these challenges, larger exertions are required to boost production of agricultural crops in a defensible mode. Since the evolution of fertilizers and pesticides, global crop productivity has experienced an unprecedented elevation, but at the cost of environmental and ecological unsustainability. To enhance the agricultural outputs in a sustainable way, the novel and eco-friendly strategies must be employed in agriculture, which would lead to reduced use of hazardous chemicals. Thus, the utilization of our knowledge about natural growth stimulators can lead to decrease reliance on fertilizers and pesticide which are widely used for increasing crop productivity. Among beneficial microbes, plant growth promoting bacteria offers excellent opportunities for their wide utilization in agriculture to manage soil quality and other factors which correspond to limited growth and yield output of major field crops. The aim of this review is to examine the potential role of plant growth stimulating bacteria in soil fertility and enabling crops to cope with biotic and abiotic challenges.

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Plant DevelopmentSoil MicrobiologyStress, PhysiologicalBacteriaCrops, AgriculturalSoilSoilAntagonismBioremediationNitrogen fixationNutrient mobilizationProduction of toxinsSynergistic effectsYield elevation

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