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ArticleJournal of integrative plant biology2020

Aluminium is essential for root growth and development of tea plants (Camellia sinensis).

Lili Sun, Mengshi Zhang, Xiaomei Liu, Qianzhuo Mao, Chen Shi, Leon V Kochian, Hong Liao

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Article in Journal of integrative plant biology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 48 papers.

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48citing papers in PubMed
16.2field-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

48 citing papers in PubMed, 137 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

7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Lili SunRoot Biology Center, College of Resources and Environment, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, China.
Mengshi ZhangRoot Biology Center, College of Resources and Environment, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, China.
Xiaomei LiuRoot Biology Center, College of Resources and Environment, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, China.
Qianzhuo MaoVector-Borne Virus Research Center, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, China.
Chen ShiRoot Biology Center, College of Resources and Environment, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, China.
Leon V KochianGlobal Institute for Food Security, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, S7N 4J8, Canada.
Hong LiaoRoot Biology Center, College of Resources and Environment, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, China.
Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University · CNGlobal Institute for Water Security · CA

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaNatural Science Foundation of Fujian Province in China
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

On acid soils, the trivalent aluminium ion (Al

Indexed as

AluminumCamellia sinensisCell NucleusDNA DamageDNA, PlantHydrogen-Ion ConcentrationMeristemPlant RootsProtonsAluminumDNA, PlantProtonsaluminiumessentialmeristemroottea

Identifiers

PMID32320136
PMCPMC7383589
OpenAlexW3017266788

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