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ReviewBiomolecules2020

A Review on the Beneficial Role of Silicon against Salinity in Non-Accumulator Crops: Tomato as a Model.

Jonas Hoffmann, Roberto Berni, Jean-Francois Hausman, Gea Guerriero

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In one paragraph

Review in Biomolecules, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
20citing papers in PubMed
12.7field-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

20 citing papers in PubMed, 84 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Soil CaPlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  3. Differential Impact of SiOPlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  4. Review
  5. Silicon (Si) foliar treatment modulatesFrontiers in plant science · 2025
    Article
  6. Article
  7. Closing the Nutrient Loop-The New Approaches to Recovering Biomass Minerals during the Biorefinery Processes.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023
    Review
  8. Article
  9. Article
  10. Article
  11. Silicon enhances plant resistance toFrontiers in plant science · 2022
    Article
  12. Article
  13. Review
  14. Article
  15. Review
  16. Article
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  18. Review
  19. Influence of silicon and chitosan on growth and physiological attributes of maize in a saline field.Physiology and molecular biology of plants : an international journal of functional plant biology · 2021
    Article
  20. Review
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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Jonas HoffmannEnvironmental Research and Innovation Department, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, 5, rue Bommel, L-4940 Hautcharage, Luxembourg.
Roberto BerniDepartment of Life Sciences, University of Siena, via P.A. Mattioli 4, I-53100 Siena, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-6101-9042
Jean-Francois HausmanEnvironmental Research and Innovation Department, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, 5, rue Bommel, L-4940 Hautcharage, Luxembourg.ORCID 0000-0001-6103-7817
Gea GuerrieroEnvironmental Research and Innovation Department, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, 5, rue Bommel, L-4940 Hautcharage, Luxembourg.ORCID 0000-0001-6586-6997
Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology · LUUniversity of Siena · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Salinity is an abiotic stress that affects agriculture by severely impacting crop growth and, consequently, final yield. Considering that sea levels rise at an alarming rate of >3 mm per year, it is clear that salt stress constitutes a top-ranking threat to agriculture. Among the economically important crops that are sensitive to high salinity is tomato (

Indexed as

Gene Expression Regulation, PlantSalinitySiliconSodium ChlorideSolanum lycopersicumStress, PhysiologicalTrace ElementsSiliconSodium ChlorideTrace Elementsbiostimulantscultivated tomatosalt stresssilicon

Identifiers

PMID32906642
PMCPMC7563371
OpenAlexW3083076381

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Registered trials

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