Evidence map›Paper›PMID 33845762›Full record

ArticleBMC plant biology2021

Halotolerant bacteria mitigate the effects of salinity stress on soybean growth by regulating secondary metabolites and molecular responses.

Muhammad Aaqil Khan, Atlaw Anbelu Sahile, Rahmatullah Jan, Sajjad Asaf, Muhammad Hamayun, Muhammad Imran, Arjun Adhikari, Sang-Mo Kang, Kyung-Min Kim, In-Jung Lee

Open access · goldAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in BMC plant biology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 53 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
53citing papers in PubMed
23.0field-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

53 citing papers in PubMed, 147 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
    Article
  3. Article
  4. Article
  5. Article
  6. Article
  7. Article
  8. Review
  9. Article
  10. Article
  11. Article
  12. Article
  13. Melatonin-ProducingInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2025
    Article
  14. Effect ofMicroorganisms · 2025
    Article
  15. Article
  16. Review
  17. Article
  18. Growth and protein response of rice plant with plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria inoculations under salt stress conditions.International microbiology : the official journal of the Spanish Society for Microbiology · 2024
    Article
  19. Review
  20. Article
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 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Muhammad Aaqil KhanSchool of Applied Biosciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, 41566, Republic of Korea. aqil_bacha@yahoo.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9556-2350
Atlaw Anbelu SahileSchool of Applied Biosciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, 41566, Republic of Korea.
Rahmatullah JanSchool of Applied Biosciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, 41566, Republic of Korea.
Sajjad AsafNatural and Medical Plants Research center, University of Nizwa, 616, Nizwa, Oman.
Muhammad HamayunDepartment of Botany, Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan, Pakistan.
Muhammad ImranSchool of Applied Biosciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, 41566, Republic of Korea.
Arjun AdhikariSchool of Applied Biosciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, 41566, Republic of Korea.
Sang-Mo KangSchool of Applied Biosciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, 41566, Republic of Korea.
Kyung-Min KimSchool of Applied Biosciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, 41566, Republic of Korea.
In-Jung LeeSchool of Applied Biosciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, 41566, Republic of Korea. ijlee@knu.ac.kr.
Kyungpook National University · KRAbdul Wali Khan University Mardan · PKUniversity of Nizwa · OM

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundSalinity is a major threat to the agriculture industry due to the negative impact of salinity stress on crop productivity. In the present study, we isolated rhizobacteria and evaluated their capacities to promote crop growth under salt stress conditions.

resultsWe isolated rhizospheric bacteria from sand dune flora of Pohang beach, Korea, and screened them for plant growth-promoting (PGP) traits. Among 55 bacterial isolates, 14 produced indole-3-acetic acid (IAA), 10 produced siderophores, and 12 produced extracellular polymeric and phosphate solubilization. Based on these PGP traits, we selected 11 isolates to assess for salinity tolerance. Among them, ALT29 and ALT43 showed the highest tolerance to salinity stress. Next, we tested the culture filtrate of isolates ALT29 and ALT43 for IAA and organic acids to confirm the presence of these PGP products. To investigate the effects of ALT29 and ALT43 on salt tolerance in soybean, we grew seedlings in 0 mM, 80 mM, 160 mM, and 240 mM NaCl treatments, inoculating half with the bacterial isolates. Inoculation with ALT29 and ALT43 significantly increased shoot length (13%), root length (21%), shoot fresh and dry weight (44 and 35%), root fresh and dry weight (9%), chlorophyll content (16-24%), Chl a (8-43%), Chl b (13-46%), and carotenoid (14-39%) content of soybean grown under salt stress. Inoculation with ALT29 and ALT43 also significantly decreased endogenous ABA levels (0.77-fold) and increased endogenous SA contents (6-16%), increased total protein (10-20%) and glutathione contents, and reduced lipid peroxidation (0.8-5-fold), superoxide anion (21-68%), peroxidase (12.14-17.97%), and polyphenol oxidase (11.76-27.06%) contents in soybean under salinity stress. In addition, soybean treated with ALT29 and ALT43 exhibited higher K

conclusionIn conclusion, bacterial isolates ALT29 and ALT43 can mitigate salinity stress and increase plant growth, providing an eco-friendly approach for addressing saline conditions in agricultural production systems.

Indexed as

Bacterial Physiological PhenomenaSalt StressSalt ToleranceAntioxidantsBacteriaGene Expression Regulation, PlantGlycine maxIndoleacetic AcidsPlant Growth RegulatorsPotassiumRhizosphereSodiumAntioxidantsindoleacetic acidIndoleacetic AcidsPlant Growth RegulatorsPotassiumSodiumAntioxidantsGene expressionHalotolerant PGPRPhytohormonesSalinity stressSoybean

Identifiers

PMID33845762
PMCPMC8040224
OpenAlexW3156064611

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.