Evidence map›Paper›PMID 34207963›Full record

ReviewBiology2021

The Role of Plant Growth-Promoting Bacteria in Alleviating the Adverse Effects of Drought on Plants.

Khaled Abdelaal, Muneera AlKahtani, Kotb Attia, Yaser Hafez, Lóránt Király, András Künstler

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In one paragraph

Review in Biology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 96 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
96citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
44.3field-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

96 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 273 citations in OpenAlex.

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  19. The promise of resurrection plants in enhancing crop tolerance to water scarcity.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2025
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  20. Enhancing Drought Tolerance inPlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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36 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

6 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Khaled AbdelaalExcellence Center (EPCRS), Plant Pathology and Biotechnology Laboratory, Faculty of Agriculture, Kafrelsheikh University, Kafr Elsheikh 33516, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0001-7295-6560
Muneera AlKahtaniBiology Department, College of Science, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh 11564, Saudi Arabia.
Kotb AttiaCenter of Excellence in Biotechnology Research, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-2992-1765
Yaser HafezExcellence Center (EPCRS), Plant Pathology and Biotechnology Laboratory, Faculty of Agriculture, Kafrelsheikh University, Kafr Elsheikh 33516, Egypt.
Lóránt KirályCentre for Agricultural Research, Plant Protection Institute, ELKH, 15 Herman Ottó Str., H-1022 Budapest, Hungary.ORCID 0000-0001-9769-8297
András KünstlerCentre for Agricultural Research, Plant Protection Institute, ELKH, 15 Herman Ottó Str., H-1022 Budapest, Hungary.ORCID 0000-0002-3473-1181
Centre for Agricultural Research · HUKafrelsheikh University · EGKing Saud University · SAPrincess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University · SA

Funding

Deanship of Scientific Research at Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman Fast-track Research Funding Program
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Plant growth-promoting bacteria play an essential role in enhancing the physical, chemical and biological characters of soils by facilitating nutrient uptake and water flow, especially under abiotic stress conditions, which are major constrains to agricultural development and production. Drought is one of the most harmful abiotic stress and perhaps the most severe problem facing agricultural sustainability, leading to a severe shortage in crop productivity. Drought affects plant growth by causing hormonal and membrane stability perturbations, nutrient imbalance and physiological disorders. Furthermore, drought causes a remarkable decrease in leaf numbers, relative water content, sugar yield, root yield, chlorophyll

Indexed as

antioxidant enzymeschlorophyllsdroughtphenolsplant growth-promoting bacteria

Identifiers

PMID34207963
PMCPMC8230635
OpenAlexW3167078697

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Registered trials

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