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ArticleFrontiers in plant science2021

Melatonin Enhances Seed Germination and Seedling Growth of

Ruonan Yu, Tiantian Zuo, Pengfei Diao, Jiabin Fu, Yanyan Fan, Yue Wang, Qiqi Zhao, Xuesong Ma, Wenting Lu, Aoga Li and 5 more

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Article in Frontiers in plant science, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
23citing papers in PubMed
5.6field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

23 citing papers in PubMed, 77 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Seed Germination inPlant-environment interactions (Hoboken, N.J.) · 2025
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  6. Advances in basic biology of alfalfa (Horticulture research · 2025
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  10. Melatonin: The Multifaceted Molecule in Plant Growth and Defense.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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  13. Have All of the Phytohormonal Properties of Melatonin Been Verified?International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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  17. Proline Metabolism Process and Antioxidant Potential ofInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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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

15 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ruonan YuKey Laboratory of Forage and Endemic Crop Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, China.
Tiantian ZuoKey Laboratory of Forage and Endemic Crop Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, China.
Pengfei DiaoKey Laboratory of Forage and Endemic Crop Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, China.
Jiabin FuKey Laboratory of Forage and Endemic Crop Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, China.
Yanyan FanKey Laboratory of Forage and Endemic Crop Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, China.
Yue WangKey Laboratory of Forage and Endemic Crop Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, China.
Qiqi ZhaoKey Laboratory of Forage and Endemic Crop Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, China.
Xuesong MaKey Laboratory of Forage and Endemic Crop Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, China.
Wenting LuKey Laboratory of Forage and Endemic Crop Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, China.
Aoga LiKey Laboratory of Forage and Endemic Crop Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, China.
Ru WangKey Laboratory of Forage and Endemic Crop Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, China.
Fang YanKey Laboratory of Forage and Endemic Crop Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, China.
Li PuBiotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China.
Yiding NiuKey Laboratory of Forage and Endemic Crop Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, China.
Hada WuriyanghanKey Laboratory of Forage and Endemic Crop Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, China.
Inner Mongolia University · CNBiotechnology Research Institute · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Medicago sativamelatoninMsPMTR1physiological mechanismplant growthsalinityseed germinationtranscriptional responses

Identifiers

PMID34490006
PMCPMC8418131
OpenAlexW3195336314

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