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ReviewEnvironmental science and pollution research international2021

Effects of agrochemicals on the beneficial plant rhizobacteria in agricultural systems.

Becky Nancy Aloo, Ernest Rashid Mbega, Billy Amendi Makumba, John Baptist Tumuhairwe

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Review in Environmental science and pollution research international, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Becky Nancy AlooDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Eldoret, P.O. Box 1125-30100, Eldoret, Kenya. aloobecky@yahoo.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4561-6864
Ernest Rashid MbegaDepartment of Sustainable Agriculture and Biodiversity Conservation, Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology, P.O. Box 447, Arusha, Tanzania.
Billy Amendi MakumbaDepartment of Biological Sciences, Moi University, P.O. Box 3900-30100, Eldoret, Kenya.
John Baptist TumuhairweDepartment of Agricultural Production, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Makerere University, P.O. Box, 7062, Kampala, Uganda.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Conventional agriculture relies heavily on chemical pesticides and fertilizers to control plant pests and diseases and improve production. Nevertheless, the intensive and prolonged use of agrochemicals may have undesirable consequences on the structure, diversity, and activities of soil microbiomes, including the beneficial plant rhizobacteria in agricultural systems. Although literature continues to mount regarding the effects of these chemicals on the beneficial plant rhizobacteria in agricultural systems, our understanding of them is still limited, and a proper account is required. With the renewed efforts and focus on agricultural and environmental sustainability, understanding the effects of different agrochemicals on the beneficial plant rhizobacteria in agricultural systems is both urgent and important to deduce practical solutions towards agricultural sustainability. This review critically evaluates the effects of various agrochemicals on the structure, diversity, and functions of the beneficial plant rhizobacteria in agricultural systems and propounds on the prospects and general solutions that can be considered to realize sustainable agricultural systems. This can be useful in understanding the anthropogenic effects of common and constantly applied agrochemicals on symbiotic systems in agricultural soils and shed light on the need for more environmentally friendly and sustainable agricultural practices.

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AgrochemicalsSoil MicrobiologyAgricultureFertilizersPlant DevelopmentPlant RootsAgrochemicalsFertilizersAnthropogenic effectsChemicalFertilizersSoil microbiomeSustainable agriculture

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