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ReviewMicroorganisms2022

Microorganisms in Plant Growth and Development: Roles in Abiotic Stress Tolerance and Secondary Metabolites Secretion.

Ntombikhona Appear Koza, Afeez Adesina Adedayo, Olubukola Oluranti Babalola, Abidemi Paul Kappo

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Review in Microorganisms, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 85 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

85 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Ntombikhona Appear KozaDepartment of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Zululand, KwaDlangezwa 3886, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-9453-2731
Afeez Adesina AdedayoFood Security and Safety Focus Area, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Science, North-West University, Mmabatho 2735, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0001-5388-2877
Olubukola Oluranti BabalolaFood Security and Safety Focus Area, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Science, North-West University, Mmabatho 2735, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0003-4344-1909
Abidemi Paul KappoMolecular Biophysics and Structural Biology Group, Department of Biochemistry, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park 2006, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0003-2521-8957

Funding

The National Research Foundation of South Africa grants UID123634 and UID132595
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Crops aimed at feeding an exponentially growing population are often exposed to a variety of harsh environmental factors. Although plants have evolved ways of adjusting their metabolism and some have also been engineered to tolerate stressful environments, there is still a shortage of food supply. An alternative approach is to explore the possibility of using rhizosphere microorganisms in the mitigation of abiotic stress and hopefully improve food production. Several studies have shown that rhizobacteria and mycorrhizae organisms can help improve stress tolerance by enhancing plant growth; stimulating the production of phytohormones, siderophores, and solubilizing phosphates; lowering ethylene levels; and upregulating the expression of dehydration response and antioxidant genes. This article shows the secretion of secondary metabolites as an additional mechanism employed by microorganisms against abiotic stress. The understanding of these mechanisms will help improve the efficacy of plant-growth-promoting microorganisms.

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abiotic stressendophytesplant biotechnologyplant microbiomessecondary metabolites

Identifiers

PMID36013946
PMCPMC9415082

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