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ReviewFrontiers in plant science2022

The role of nanoparticles in plant biochemical, physiological, and molecular responses under drought stress: A review.

Adnan Rasheed, Huijie Li, Majid M Tahir, Athar Mahmood, Muhammad Nawaz, Adnan Noor Shah, Muhammad Talha Aslam, Sally Negm, Mahmoud Moustafa, Muhammad Umair Hassan and 1 more

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In one paragraph

Review in Frontiers in plant science, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 56 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
56citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
13.4field-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

56 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 209 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

11 authors at 5 institutions in 4 countries.

Adnan RasheedKey Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Ecology and Genetic Breeding, Ministry of Education/College of Agronomy, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China.
Huijie LiKey Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Ecology and Genetic Breeding, Ministry of Education/College of Agronomy, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China.
Majid M TahirDepartment of Soil and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Poonch, Rawalakot, Pakistan.
Athar MahmoodDepartment of Agronomy, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
Muhammad NawazDepartment of Agricultural Engineering, Khwaja Fareed University of Engineering and Information Technology, Rahim Yar Khan, Punjab, Pakistan.
Adnan Noor ShahDepartment of Agricultural Engineering, Khwaja Fareed University of Engineering and Information Technology, Rahim Yar Khan, Punjab, Pakistan.
Muhammad Talha AslamDepartment of Agronomy, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
Sally NegmLife Sciences Department, College of Science and Art, King Khalid University, Mohail, Saudi Arabia.
Mahmoud MoustafaDepartment of Biology, College of Science, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia.
Muhammad Umair HassanResearch Center on Ecological Sciences, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, China.
Ziming WuKey Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Ecology and Genetic Breeding, Ministry of Education/College of Agronomy, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China.
Jiangxi Agricultural University · CNKhwaja Fareed University of Engineering and Information Technology · PKKing Khalid University · SAUniversity of Agriculture Faisalabad · PKUniversity of Poonch Rawalakot

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Drought stress (DS) is a serious challenge for sustaining global crop production and food security. Nanoparticles (NPs) have emerged as an excellent tool to enhance crop production under current rapid climate change and increasing drought intensity. DS negatively affects plant growth, physiological and metabolic processes, and disturbs cellular membranes, nutrient and water uptake, photosynthetic apparatus, and antioxidant activities. The application of NPs protects the membranes, maintains water relationship, and enhances nutrient and water uptake, leading to an appreciable increase in plant growth under DS. NPs protect the photosynthetic apparatus and improve photosynthetic efficiency, accumulation of osmolytes, hormones, and phenolics, antioxidant activities, and gene expression, thus providing better resistance to plants against DS. In this review, we discuss the role of different metal-based NPs to mitigate DS in plants. We also highlighted various research gaps that should be filled in future research studies. This detailed review will be an excellent source of information for future researchers to adopt nanotechnology as an eco-friendly technique to improve drought tolerance.

Indexed as

antioxidantdrought stressgenes expressionnanoparticlesphotosynthesis

Identifiers

PMID36507430
PMCPMC9730289
OpenAlexW4309852477

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