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ArticleHeliyon2022

Gibberellic acid improves growth and reduces heavy metal accumulation: A case study in tomato (

Udoka Vitus Ogugua, Sheku Alfred Kanu, Khayalethu Ntushelo

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Article in Heliyon, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed
5.3field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

8 citing papers in PubMed, 23 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

3 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Udoka Vitus OguguaDepartment of Agriculture and Animal Health, University of South Africa, Private Bag X6, Florida, 1710, South Africa.
Sheku Alfred KanuDepartment of Agriculture and Animal Health, University of South Africa, Private Bag X6, Florida, 1710, South Africa.
Khayalethu NtusheloDepartment of Agriculture and Animal Health, University of South Africa, Private Bag X6, Florida, 1710, South Africa.
University of South Africa · ZA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study investigated the effect of gibberellic acid (GA

Indexed as

Gibberellic acidHeavy metal accumulationSeedling growthTomato

Identifiers

PMID36582707
PMCPMC9793271
OpenAlexW4312056205

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Registered trials

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