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ReviewFrontiers in plant science2023

Soil acidification and salinity: the importance of biochar application to agricultural soils.

Kai Huang, Mingquan Li, Rongpeng Li, Fahd Rasul, Sobia Shahzad, Changhong Wu, Jinhua Shao, Guoqin Huang, Ronghui Li, Saad Almari and 2 more

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Review in Frontiers in plant science, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
31citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
38.1field-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

31 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 96 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

12 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Kai HuangChina Guangxi Key Laboratory of Water Engineering Materials and Structures, Guangxi Hydraulic Research Institute, Nanning, China.
Mingquan LiChina Guangxi Key Laboratory of Water Engineering Materials and Structures, Guangxi Hydraulic Research Institute, Nanning, China.
Rongpeng LiChina Guangxi Key Laboratory of Water Engineering Materials and Structures, Guangxi Hydraulic Research Institute, Nanning, China.
Fahd RasulDepartment of Agronomy, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
Sobia ShahzadIslamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalnagar, Pakistan.
Changhong WuChina Guangxi Key Laboratory of Water Engineering Materials and Structures, Guangxi Hydraulic Research Institute, Nanning, China.
Jinhua ShaoChina Guangxi Key Laboratory of Water Engineering Materials and Structures, Guangxi Hydraulic Research Institute, Nanning, China.
Guoqin HuangDepartment of Agronomy, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
Ronghui LiCollege of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Guangxi University, Nanning, China.
Saad AlmariKing Khalid University, College of Science, Department of Biology, Abha, Saudi Arabia.
Mohamed HashemKing Khalid University, College of Science, Department of Biology, Abha, Saudi Arabia.
Muhammad AamerDepartment of Agronomy, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
Guangxi University · CNGuangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Hydraulic Research Institute · CNIslamia University of Bahawalpur · PKUniversity of Faisalabad · PKKing Khalid University · SA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Soil acidity is a serious problem in agricultural lands as it directly affects the soil, crop production, and human health. Soil acidification in agricultural lands occurs due to the release of protons (H

Indexed as

acidic soilsbiocharmicrobial activitynutrient uptakesalinitytoxic ions

Identifiers

PMID37780526
PMCPMC10537949
OpenAlexW4386742237

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