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ReviewPlant biotechnology journal2025

Beneficial microorganisms: Regulating growth and defense for plant welfare.

Yan Liu, Aiqin Shi, Yue Chen, Zhihui Xu, Yongxin Liu, Yanlai Yao, Yiming Wang, Baolei Jia

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Review in Plant biotechnology journal, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 55 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.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

55 citing papers in PubMed.

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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

8 authors.

Yan Liu *Xianghu Laboratory, Hangzhou, China.
Aiqin Shi *Xianghu Laboratory, Hangzhou, China.
Yue Chen *Xianghu Laboratory, Hangzhou, China.
Zhihui XuJiangsu Provincial Key Lab of Solid Organic Waste Utilization, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China.
Yongxin LiuShenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Genome Analysis Laboratory of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen, China.
Yanlai YaoXianghu Laboratory, Hangzhou, China.
Yiming WangDepartment of Plant Pathology, Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests, Ministry of Education, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0513-9039
Baolei JiaXianghu Laboratory, Hangzhou, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6434-5604

Funding

Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities KJJQ2024002Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities KJJQ2024017the Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Program CAAS-ZDRW202308the grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China 32401219the grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China 32401427the Key Scientific Research Plan Project of Hangzhou 2024SZD1B24the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province SBK20220085the "Pioneer" and "Leading Goose" R&D Program of Zhejiang 2024SSY0104the Zhejiang Provincial Science and Technology Project 2022C02029Xianghu Lab 2023C4S01002
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Beneficial microorganisms (BMs) promote plant growth and enhance stress resistance. This review summarizes how BMs induce growth promotion by improving nutrient uptake, producing growth-promoting hormones and stimulating root development. How BMs enhance disease resistance and help protect plants from abiotic stresses has also been explored. Growth-defense trade-offs are known to affect the ability of plants to survive under unfavourable conditions. This review discusses studies demonstrating that BMs regulate growth-defense trade-offs through microbe-associated molecular patterns and multiple pathways, including the leucine-rich repeat receptor-like kinase pathway, abscisic acid signalling pathway and specific transcriptional factor regulation. This multifaceted relationship underscores the significance of BMs in sustainable agriculture. Finally, the need for integration of artificial intelligence to revolutionize biofertilizer research has been highlighted. This review also elucidates the cutting-edge advancements and potential of plant-microbe synergistic microbial agents.

Indexed as

Plant DevelopmentPlantsDisease ResistancePlant Growth RegulatorsPlant RootsSignal TransductionStress, PhysiologicalPlant Growth Regulatorsabiotic stressesbeneficial microorganismsbiotic stressesGrowth‐defense trade‐offsrhizosphere microbiomes

Identifiers

PMID39704146
PMCPMC11869181

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