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ReviewPlants (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Silver Nanoparticles Help Plants Grow, Alleviate Stresses, and Fight Against Pathogens.

Francisco Javier Alfosea-Simón, Lorenzo Burgos, Nuria Alburquerque

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In one paragraph

Review in Plants (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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15citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

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

15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
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  3. Fungicidal Activity of Silver Nanoparticles Synthesized Using Lithospermum erythrorhizon against Fusarium spp. In Vitro and In Planta.Doklady biological sciences : proceedings of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Biological sciences sections · 2026
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  7. Impact of Silver Nanoparticles on the Gut Microbiota of the EarthwormInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  9. Genetic Stability and Photosystem II Functioning of In Vitro-RecoveredInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  13. Green synthesized silver nanoparticles enhance drought tolerance in cotton plants cultured in vitro.Physiology and molecular biology of plants : an international journal of functional plant biology · 2025
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  14. Nanomaterials on Plant Growth and Stress Adaptation.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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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.

Francisco Javier Alfosea-SimónGroup of Fruit Tree Biotechnology, Department of Plant Breeding, CEBAS-CSIC, University Campus at Espinardo, Bldg. 25, 30100 Murcia, Spain.ORCID 0009-0004-1850-7253
Lorenzo BurgosGroup of Fruit Tree Biotechnology, Department of Plant Breeding, CEBAS-CSIC, University Campus at Espinardo, Bldg. 25, 30100 Murcia, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-2399-8232
Nuria AlburquerqueGroup of Fruit Tree Biotechnology, Department of Plant Breeding, CEBAS-CSIC, University Campus at Espinardo, Bldg. 25, 30100 Murcia, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-7770-5100

Funding

Fundación Séneca - Agencia de Ciencia y Tecnología de la Región de Murcia NextGeneration-EU funds (PRTR-C17.I1)Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación PID2022-137499OB-I00Ministerio de Educación y Formación Profesional FPU fellowship (FPU22/03826)
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The use of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) has gained importance in agriculture in recent years thanks to their unique characteristics, including their antimicrobial capacity and their ability to promote plant growth. Due to these attributes, AgNPs are considered a promising solution for the future of agriculture, offering significant potential to address the challenges the sector confronts currently. However, it is important to adjust the application conditions, depending on the target and the crop used, to improve AgNP treatment efficiency. This review compiles recent advances in the use of AgNPs for crop production, both in and ex vitro. AgNPs promote growth and alleviate biotic and abiotic stresses through different ex vitro application methods. They are also efficiently used in vitro to improve plant culture and pathogen elimination. In addition, the safety and toxicity associated with their use are discussed. AgNPs are a novel tool with great potential for the agricultural sector, but it is still necessary to continue researching the mechanisms of AgNP action in order to optimize their application in each specific case.

Indexed as

abiotic stressbiotic stressnanobiotechnologynanofertilizernanopesticidesustainable agriculture

Identifiers

PMID39942990
PMCPMC11820374

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