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ReviewMicroorganisms2025

Maximizing Photosynthesis and Plant Growth in African Legumes Through Rhizobial Partnerships: The Road Behind and Ahead.

Sanjay K Jaiswal, Felix D Dakora

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Review in Microorganisms, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
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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

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. Symbiotic NMicroorganisms · 2025
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  6. Frontiers in plant science · 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

2 authors.

Sanjay K JaiswalDepartment of Chemistry, Tshwane University of Technology, Arcadia Campus, Private Bag X680, Pretoria 0001, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0003-2745-9949
Felix D DakoraDepartment of Chemistry, Tshwane University of Technology, Arcadia Campus, Private Bag X680, Pretoria 0001, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-9070-6896

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The interplay between soil rhizobial bacteria and leguminous plants, particularly in Africa, has a profound impact on photosynthetic efficiency and overall crop productivity. This review explores the critical role of rhizobia in enhancing photosynthesis through nitrogen fixation, a process crucial for sustainable agriculture. Rhizobial bacteria residing in root nodules provide legumes with symbiotic nitrogen that significantly boosts plant growth and photosynthetic capacity. Recent advances in molecular genomics have elucidated the genetic frameworks underlying this symbiosis, identifying key genes involved in root nodule formation and nitrogen fixation. Comparative genomics of

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food securitynodulation and N2 fixationsymbiosiswater-use efficiency

Identifiers

PMID40142474
PMCPMC11946795

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