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ReviewMetabolites2025

Microbial Metabolites: A Sustainable Approach to Combat Plant Pests.

Somasundaram Prabhu, Rajendran Poorniammal, Laurent Dufossé

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Review in Metabolites, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing 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

11 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Metabolites ofJournal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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  4. Advances in the Control of Plant Fungal Pathogens.Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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  8. Microbial Metabolism: Primary and Secondary Metabolites.Progress in molecular and subcellular biology · 2026
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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.

Somasundaram PrabhuDepartment of Plant Protection, Horticultural College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Periyakulam 625604, India.ORCID 0000-0002-2110-8008
Rajendran PoorniammalDepartment of Agricultural Microbiology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore 641003, India.
Laurent DufosséLaboratoire de Chimie et Biotechnologie des Produits Naturels (CHEMBIOPRO), Université de La Réunion, ESIROI Agroalimentaire, 15 Avenue René Cassin, F-97400 Sainte-Clotilde, France.ORCID 0000-0001-7392-355X

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

With the sustainable increase in agricultural productivity, the need for safer, environmentally friendly pesticide alternatives is also growing. Metabolites of microorganisms (bacteria, fungi, actinomycetes) are emerging as potential bioactive compounds for integrated pest and disease management. These compounds comprise amino acids, carbohydrates, lipids, organic acids, phenolics, peptides, alkaloids, polyketides, and volatile organic compounds. The majority of them have insecticidal, fungicidal, and nematicidal activities. In this review, the classifications, biosynthetic pathways, and ecological functions of primary and secondary metabolites produced by microorganisms are discussed, including their mechanisms of action, ranging from competition to systemic acquired resistance in host plants. The article highlights the importance of microbial genera (viz.,

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biocontrolmicrobial metabolitespest managementprimary metabolitessecondary metabolites

Identifiers

PMID40559442
PMCPMC12195454

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