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ArticlePlants (Basel, Switzerland)2026

Impact of Silicon-Based Biostimulant on Improving Growth and Morpho-Physiological Traits of Sweet Basil (

Zoia Arshad Awan, Michael T Gaffney, Lael Walsh

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Article in Plants (Basel, Switzerland), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Zoia Arshad AwanHorticulture Development Department, Teagasc Food Research Centre, Ashtown, D15 KN3K Dublin, Ireland.ORCID 0000-0003-1872-8211
Michael T GaffneyHorticulture Development Department, Teagasc Food Research Centre, Ashtown, D15 KN3K Dublin, Ireland.
Lael WalshHorticulture Development Department, Teagasc Food Research Centre, Ashtown, D15 KN3K Dublin, Ireland.ORCID 0000-0002-4163-171X

Funding

Taighde Éireann-Research Ireland 20/FIP/FD/8934P
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Silicon-based biostimulants are gaining increasing interest for their ability to enhance plant performance and stress tolerance. In protected cultivation, where environmental conditions are already carefully managed, it remains unclear whether adding biostimulants provides meaningful benefits and how they should be used. This study examines whether silicon (Si) biostimulants can enhance the growth and morpho-physiological traits of sweet basil (

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basil (Ocimum basilicum L.)biostimulantscontrolled environmentshorticulturesilicon

Identifiers

PMID41901378
PMCPMC13030768

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