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ReviewPlants (Basel, Switzerland)2026

Medicinal Plants as Biopesticides Against Pests and Diseases of Maize (

Florence Bukky Aina, Lisa Buwa-Komoreng, Lelethu Unathi-Nkosi Peter Heshula, Charles Shelton Mutengwa

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Review in Plants (Basel, Switzerland), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited 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

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

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

4 authors.

Florence Bukky AinaDepartment of Agronomy, University of Fort Hare, Private Bag X1314, Alice 5700, South Africa.ORCID 0009-0006-8306-4529
Lisa Buwa-KomorengDepartment of Botany, University of Fort Hare, Private Bag X1314, Alice 5700, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-1592-9459
Lelethu Unathi-Nkosi Peter HeshulaSAMRC Microbial Water Quality Monitoring Centre, University of Fort Hare, Private Bag X1314, Alice 5700, South Africa.
Charles Shelton MutengwaDepartment of Agronomy, University of Fort Hare, Private Bag X1314, Alice 5700, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-7968-5131

Funding

Research Niche Area on Sustainable Agriculture, Water Usage and Climate Change at the University of Fort Hare. NONESAMRC Microbial Water Quality Monitoring Centre, University of Fort Hare, Alice, South Africa SAMRC/UFH/P790
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Maize (

Indexed as

biopesticidesdiseasesethnobotanymaizemedicinal plantspestsphytochemicals

Identifiers

PMID42197684
PMCPMC13210525

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