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A Global Network Meta-Analysis of the Promotion of Crop Growth, Yield, and Quality by Bioeffectors

Bioeffector (BE) application is emerging as a strategy for achieving sustainable agricultural practices worldwide. However, the effect of BE on crop growth and quality is still controversial and there is still no adequate impact assessment that determines factors on the efficiency of BE application....

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Autores principales: Herrmann, Michelle Natalie, Wang, Yuan, Hartung, Jens, Hartmann, Tobias, Zhang, Wei, Nkebiwe, Peteh Mehdi, Chen, Xinping, Müller, Torsten, Yang, Huaiyu
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8921507/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35300013
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.816438
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author Herrmann, Michelle Natalie
Wang, Yuan
Hartung, Jens
Hartmann, Tobias
Zhang, Wei
Nkebiwe, Peteh Mehdi
Chen, Xinping
Müller, Torsten
Yang, Huaiyu
author_facet Herrmann, Michelle Natalie
Wang, Yuan
Hartung, Jens
Hartmann, Tobias
Zhang, Wei
Nkebiwe, Peteh Mehdi
Chen, Xinping
Müller, Torsten
Yang, Huaiyu
author_sort Herrmann, Michelle Natalie
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description Bioeffector (BE) application is emerging as a strategy for achieving sustainable agricultural practices worldwide. However, the effect of BE on crop growth and quality is still controversial and there is still no adequate impact assessment that determines factors on the efficiency of BE application. Therefore, we carried out a network metaanalysis on the effect of BEs using 1,791 global observations from 186 studies to summarize influencing factors and the impact of BEs on crop growth, quality, and nutrient contents. The results show that BEs did not only improve plant growth by around 25% and yield by 30%, but also enhanced crop quality, e.g., protein (55% increase) and soluble solids content (75% increase) as well as aboveground nitrogen (N) and phosphate (P) content by 28 and 40%, respectively. The comparisons among BE types demonstrated that especially non-microbial products, such as extracts and humic/amino acids, have the potential to increase biomass growth by 40–60% and aboveground P content by 54–110%. The soil pH strongly influenced the efficiency of the applied BE with the highest effects in acidic soils. Our results showed that BEs are most suitable for promoting the quality of legumes and increasing the yield of fruits, herbs, and legumes. We illustrate that it is crucial to optimize the application of BEs with respect to the right application time and technique (e.g., placement, foliar). Our results provide an important basis for future research on the mechanisms underlying crop improvement by the application of BEs and on the development of new BE products.
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spelling pubmed-89215072022-03-16 A Global Network Meta-Analysis of the Promotion of Crop Growth, Yield, and Quality by Bioeffectors Herrmann, Michelle Natalie Wang, Yuan Hartung, Jens Hartmann, Tobias Zhang, Wei Nkebiwe, Peteh Mehdi Chen, Xinping Müller, Torsten Yang, Huaiyu Front Plant Sci Plant Science Bioeffector (BE) application is emerging as a strategy for achieving sustainable agricultural practices worldwide. However, the effect of BE on crop growth and quality is still controversial and there is still no adequate impact assessment that determines factors on the efficiency of BE application. Therefore, we carried out a network metaanalysis on the effect of BEs using 1,791 global observations from 186 studies to summarize influencing factors and the impact of BEs on crop growth, quality, and nutrient contents. The results show that BEs did not only improve plant growth by around 25% and yield by 30%, but also enhanced crop quality, e.g., protein (55% increase) and soluble solids content (75% increase) as well as aboveground nitrogen (N) and phosphate (P) content by 28 and 40%, respectively. The comparisons among BE types demonstrated that especially non-microbial products, such as extracts and humic/amino acids, have the potential to increase biomass growth by 40–60% and aboveground P content by 54–110%. The soil pH strongly influenced the efficiency of the applied BE with the highest effects in acidic soils. Our results showed that BEs are most suitable for promoting the quality of legumes and increasing the yield of fruits, herbs, and legumes. We illustrate that it is crucial to optimize the application of BEs with respect to the right application time and technique (e.g., placement, foliar). Our results provide an important basis for future research on the mechanisms underlying crop improvement by the application of BEs and on the development of new BE products. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-03-01 /pmc/articles/PMC8921507/ /pubmed/35300013 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.816438 Text en Copyright © 2022 Herrmann, Wang, Hartung, Hartmann, Zhang, Nkebiwe, Chen, Müller and Yang. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
spellingShingle Plant Science
Herrmann, Michelle Natalie
Wang, Yuan
Hartung, Jens
Hartmann, Tobias
Zhang, Wei
Nkebiwe, Peteh Mehdi
Chen, Xinping
Müller, Torsten
Yang, Huaiyu
A Global Network Meta-Analysis of the Promotion of Crop Growth, Yield, and Quality by Bioeffectors
title A Global Network Meta-Analysis of the Promotion of Crop Growth, Yield, and Quality by Bioeffectors
title_full A Global Network Meta-Analysis of the Promotion of Crop Growth, Yield, and Quality by Bioeffectors
title_fullStr A Global Network Meta-Analysis of the Promotion of Crop Growth, Yield, and Quality by Bioeffectors
title_full_unstemmed A Global Network Meta-Analysis of the Promotion of Crop Growth, Yield, and Quality by Bioeffectors
title_short A Global Network Meta-Analysis of the Promotion of Crop Growth, Yield, and Quality by Bioeffectors
title_sort global network meta-analysis of the promotion of crop growth, yield, and quality by bioeffectors
topic Plant Science
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8921507/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35300013
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.816438
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