Intervention effectmodel-written summary

Nickel deprivation reduced early soybean growth.

A claim from Nickel: An Essential Micronutrient for Legumes and Possibly All Higher Plants · 1983

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Nickel deprivation reduced early soybean growth.

Taxon
SoybeanGlycine maxt0
Treatment
Nickel deprivatione0
Outcome
early growthe0
Direction
reductione0

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Glycine max
Glycine max · TaxonPublic domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e0

“Nickel deprivation resulted in delayed nodulation and in a reduction of early growth.”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 257–342
t0

“Soybean plants deprived of nickel accumulated toxic concentrations of urea”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 0–74

Title

Nickel: An Essential Micronutrient for Legumes and Possibly All Higher Plants

David L. Eskew; Ross M. Welch; Earle E. Cary Science 1983. doi:10.1126/science.222.4624.621

Other claims from this paper (4)

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nickel atom · growth · Glycine max (soybean)Results differ

11 papers: 5 positive, 6 negative or no effect

5 papers in the same direction as this claim · 5 in the opposite direction

  1. positive
    Soybean plants from Ni-depleted seed that received external Ni had 9.2% higher biomass than plants from Ni-sufficient seeds that received Ni.

    Unravelling the fate of foliar-applied nickel in soybean: a comprehensive investigation · 2024 · compared with plants derived from Ni-sufficient seeds which received Ni

    Opposite directionCites this paper

  2. positive
    Free-living R. japonicum requires Ni for growth under chemolithotrophic conditions.

    Nickel: A micronutrient element for hydrogen-dependent growth of Rhizobium japonicum and for expression of urease activity in soybean leaves · 1983

    Opposite direction

  3. positive
    Combined exposure of NiO nanoparticles (50 mg kg-1) and B. subtilis increased soybean root length and shoot length by 19% to 26%.

    Co-exposure impact of nickel oxide nanomaterials and Bacillus subtilis on soybean growth and nitrogen assimilation dynamics · 2024

    Opposite direction

  4. positive
    Combined treatment produced 14.36 g dry mass versus 6.50 g without inoculation or micronutrients.

    Supplementation with Mo, Co, and Ni Enhances the Effectiveness of Co-Inoculation with the Rhizobacteria Azospirillum brasilense and Bradyrhizobium diazoefficiens in Soybean · 2025 · compared with non-inoculated and non-micronutrient-treated plants

    Opposite direction

  5. positive
    Soil nickel increased leaf dry matter by 8%.

    Nickel Enhances Soybean Growth and Resilience to Iron Stress by Improving Gas Exchange and Antioxidant Metabolism · 2026

    Opposite direction

  6. negative
    Nickel stress reduced soybean shoot length by 37.23% versus control.

    Jasmonic Acid Modulates the Physio-Biochemical Attributes, Antioxidant Enzyme Activity, and Gene Expression in Glycine max under Nickel Toxicity · 2016 · compared with control

    Same direction

  7. negative
    Nickel reduced root and shoot dry weights.

    Interactive effects of gibberellin A3 and ascorbic acid on lipid peroxidation and antioxidant enzyme activities in Glycine max seedlings under nickel stress · 2007

    Same direction

  8. negative
    Nickel at 120 mg/kg in soil decreased plant height by 35% relative to the control.

    Impact of a Longwave UV-B Radiation on Soybean Plants Grown at Increased Nickel Concentration in Soil · 2019 · compared with control (C-0)

    Same direction

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