Paper · 1983 · Science

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

David L. Eskew; Ross M. Welch; Earle E. Cary

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Abstract

Soybean plants deprived of nickel accumulated toxic concentrations of urea (2.5 percent) in necrotic lesions on their leaflet tips. This occurred regardless of whether the plants were supplied with inorganic nitrogen or were dependent on nitrogen fixation. Nickel deprivation resulted in delayed nodulation and in a reduction of early growth. Addition of nickel (1 microgram per liter) to the nutrient media prevented urea accumulation, necrosis, and growth reductions. This evidence suggests that nickel is essential for soybeans and possibly for higher plants in general.

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Observationobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Nickel-deprived soybean accumulated toxic urea in necrotic leaflet-tip lesions.

Taxon
SoybeanGlycine maxe0
Organ / stage
leaflet tipse0
Treatment
deprived of nickele0
Outcome
toxic concentrations of ureae0
Value
2.5 percente0

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Glycine max
Glycine max · TaxonPublic domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Soybean plants deprived of nickel accumulated toxic concentrations of urea (2.5 percent) in necrotic lesions on their leaflet tips.”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Nickel deprivation delayed soybean nodulation.

Taxon
SoybeanGlycine maxt0
Treatment
Nickel deprivatione0
Outcome
nodulatione0
Direction
delayede0

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Glycine max
Glycine max · TaxonPublic domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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

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

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Nickel deprivation reduced early soybean growth.

Taxon
SoybeanGlycine maxt0
Treatment
Nickel deprivatione0
Outcome
early growthe0
Direction
reductione0

Not reportedComparator

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Glycine max
Glycine max · TaxonPublic domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 257–342 · show in text ↑
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“Soybean plants deprived of nickel accumulated toxic concentrations of urea”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Adding nickel to the nutrient medium prevented soybean urea accumulation, necrosis and growth reductions.

Taxon
SoybeanGlycine maxt0
Treatment
nickel (1 microgram per liter)e0
Outcome
urea accumulation, necrosis, and growth reductionse0
Direction
preventede0

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Glycine max
Glycine max · TaxonPublic domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Addition of nickel (1 microgram per liter) to the nutrient media prevented urea accumulation, necrosis, and growth reductions.”

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t0

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

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Observationauthor interpretationoriginal resultpositivebasis n/a

Claim · model-written summary

The authors infer that nickel is essential for soybean and possibly other higher plants.

Taxon
soybeansGlycine maxe0
Outcome
nickel is essentiale0
Qualifier
possibly for higher plants in generale0

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Glycine max
Glycine max · TaxonPublic domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“This evidence suggests that nickel is essential for soybeans and possibly for higher plants in general.”

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

11 papers: 5 positive, 6 negative or no effect

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nickel atom · symbiosis · Glycine max (soybean)Positive and negative results

7 papers: 5 positive, 2 negative or no effect

1 paper in the same direction as this paper · 5 in the opposite direction

  1. positive
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  3. positive

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nickel atom · disease · Glycine max (soybean)Results agree

2 papers: 2 positive, 0 negative or no effect

1 paper in the same direction as this paper

  1. positive
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