Agricultural biostimulants are a group of substances or microorganisms, based on natural resources, that are applied to plants or soils to improve nutrient uptake and plant growth, and provide better tolerance to various stresses. Their function is to stimulate the natural processes of plants, or to enrich the soil microbiome to improve plant growth, nutrition, abiotic and/or biotic stress tolerance, yield and quality of crop plants. Interest in plant biostimulants has been on the rise over the past 10 years, driven by the growing interest of researchers and farmers in environmentally-friendly tools for improved crop performance. Focusing on recent progress on biostimulants and their role in crop production and agricultural sustainability, this book includes: 31 chapters on a wide range of biostimulants and their role in plant growth stimulation and stress tolerance.Mechanism of actions of diverse groups of biostimulants, such as trace elements, plant and seaweed extracts, humic substances, polyamines, osmolytes, vitamins, nanoparticles and microorganisms.New promising biostimulants with novel modes of action. Improved crop production technologies are urgently needed to meet the growing demand for food for the ever-increasing global population by addressing the impacts of changing climate on agriculture. This book is of interest to researchers in agriculture, agronomy, crop and plant science, soil science and environmental science.
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Biostimulants for Crop Production and Sustainable Agriculture
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface
- Contributors
- 1 Biostimulants in Sustainable Agriculture
- 2 Diversity and Functions of Biostimulants in Crop Plants
- 3 Biostimulants for Promoting Eco-friendly Sustainable Agriculture
- 4 Biofortification for Crop Quality Enhancement
- 5 Biostimulant-induced Improvement of Soil Health and Water-use Efficiency in Plants
- 6 Silicon-based Biostimulators for Sustainable Agriculture
- 7 Application of Iodine, Selenium and Silicon for Promotion of Crop Production
- 8 Organic Manure for Promoting Sustainable Agriculture
- 9 Use of Organic Substrates in Sustainable Horticulture
- 10 Biostimulants: An Alternative to Chemical Pesticides for Crop Protection
- 11 Role of Humic Substances on Growth and Yield of Crop plant
- 12 Growth-stimulating Effects of Chitosan Biopolymer in Plants
- 13 Effect of Plant Extracts on Improvement of Crop Yield
- 14 Use of Seaweed Extracts for Enhancement of Crop Production
- 15 Biostimulants for Plant Abiotic Stress Tolerance
- 16 Molecular Priming of Plants with Biostimulants: An Effective Strategy for Alleviation of Environmental Stresses in Crop Plants
- 17 Biostimulants as Regulators of Stress Metabolites to Enhance Drought and Salinity Stress Tolerance in Plants
- 18 Seed Priming with Biostimulants for Better Crop Production under Stresses
- 19 Biological Trace Elements Confer Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants
- 20 Role of Polyamines in Abiotic and Biotic Stress Tolerance in Plants
- 21 Role of Osmolytes in Enhancement of Plant Abiotic Stress Tolerance
- 22 Enhancement of Plant Productivity and Stress Tolerance by the Application of an Exogenous Supply of Vitamins
- 23 Sugar Signaling in Plants under Physiological and Stress Conditions
- 24 Role of Nanoparticles in Improving Stress Tolerance in Crop Plants
- 25 Role of Organic Amendments in the Stress Tolerance of Plants
- 26 Endophytes as Potential Biostimulants to Enhance Plant Growth for Promoting Sustainable Agriculture
- 27 Plant Endophytes in Growth Promotion and Sustainable Management of Crop Pests
- 28 Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria as Biostimulants in Sustainable Crop Production
- 29 Endophytes: The Immune System Modulators of Rice Plants under Abiotic Stresses
- 30 Plant–Microorganism Interactions Remediate Heavy Metal-contaminated Ecosystems
- 31 Alleviation of Salinity Stress in Non-legumes by Beneficial Salt-tolerant Bacteria
- Index
- Back Cover
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