Biostimulants for Crops from Seed Germination to Plant Development

A Practical Approach

Shubhpriya Gupta, Johannes Van Staden

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Year: 2021
• Print ISBN: 9780128230480
• eBook ISBN: 9780128229965
• Topic: Scienze biologiche
• Subtopic: Botanica

Biostimulants for crops from seed germination to plant development focuses on the effects and roles of natural biostimulants in every aspect of plant growth development to reduce the use of harmful chemical fertilizers and pesticides. Biostimulants are a group of substances of natural origin that offer a potential to reduce the dependency on harmful chemical fertilizers causing environmental degradation. While there is extensive literature on biostimulants, there remains a gap in understanding how natural biostimulants work and their practical application. This book fills that gap, presenting the ways in which biostimulants enhance seed vigor and plant productivity by looking into their mode of action, an area still being researched for deeper understanding. Exploring the roles of seed germination, pollen tube formation, pollen-pistil interaction, flower and fruit setting, to plant pigments, rhizospheric and soil microorganisms, the book also sheds light on the challenges and realistic opportunities for the use of natural biostimulants. - Approaches biostimulant research with the goal of transforming scientific research into practical application - Includes real-world examples from laboratory, greenhouse and field experiments - Presents the biochemical, physiological and molecular mode of action of biostimulants

Table of contents

• Title of Book
• Cover image
• Title page
• Table of Contents
• Copyright
• Contributors
• Preface
• Chapter 1 Categories of various plant biostimulants – mode of application and shelf-life
• Chapter 2 Biostimulants, the cinderella for plant development
• Chapter 3 Smoke, seaweed extracts, and vermicompost leachates—classical natural plant biostimulants
• Chapter 4 Integrating biostimulants in agrosystem to promote soil health and plant growth
• Chapter 5 Influence of plant biostimulant application on seed germination
• Chapter 6 Role of fire and fire cues in seed germination, seedling vigor, and establishment of species from fire-prone vegetation and its potential in African underutilized leafy vegetables and edible weeds: a review
• Chapter 7 Enhancing plant pigments using natural biostimulants
• Chapter 8 Insights into the biostimulatory effects of chitosan in propagation of orchid bioresources
• Chapter 9 Effects of seaweed extracts on the in vitro multiplication of plants
• Chapter 10 Biostimulants in modern agriculture: fitting round biological effects into square regulatory holes
• Chapter 11 Biostimulant applications in low-input cultivation systems to enhance nutrition efficiency of crops
• Chapter 12 Extracts of seaweeds used as biostimulants on land and sea crops—an efficacious, phyconomic, circular blue economy: with special reference to Ascophyllum (brown) and Kappaphycus (red) seaweeds
• Chapter 13 Perspectives on the global biostimulant market: applications, volumes, and values, 2016 data and projections to 2022
• Chapter 14 Potential of seaweed extracts and humate-containing biostimulants in mitigating abiotic stress in plants
• Chapter 15 Biostimulants and the modulation of plant antioxidant systems and properties
• Chapter 16 Endophytic fungi as biostimulants: an efficient tool for plant growth promotion under biotic and abiotic stress conditions
• Chapter 17 Application of bacterial biostimulants in promoting growth and disease prevention in crop plants
• Chapter 18 Disease management using biostimulants
• Chapter 19 Biostimulants: potential benefits of enhancing nutrition efficiency in agronomic and horticultural crops
• Chapter 20 Modes of action of biostimulants in plants
• Index