Maintaining food production for a growing world population without compromising natural
resources for future generations represents one of the greatest challenges for agricultural …

Humic acids (HAs) are natural organic polymers that are widely distributed in terrestrial soils,
natural water, and sediments. Due to their excellent physical and chemical properties, HAs …

The demand for biostimulants has been growing at an annual rate of 10 and 12.4% in
Europe and Northern America, respectively. The beneficial effects of humic substances (HS) …

The ability of rhizospheric humic substances to improve plant growth has been well
established by many studies carried out using diverse plant species cultivated under many …

Background Global market of humic substances has been increasing steadily based on the
perception of the multifunctional properties as plant biostimulant, microbial vehicle and plant …

Sažetak The present review highlights the recent applications of mid-infrared spectroscopy
and in particular of diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRIFT) and attenuated total reflectance …

Abstract Knowledge of the structure-property-function relationship of humic substances
(HSs) is key for understanding their role in soil. Despite progress, studies on this topic are …

Lignin is a by-product of biorefineries and paper mills and is usually discarded or burnt.
However, it may represent a source of novel fertilising products, able to support the …

Chemical eustressors induce a eustress state “positive stress” increasing the resistance and
improve the plant growth. The potentiality of humic acids (HA) to act as a eustressor has …

Carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) and nano-silica (nano-SiO2) are widely used in the field of
life science because of their special physical and chemical properties. In this study, the …