Humic and fulvic acids as biostimulants in horticulture

LP Canellas, FL Olivares, NO Aguiar, DL Jones… - Scientia horticulturae, 2015 - Elsevier
Maintaining food production for a growing world population without compromising natural
resources for future generations represents one of the greatest challenges for agricultural …

Agricultural uses of plant biostimulants

P Calvo, L Nelson, JW Kloepper - Plant and soil, 2014 - Springer
Background Plant biostimulants are diverse substances and microorganisms used to
enhance plant growth. The global market for biostimulants is projected to increase 12% per …

Physiological responses to humic substances as plant growth promoter

LP Canellas, FL Olivares - Chemical and Biological Technologies in …, 2014 - Springer
Humic substances (HS) have been widely recognized as a plant growth promoter mainly by
changes on root architecture and growth dynamics, which result in increased root size …

Humic substances: Determining potential molecular regulatory processes in plants

ZH Shah, HM Rehman, T Akhtar… - Frontiers in plant …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Humic substances (HSs) have considerable effects on soil fertility and crop productivity
owing to their unique physiochemical and biochemical properties, and play a vital role in …

The auxin-producing Bacillus thuringiensis RZ2MS9 promotes the growth and modifies the root architecture of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum cv. Micro-Tom)

BD Batista, MN Dourado, EF Figueredo… - Archives of …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Strains of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) are commonly commercialized as bioinoculants
for insect pest control, but their benefits go beyond their insecticidal property: they can act as …

Plant physiological and molecular responses triggered by humic based biostimulants-a way forward to sustainable agriculture

P Rathor, LY Gorim, MS Thilakarathna - Plant and Soil, 2023 - Springer
Background The global population is increasing at a pace that food security has become a
major concern. The 20th-century Green Revolution saved billions of people from starvation …

Substrate biofortification in combination with foliar sprays of plant growth promoting bacteria and humic substances boosts production of organic tomatoes

FL Olivares, NO Aguiar, RCC Rosa, LP Canellas - Scientia Horticulturae, 2015 - Elsevier
Global demand for organic produce has increased by ca. 20% annually as consumers
express increasing concerns over pesticide residues in their food. Organic tomato farming …

Humic substance: relationship between structure and activity. Deeper information suggests univocal findings

A Muscolo, M Sidari, S Nardi - Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 2013 - Elsevier
The complexity of humic substances (HS) and their remarkable properties in agricultural
applications has attracted and continue to attain the attention of many investigators, bringing …

Humic acids induce a eustress state via photosynthesis and nitrogen metabolism leading to a root growth improvement in rice plants

TAT de Castro, RLL Berbara, OCH Tavares… - Plant Physiology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
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 …

Soil–root cross‐talking: The role of humic substances

S Nardi, A Ertani, O Francioso - Journal of Plant Nutrition and …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The biological activity of humic substances (HS) has been elucidated in the last 40 years.
Growth enhancement from HS has been demonstrated in several plants in the laboratory …