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 …

Natural and artificial humic substances to manage minerals, ions, water, and soil microorganisms

F Yang, C Tang, M Antonietti - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The chemistry of humic substances (HSs) occurs hidden from our sight, but is of key
importance to agriculture and the environment, and nowadays even to medicine and …

The central role of soil organic matter in soil fertility and carbon storage

J Gerke - Soil Systems, 2022 - mdpi.com
The aim of the paper is to give an overview on the chemistry of soil organic carbon (SOC)
affecting nutrient availability, the emission of greenhouse gases and detoxifying harmful …

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 …

Plant biostimulants: physiological responses induced by protein hydrolyzed-based products and humic substances in plant metabolism

S Nardi, D Pizzeghello, M Schiavon, A Ertani - Scientia Agricola, 2016 - SciELO Brasil
In recent years, the use of biostimulants in sustainable agriculture has been growing.
Biostimulants can be obtained from different organic materials and include humic …

A meta-analysis and review of plant-growth response to humic substances: practical implications for agriculture

MT Rose, AF Patti, KR Little, AL Brown… - Advances in …, 2014 - Elsevier
The breakdown products of plant and animal remains, extracted in an alkaline solution, are
commonly referred to as humic substances (HS). They can be extracted from a wide variety …

Humic substances contribute to plant iron nutrition acting as chelators and biostimulants

L Zanin, N Tomasi, S Cesco, Z Varanini… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Improvement of plant iron nutrition as a consequence of metal complexation by humic
substances (HS) extracted from different sources has been widely reported. The presence of …

Humic substances biological activity at the plant-soil interface: from environmental aspects to molecular factors

S Trevisan, O Francioso, S Quaggiotti… - Plant signaling & …, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Humic substances (HS) represent the organic material mainly widespread in nature. HS
have positive effects on plant physiology by improving soil structure and fertility and by …

Interactions between humic substances and microorganisms and their implications for nature-like bioremediation technologies

NA Kulikova, IV Perminova - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
The state of the art of the reported data on interactions between microorganisms and HSs is
presented herein. The properties of HSs are discussed in terms of microbial utilization …

Hypothetical framework integrating the main mechanisms involved in the promoting action of rhizospheric humic substances on plant root-and shoot-growth

M Olaetxea, D De Hita, CA Garcia, M Fuentes… - Applied Soil …, 2018 - Elsevier
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 …