Strategies and prospects for biostimulants to alleviate abiotic stress in plants

Y Ma, H Freitas, MC Dias - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Global climate change-induced abiotic stresses (eg, drought, salinity, extreme temperatures,
heavy metals, and UV radiation) have destabilized the fragile agroecosystems and impaired …

Biostimulants on crops: Their impact under abiotic stress conditions

G Franzoni, G Cocetta, B Prinsi, A Ferrante, L Espen - Horticulturae, 2022 - mdpi.com
Biostimulants are agronomic tools that have been gaining importance in the reduction of
fertilizer applications. They can improve the yield of crop** systems or preventing crop …

[HTML][HTML] Plant biostimulants: Importance of the quality and yield of horticultural crops and the improvement of plant tolerance to abiotic stress—A review

M Drobek, M Frąc, J Cybulska - Agronomy, 2019 - mdpi.com
Biostimulants are among the natural preparations that improve the general health, vitality,
and growth of plants and protect them against infections. They can be successfully used in …

Mycoparasitism as a mechanism of Trichoderma-mediated suppression of plant diseases

PK Mukherjee, A Mendoza-Mendoza, S Zeilinger… - Fungal Biology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Trichoderma spp. are widely used as plant disease biocontrol agents in agriculture.
Mycoparasitism, which is an ancestral trait of Trichoderma, is one of the most important …

Synergistic biostimulatory action: Designing the next generation of plant biostimulants for sustainable agriculture

Y Rouphael, G Colla - Frontiers in plant science, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Over the past 10 years, interest in plant biostimulants (PBs) has been on the rise compelled
by the growing interest of scientists, extension specialists, private industry, and growers in …

Seed coating: a tool for delivering beneficial microbes to agricultural crops

I Rocha, Y Ma, P Souza-Alonso, M Vosátka… - Frontiers in plant …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Plant beneficial microbes (PBMs), such as plant growth-promoting bacteria, rhizobia,
arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, and Trichoderma, can reduce the use of agrochemicals and …

Endophytic fungi: hidden treasure chest of antimicrobial metabolites interrelationship of endophytes and metabolites

P Jha, T Kaur, I Chhabra, A Panja, S Paul… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Endophytic fungi comprise host-associated fungal communities which thrive within the
tissues of host plants and produce a diverse range of secondary metabolites with various …

Biofertilizers and biocontrol agents for agriculture: How to identify and develop new potent microbial strains and traits

AM Pirttilä, H Mohammad Parast Tabas, N Baruah… - Microorganisms, 2021 - mdpi.com
Microbiological tools, biofertilizers, and biocontrol agents, which are bacteria and fungi
capable of providing beneficial outcomes in crop plant growth and health, have been …

Biostimulant action of protein hydrolysates: Unraveling their effects on plant physiology and microbiome

G Colla, L Hoagland, M Ruzzi, M Cardarelli… - Frontiers in plant …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Plant-derived protein hydrolysates (PHs) have gained prominence as plant biostimulants
because of their potential to increase the germination, productivity and quality of a wide …

[HTML][HTML] Plant biostimulants: Definition, concept, main categories and regulation

P Du Jardin - Scientia horticulturae, 2015 - Elsevier
A plant biostimulant is any substance or microorganism applied to plants with the aim to
enhance nutrition efficiency, abiotic stress tolerance and/or crop quality traits, regardless of …