HIGHLIGHTS: Major environmental and genetic factors determining stress-related protein
abundance are discussed. Major aspects of protein biological function including protein …

An increasing need for a more sustainable agriculturally-productive system is required in
order to preserve soil fertility and reduce soil biodiversity loss. Microbial biostimulants are …

Plants defend themselves against ecological stresses including drought. Therefore, they
adopt various strategies to cope with stress, such as seepage and drought tolerance …

Under global climate change forecasts, the pressure of environmental stressors (and in
particular drought) on crop productivity is expected to rise and challenge further global food …

Besides improved mineral nutrition, plants colonised by arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi
often display increased biomass and higher tolerance to biotic and abiotic stresses …

The worldwide use of plant biostimulants (PBs) represents an environmentally friendly tool
to increase crop yield and productivity. PBs include different substances, compounds, and …

Global increase in water scarcity is a serious problem for sustaining crop productivity. The
lack of water causes the degeneration of the photosynthetic apparatus, an imbalance in key …

Soybean (Glycine max L.) is an economically important crop, and is cultivated worldwide,
although increasingly long periods of drought have reduced the productivity of this plant …

Background and aims Biostimulants of natural origin represent a growing ecological strategy
to increase crops productivity, especially when applied in combination with microbial …

Humic-like substances (HLSs) isolated by alkaline oxidative hydrolysis from lignin-rich agro-
industrial residues have been shown to exert biostimulant activity toward maize (Zea mays …