Biostimulants for Crops from Seed Germination to Plant Development A Practical Approach
Coordonnateurs : Gupta Shubhpriya, Van Staden Johannes
Biostimulants for crops from seed germination to plant development focuses on the effects and roles of natural biostimulants in every aspect of plant growth development to reduce the use of harmful chemical fertilizers and pesticides.
Biostimulants are a group of substances of natural origin that offer a potential to reduce the dependency on harmful chemical fertilizers causing environmental degradation. While there is extensive literature on biostimulants, there remains a gap in understanding how natural biostimulants work and their practical application. This book fills that gap, presenting the ways in which biostimulants enhance seed vigor and plant productivity by looking into their mode of action, an area still being researched for deeper understanding. Exploring the roles of seed germination, pollen tube formation, pollen-pistil interaction, flower and fruit setting, to plant pigments, rhizospheric and soil microorganisms, the book also sheds light on the challenges and realistic opportunities for the use of natural biostimulants.
1. Introduction to natural biostimulants 2. Mode of application of biostimulants 3. Role of natural biostimulants in seed germination 4. Influence of biostimulants on pollen tube development 5. Role of biostimulants in pollen-pistil interaction 6. Biostimulants for flower and fruit set 7. Enhancing plant pigments using natural biostimulants 8. Biostimulants and development of shoot and root 9. Effect of biostimulants on rhizospheric and soil microorganisms 10. Effect of biostimulants on antioxidant properties of plants 11. Biostimulants in enhancing nutrition efficiency of crops 12. Cellular and metabolic effects of natural biostimulants 13. Biostimulants in improving yield and shelf-life of crops 14. Contribution of biostimulants in improving soil health 15. Role of biostimulants in the regulation of phytohormone biosynthesis in plants 16. Disease management using biostimulants 17. Role of biostimulants in mitigating biotic and abiotic stress 18. The biochemical, physiological and molecular mode of action of biostimulants 19. Commercial natural biostimulants and their role in plant growth development 20. The current and future directions in biostimulant research
Ph.D. in Botany from university of Natal, South Africa in 1970. He is the director of the Research Centre for Plant Growth and Development, University of Natal, South Africa. His research field includes plant hormones, biostimulants, seed germination, senescence, stress physiology, post-harvest physiology, biotechnology and plant tissue culture, ethnobotany, secondary products and ethnomedicine. Prof Van Staden has supervised 82 MSc and 100 Ph.D. students and 70 Post-Docs. He is the author/co-author of more than 1400 papers which have been published in ISI rated journals. He has a number of publications that qualify as ‘citation classics’ (over 100 citations). Prof Van Staden is former Editor-in-Chief of the South African Journal of Botany.
- Approaches biostimulant research with the goal of transforming scientific research into practical application
- Includes real-world examples from laboratory, greenhouse and field experiments
- Presents the biochemical, physiological and molecular mode of action of biostimulants
Date de parution : 06-2021
Ouvrage de 489 p.
19x23.3 cm
Thèmes de Biostimulants for Crops from Seed Germination to Plant... :
Mots-clés :
Plant growth; Abiotic and biotic stress; Abiotic stress; Acclimatization; AMPEP; Antioxidant defense; Antioxidants; Ascophyllum nodosum; Bacterial biostimulants; Biocontrol agent; Bioregulators; Biostimulant industry; Biostimulant; Biostimulants; Biotic and abiotic stress resistance; Biotic stress; Carotenoids; Categories; Chemical fertilizers; Chlorophyll; Chlorophyta; Commercial biostimulants; Crop protection; Crop quality; Disease management; Disease prevention; Drought; Edible weeds; Efficacy; Endophytic fungi; Enzyme activation; Field cultivation of seaweeds; Floriculture; Food security; Fruits; Global biostimulant market; Green agriculture; Green farming; Growth promoters; Hormone-like actions; Horticultural crops; Humic acid; Humic substances; Kappaphycus alvarezii; Kelpak; Microbial inoculants; Microorganisms; Micropropagation; Mineral deficiency; Mode(s) of action(s)Pigments; Natural and biosynthetic biostimulants; Nutrient availability; Nutrient concentrations; Nutrition efficiency; Ochrophyta; Orchids; Organic plant stimulants; Organogenesis; Pant productivity; Phytohormone production; Phytohormone; Phytohormones; Phytosynthesis; Plant biostimulants; Plant growth promotion; Plant growth; Plant immunity; Plant pathogens; Plant signaling; Production; Protein hydrolysates; Reactive nitrogen species; Reactive oxygen species; Redox homeostasis; Registration; Rhodophyta; Salinity; Seaweed extracts; Seaweed vermicompost; Seaweed-derived extract biostimulant; Seaweeds; Seed germination; Seedling establishment; Shelf-life; Smoke water; Smoke; Soil microbes; Soil nutrients biostimulant; Somatic embryogenesis; Stresses; Sustainable agriculture; Transcriptional regulation; Underutilized vegetables; Vegetables; Vermicompost leachate; Yield
