Biostimulants in Agriculture

9 December 2024
18 January 2025
Physiologia Plantarum Special Issue: Biostimulants in Agriculture

The studies gathered in this special issue explore how biostimulants can help solve some of agriculture's biggest challenges. These studies investigate how biostimulants improve nutrient use efficiency, enhance plant stress tolerance, boost growth and increase quality traits. They also explore new formulations, like nanoparticles, and innovative concepts, such as glycostimulation, which uses various glycomolecules to enhance plant growth.

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Biostimulants in Agriculture: Editorial

Petronia Carillo,  Jean-Christophe Avice,  Marta W. Vasconcelos,  Patrick du Jardin,  Patrick H. Brown, 

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The soil application of a plant-derived protein hydrolysate speeds up selectively the ripening-specific processes in table grape

Marika Peli,  Stefano Ambrosini,  Daniela Sorio,  Fabrizia Pasquarelli,  Anita Zamboni,  Zeno Varanini, 
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Antioxidant activity and comparative RNA-seq analysis support mitigating effects of an algae-based biostimulant on drought stress in tomato plants

Paolo Cerruti,  Cristina Campobenedetto,  Elisa Montrucchio,  Chiara Agliassa,  Valeria Contartese,  Alberto Acquadro,  Cinzia Margherita Bertea, 
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Unravelling the biostimulant activity of a protein hydrolysate in lettuce plants under optimal and low N availability: a multi-omics approach

Sonia Monterisi,  Pascual Garcia-Perez,  Valentina Buffagni,  Monica Yorlady Alzate Zuluaga,  Michele Ciriello,  Luigi Formisano,  Christophe El-Nakhel,  Mariateresa Cardarelli,  Giuseppe Colla,  Youssef Rouphael,  Francesco Cristofano,  Stefano Cesco,  Luigi Lucini,  Youry Pii, 
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Is the application of bioactive anti-stress substances with a seaweed-derived biostimulant effective under adequate growth conditions?

Daniel Velasco-Clares,  Eloy Navarro-León,  Santiago Atero-Calvo,  Juan M. Ruiz,  Begoña Blasco, 
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Chitosan-fulvic acid nanoparticles enhance drought tolerance in maize via antioxidant defense and transcriptional reprogramming

Alexander Brown,  Tiba Nazar Ibrahim Al-Azawi,  Nusrat Jahan Methela,  Nkulu Kabange Rolly,  Murtaza Khan,  Mwondha Faluku,  Vu Ngoc Huy,  Da-Sol Lee,  Bong-Gyu Mun,  Adil Hussian,  Byung-Wook Yun, 
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Glycomolecules: from “sweet immunity” to “sweet biostimulation”?

I. Boulogne,  C. Mirande-Ney,  S. Bernard,  M. Bardor,  J.-C. Mollet,  P. Lerouge,  A. Driouich, 
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Enhancing wheat growth and nutrient content through integrated microbial and non-microbial biostimulants

Devashish Pathak,  Archna Suman,  Anchal Dass,  Pushpendra Sharma,  Aswini Krishnan,  Shrikant Gond, 
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A Plant biostimulant prepared from Ascophyllum nodosum Induces Flowering by Regulating the MIR156-mediated Age Pathway in Arabidopsis

Ramin Bahmani,  Balakrishnan Prithiviraj, 
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The loss-of-function of AtNATA2 enhances AtADC2-dependent putrescine biosynthesis and priming, improving growth and salinity tolerance in Arabidopsis

Francisco Ignacio Jasso-Robles,  Carlos Eduardo Aucique-Perez,  Sanja Ćavar Zeljković,  Iñigo Saiz-Fernández,  Pavel Klimeš,  Nuria De Diego, 
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An Innovative Approach: Alleviating Cadmium Toxicity in Grapevine Seedlings Using Smoke Solution Derived from the Burning of Vineyard Pruning Waste

Adem Yağcı,  Selda Daler,  Ozkan Kaya, 
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Various extracts of the brown seaweed Cystoseira barbata with different compositions exert biostimulant effects on seedling growth of wheat

Hande Mutlu-Durak,  Yagmur Arikan-Algul,  Engin Bayram,  Berat Z. Haznedaroglu,  Umit Baris Kutman,  Bahar Yildiz Kutman, 
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Rhizophagus irregularis and biochar can synergistically improve the physiological characteristics of saline-alkali resistance of switchgrass

Yuqiang Wen,  Feng Shi,  Bo Zhang,  Kun Li,  Wei Chang,  Xiaoxu Fan,  Chang Lei Dai,  Fuqiang Song, 
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Glycine betaine: A multifaceted protectant against salt stress in Indian mustard through ionic homeostasis, ROS scavenging and osmotic regulation

Shaistul Islam,  Firoz Mohammad,  Adnan Shakeel,  Francisco J. Corpas, 
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Insights into Bacillus zanthoxyli HS1-mediated systemic tolerance: multifunctional implications for enhanced plant tolerance to abiotic stresses

Anahita Barghi,  Ho Won Jung, 
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Exogenous alpha-lipoic acid treatments reduce the oxidative damage caused by drought stress in two grapevine rootstocks

Selda Daler,  Ozkan Kaya, 
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Optimizing oilseed rape growth: Exploring the effect of foliar biostimulants on the interplay among metabolism, phenology, and yield

María Ancín,  David Soba,  Pedro J. Picazo,  Angie L. Gámez,  Jean-François Le Page,  Diane Houdusse,  Iker Aranjuelo, 
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Combined application of myo-inositol and corn steep liquor enhances seedling growth and cold tolerance in cucumber and tomato

Shilong Sun,  Xinjun Zhang,  Cuicui Wang,  Qi Yu,  Hongli Yang,  Weimin Xu,  Tao Wang,  Lihong Gao,  Xiangqing Meng,  Sha Luo,  Lianhong Zhang,  Qing Chen,  Wenna Zhang,