LEADER 11201nam 2202941z- 450 001 9910557546703321 005 20210501 035 $a(CKB)5400000000044139 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/68396 035 $a(oapen)doab68396 035 $a(EXLCZ)995400000000044139 100 $a20202105d2021 |y 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurmn|---annan 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aToward a Sustainable Agriculture Through Plant Biostimulants$eFrom Experimental Data to Practical Applications 210 $aBasel, Switzerland$cMDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute$d2021 215 $a1 online resource (708 p.) 311 08$a3-0365-0028-6 311 08$a3-0365-0029-4 330 $aOver the past decade, interest in plant biostimulants has been on the rise, compelled by the growing interest of researchers, extension specialists, private industries, and farmers in integrating these products in the array of environmentally friendly tools to secure improved crop performance, nutrient efficiency, product quality, and yield stability. Plant biostimulants include diverse organic and inorganic substances, natural compounds, and/or beneficial microorganisms such as humic acids, protein hydrolysates, seaweed and plant extracts, silicon, endophytic fungi like mycorrhizal fungi, and plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria belonging to the genera Azospirillum, Azotobacter, and Rhizobium. Other substances (e.g., chitosan and other biopolymers and inorganic compounds) can have biostimulant properties, but their classification within the group of biostimulants is still under consideration. Plant biostimulants are usually applied to high-value crops, mainly greenhouse crops, fruit trees and vines, open-field crops, flowers, and ornamentals to sustainably increase yield and product quality. The global biostimulant market is currently estimated at about $2.0 billion and is expected to reach $3.0 billion by 2021 at an annual growth rate of 13%. A growing interest in plant biostimulants from industries and scientists was demonstrated by the high number of published peer-reviewed articles, conferences, workshops, and symposia in the past ten years. This book compiles several original research articles, technology reports, methods, opinions, perspectives, and invited reviews and mini reviews dissecting the biostimulatory action of these natural compounds and substances and beneficial microorganisms on crops grown under optimal and suboptimal growing conditions (e.g., salinity, drought, nutrient deficiency and toxicity, heavy metal contaminations, waterlogging, and adverse soil pH conditions). Also included are contributions dealing with the effect as well as the molecular and physiological mechanisms of plant biostimulants on nutrient efficiency, product quality, and modulation of the microbial population both quantitatively and qualitatively. In addition, identification and understanding of the optimal method, time, rate of application and phenological stage for improving plant performance and resilience to stress as well as the best combinations of plant species/cultivar × environment × management practices are also reported. We strongly believe that high standard reflected in this compilation on the principles and practices of plant biostimulants will foster knowledge transfer among scientific communities, industries, and agronomists, and will enable a better understanding of the mode of action and application procedures of biostimulants in different cropping systems. 517 $aToward a Sustainable Agriculture Through Plant Biostimulants 606 $aBiology, life sciences$2bicssc 606 $aResearch and information: general$2bicssc 606 $aTechnology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes$2bicssc 610 $aabiotic stress 610 $aabiotic stresses 610 $aaeroponics 610 $aalfalfa brown juice 610 $aalfalfa hydrolysate 610 $aalgal polysaccharide 610 $aAM fungi 610 $aAMF associated bacteria 610 $aamino acids 610 $aanti-nutritional substances 610 $aantioxidant activity 610 $aantioxidant capacity 610 $aantioxidants 610 $aarbuscular mycorrhiza 610 $aarbuscular mycorrhizal fungi 610 $aarbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis 610 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