
Biostimulants for Improving Reproductive Growth and Crop Yield
- 1st Edition - January 29, 2025
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Editors: Shubhpriya Gupta, Karel Dolezal, Johannes Van Staden
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 3 2 0 7 - 0
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 3 2 0 8 - 7
Biostimulants for Improving Reproductive Growth and Crop Yield highlights their importance as a mechanism, specifically for this result. Intended to transform the latest scientifi… Read more

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Request a sales quoteBiostimulants for Improving Reproductive Growth and Crop Yield highlights their importance as a mechanism, specifically for this result. Intended to transform the latest scientific research into practical application, the book focuses on the effects of biostimulants on flower and fruit development and set, early flowering, pollen viability, germination, and other reproductive aspects. It covers a sustainable approach in utilization of these promising biostimulants in agriculture, horticulture, and floriculture for better productivity, and to feed a growing world population.
Biostimulants are a group of substances of natural origin and/or microorganisms that offers the potential to reduce the dependency on harmful chemical fertilizers that cause environmental degradation. The application of biostimulants represents one of the most innovative and promising strategies to improve crop productivity.
- Focuses on the biochemical, physiological, and molecular mode of action of biostimulants
- Includes the effects of both organic and inorganic biostimulants
- Details the role of biostimulants in sexual and asexual reproductive results
- Title of Book
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- List of contributors
- Preface
- Chapter one. Changing agricultural paradigms for a cleaner more sustainable future
- Abstract
- Industrial crop production, environmental degradation, and human health problems
- The “chemical paradigm” of modern industrial crop production
- Regenerative techniques to shape sustainable agriculture
- Microbial biostimulants to replace fungicides
- Weed control agents
- Microbes and plant nutrients
- Soil carbon
- Algal extracts to feed soil microbes
- Humates as biostimulants (how they work)
- Biostimulant microbes
- Biostimulants and crop yield
- Conclusions
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter two. Understanding the modes and mechanisms of action of plant biostimulants for improved crop productivity
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Modes and mechanisms of action of biostimulants: terminology and definitions
- Primary sources of raw materials for biostimulant composition
- Mechanisms and modes of action of selected biostimulants
- Conclusions and future prospects
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter three. A biostimulant screening platform for plant reproduction and fertility
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Materials and methods
- Extract collection
- Experimental design
- Plant measurements
- Pollen analysis of quality and quantity
- Seed development stage
- Image and statistics analysis
- Results and discussion
- Conclusions
- Fundings
- Appendix A. Supplemental materials
- Appendix A. Supplemental materials
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter four. Role of biostimulants in flowering
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Flowering and crop productivity
- Role of biostimulants in the promotion of flowering
- Biostimulant regulation of flowering
- Conclusions
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter five. Biostimulant priming for seedling emergence and quality of vegetable crops
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Importance of high-quality vegetable seedlings
- Factors affecting successful emergence and subsequent growth
- Methods of biostimulant priming in vegetables
- General evaluation and future prospects
- Conclusions
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter six. Application of biostimulants for vegetative reproduction of plants with special reference to bulbs, corms, tubers, rhizomes, and stolons
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Effect of different biostimulants on the growth of bulbous/rhizomatous/tuberous plants
- Conclusions and future perspectives on the use of biostimulants
- References
- Chapter seven. Microalgal and cyanobacterial biostimulants used in wheat and maize production
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Microalgae and cyanobacteria in wheat production
- Microalgae in maize production
- Mass cultivation of biostimulating microalgae and cyanobacteria
- Conclusions and future prospects
- References
- Chapter eight. Role of biostimulants in improving yield and seed quality of marketable crops
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Effect of biostimulants on seeds
- Effect of biostimulants on roots
- Effects of biostimulants on shoot
- Effects of biostimulants on soil and microorganisms
- Effects of biostimulants on crop yield
- Effects of biostimulants on grain quality
- Conclusions
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter nine. Improving crop yield and produce quality using biostimulants
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Effects of algal biostimulants on crop yield and quality
- Effects of plant-derived protein hydrolysates on crop yield and quality
- Effects of humic substances on crop yield and quality
- Effects of microbial biostimulants on crop yield and quality
- Conclusions
- Acknowledgment
- References
- Chapter ten. A pragmatic approach to transform fruit quality and yield enhancement using plant biostimulants
- Abstract
- Abbreviation
- Introduction
- Effect of biostimulants on growth, quality, and yield of fruits
- Effect of different formulations of biostimulants on several fruit crops
- Apple
- Mango
- Grape
- Guava
- Pomegranate
- Apricot
- Strawberry
- Tomato
- Conclusions
- References
- Chapter eleven. Effect of biostimulants on yield and fruit quality of different crops
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Biostimulants
- Effect of different types of biostimulants on yield and fruit quality
- Effect of biostimulants on yield traits
- Biostimulant-induced changes in fruit quality
- Conclusions
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: January 29, 2025
- Imprint: Academic Press
- No. of pages: 330
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443132070
- eBook ISBN: 9780443132087
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Shubhpriya Gupta
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Karel Dolezal
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