The application of mulch films for preserving soil moisture and preventing weed growth has been a part of agricultural practice for decades. Different materials have been used as mulch …
M Vargas-Hernandez, I Macias-Bobadilla… - Frontiers in plant …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Over time plants developed complex mechanisms in order to adapt themselves to the environment. Plant innate immunity is one of the most important mechanisms for the …
Drought is one of the important abiotic stress factors that affect crop productivity worldwide. In recent years, applications of biopolymer chitosan on plants have received attention due to …
JN Nkoh, P Guan, J Li, R Xu - Chemosphere, 2024 - Elsevier
Chitosan is a biodegradable polymer with a vast range of applications. Along with its metal composites, chitosan has been applied in the remediation of polluted soils as well as a …
Background In recent years, ecofriendly compounds such as chitosan has been used to alleviate the destructive effects of salt stress. Chitosan is a natural biodegradable compound …
G Bakhoum, M Sadak, M Tawfic - Egyptian Journal of …, 2022 - ejchem.journals.ekb.eg
Chitosan is a natural biopolymer formed from chitins that considered as an effective bioregulator and elicitor in agriculture. Therefore, this investigation was done to study the …
SM El-Miniawy, ME Ragab, SM Youssef… - Res. J. Agric. Biol …, 2013 - researchgate.net
The study was carried out to investigate the effect of foliar sprayings of chitosan extract (2.5 or 5.0 ml/l) with different number of applications (once, twice or three times) on growth …
MS Sadak, IM Talaat - Bulletin of the National Research Centre, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Background Chitosan and Ca+ are natural signal molecules that can be used in agriculture as biostimulants and elicitors. They enhance different physiological responses …
N Moolphuerk, T Lawson… - Journal of Crop …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The ability of chitosan to promote rice growth, physiological traits, and photosynthetic performance in rice seedlings under drought stress was investigated. Rice seedlings (Oryza …