An overview of plant-based natural biostimulants for sustainable horticulture with a particular focus on moringa leaf extracts

F Zulfiqar, A Casadesús, H Brockman, S Munné-Bosch - Plant Science, 2020 - Elsevier
The horticulture sector is facing various challenges in the near future. Aside from
maintaining or even improving yields, sustainable horticulture production is crucial to …

Biostimulants application: A low input cropping management tool for sustainable farming of vegetables

MH Shahrajabian, C Chaski, N Polyzos… - Biomolecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Biostimulants, are a diverse class of compounds including substances or microorganism
which have positive impacts on plant growth, yield and chemical composition as well as …

Plant extracts-importance in sustainable agriculture

K Godlewska, D Ronga, I Michalak - Italian Journal of Agronomy, 2021 - agronomy.it
Plants due to the high content of various bioactive compounds are the main raw material for
production of valuable, and useful bio-products (eg., food, cosmetics, medicines …

Combating salinity through natural plant extracts based biostimulants: a review

A Ahmad, B Blasco, V Martos - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Enhanced crop growth and yield are the recurring concerns in agricultural field, considering
the soaring world population and climate change. Abiotic stresses are one of the major …

Plant-based biostimulants influence the agronomical, physiological, and qualitative responses of baby rocket leaves under diverse nitrogen conditions

I Di Mola, L Ottaiano, E Cozzolino, M Senatore… - Plants, 2019 - mdpi.com
Nitrogen is the primary technical means responsible for food production increase, but on the
other hand, wise management is needed because its excessive use can have a negative …

Effect of vegetal-and seaweed extract-based biostimulants on agronomical and leaf quality traits of plastic tunnel-grown baby lettuce under four regimes of nitrogen …

I Di Mola, E Cozzolino, L Ottaiano, M Giordano… - Agronomy, 2019 - mdpi.com
Nitrogen (N) fertilizers play a crucial role in agriculture, representing a powerful tool for
farmers for increasing yields throughout the seasons under both optimal and suboptimal …

Organic plant biostimulants and fruit quality—A review

M Rodrigues, JLC Baptistella, DC Horz, LM Bortolato… - Agronomy, 2020 - mdpi.com
Plant biostimulants have been increasingly used in agriculture. Plant biostimulants have
been mostly investigated regarding their stress attenuation and only a few reports have …

An overview of biostimulants' effects in saline soils

A Lakhdar, M Trigui, F Montemurro - Agronomy, 2023 - mdpi.com
The unsustainable use of natural resources and their overexploitation continue to be major
threats to global agriculture development. This practice increases the abiotic stresses …

Exploring the bio-control efficacy of Artemisia fragrans essential oil on the perennial weed Convolvulus arvensis: Inhibitory effects on the photosynthetic machinery …

M Pouresmaeil, MS Nojadeh, A Movafeghi… - Industrial Crops and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Convolvulus arvensis L.(Convolvulaceae), also known as 'field bindweed', is a
cosmopolitan weed causing important loss in crop productivity and yield worldwide. Many …

Biostimulants to improved tree physiology and fruit quality: A review with special focus on sweet cherry

S Afonso, I Oliveira, AS Meyer, B Gonçalves - Agronomy, 2022 - mdpi.com
Due to the increasing global population and the continued need to sustainably increase
agricultural production, the agricultural sector requires innovative strategies to increase …