Natural and artificial humic substances to manage minerals, ions, water, and soil microorganisms

F Yang, C Tang, M Antonietti - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The chemistry of humic substances (HSs) occurs hidden from our sight, but is of key
importance to agriculture and the environment, and nowadays even to medicine and …

A comprehensive review on biomass humification: Recent advances in pathways, challenges, new applications, and perspectives

S Wei, Z Li, Y Sun, J Zhang, Y Ge, Z Li - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2022 - Elsevier
Humic acids (HAs) are natural organic polymers that are widely distributed in terrestrial soils,
natural water, and sediments. Due to their excellent physical and chemical properties, HAs …

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 …

Humic substances contribute to plant iron nutrition acting as chelators and biostimulants

L Zanin, N Tomasi, S Cesco, Z Varanini… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Improvement of plant iron nutrition as a consequence of metal complexation by humic
substances (HS) extracted from different sources has been widely reported. The presence of …

Biostimulant substances for sustainable agriculture: Origin, operating mechanisms and effects on cucurbits, leafy greens, and nightshade vegetables species

F Cristofano, C El-Nakhel, Y Rouphael - Biomolecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Climate change is a pressing matter of anthropogenic nature to which agriculture contributes
by abusing production inputs such as inorganic fertilizers and fertigation water, thus …

Hypothetical framework integrating the main mechanisms involved in the promoting action of rhizospheric humic substances on plant root-and shoot-growth

M Olaetxea, D De Hita, CA Garcia, M Fuentes… - Applied Soil …, 2018 - Elsevier
The ability of rhizospheric humic substances to improve plant growth has been well
established by many studies carried out using diverse plant species cultivated under many …

The application of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi as microbial biostimulant, sustainable approaches in modern agriculture

W Sun, MH Shahrajabian - Plants, 2023 - mdpi.com
Biostimulant application can be considered an effective, practical, and sustainable
nutritional crop supplementation and may lessen the environmental problems related to …

Dynamics of soil aggregation and organic carbon fractions over 23 years of no-till management

C dos Reis Ferreira, EC da Silva Neto… - Soil and Tillage …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Evaluation of aggregate formation in no-till farming systems and the effects on soil
organic matter can provide relevant insights into soil carbon storage, nutrient cycling, and …

Humic substances in combination with plant growth-promoting bacteria as an alternative for sustainable agriculture

MSRA da Silva, BMS dos Santos… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Plant growth-promoting bacteria (PGPB) and humic substances (HSs) are promising options
for reducing the use of pesticides and mineral fertilizers. Although many studies have shown …

Soil–root cross‐talking: The role of humic substances

S Nardi, A Ertani, O Francioso - Journal of Plant Nutrition and …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The biological activity of humic substances (HS) has been elucidated in the last 40 years.
Growth enhancement from HS has been demonstrated in several plants in the laboratory …