Humic and fulvic acids as biostimulants in horticulture

LP Canellas, FL Olivares, NO Aguiar, DL Jones… - Scientia horticulturae, 2015 - Elsevier
Maintaining food production for a growing world population without compromising natural
resources for future generations represents one of the greatest challenges for agricultural …

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 …

A meta-analysis and review of plant-growth response to humic substances: practical implications for agriculture

MT Rose, AF Patti, KR Little, AL Brown… - Advances in …, 2014 - Elsevier
The breakdown products of plant and animal remains, extracted in an alkaline solution, are
commonly referred to as humic substances (HS). They can be extracted from a wide variety …

Capsicum chinensis L. growth and nutraceutical properties are enhanced by biostimulants in a long-term period: chemical and metabolomic approaches

A Ertani, D Pizzeghello, O Francioso… - Frontiers in plant …, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Two biostimulants, one derived from alfalfa plants (AH) and the other obtained from red
grape (RG), were chemically characterized using enzyme linked immuno-sorbent assays …

Efficacy of organic amendments used in containerized plant production: Part 1–Compost-based amendments

SM Stewart-Wade - Scientia Horticulturae, 2020 - Elsevier
Organic amendments added to growing media are claimed to improve plant growth by
mechanisms such as providing nutrients, stimulating growth, enhancing flowering and …

[HTML][HTML] Characterization of humic substances recovered from the sewage sludge and validity of their removal from this waste

J Michalska, J Turek-Szytow, A Dudło… - EFB Bioeconomy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Being an inevitable byproduct of the operation of wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs),
sewage sludge may cause serious environmental problems. Thus, the proper treatment and …

Bioactivity of humic acids extracted from shale ore: Molecular characterization and structure-activity relationship with tomato plant yield under nutritional stress

H Monda, AM McKenna, R Fountain… - Frontiers in plant …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The increasing demands for biostimulants in the agricultural market over the last years have
posed the problem of regulating this product category by requiring the industry to make …

Opportunities and challenges of soil carbon sequestration by conservation agriculture in China

HL Zhang, R Lal, X Zhao, JF Xue, F Chen - Advances in agronomy, 2014 - Elsevier
Conservation agriculture (CA), an emerging technology for sustainable agriculture, has
been practiced in China for more than 30 years and is increasingly being adopted on …

Application of plant biostimulants as new approach to improve the biological responses of medicinal plants-A critical review

H Rafiee, HA Naghdi Badi, A Mehrafarin, A Qaderi… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2016 - jmp.ir
The aim of this review was to represent a category of applied plant biostimulants and to
highlight the effect of their application on morphological and phytochemical properties of …

Biostimulants from food processing by‐products: agronomic, quality and metabolic impacts on organic tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.)

L Abou Chehade, Z Al Chami… - Journal of the …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND Biostimulants have recently gained increased attention due to their multiple
benefits for sustainable agriculture. In this study, three food processing by‐products–fennel …