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Innovations in polysaccharide‐based hydrogels in sustainable agriculture

Polymer International, EarlyView.
Polysaccharide‐based hydrogels are promising in sustainable agriculture, as these natural polymers have the ability to absorb water and nutrients and release them gradually in the soil, in addition to ensuring biodegradability and lower cost. However, some challenges still need to be overcome.
Marcia Leticia Monteiro Gomes, Josiély de Souza Martins, Cid Naudi Silva Campos, Dthenifer Cordeiro Santana, Rafael Felippe Ratke, Paulo Eduardo Teodoro, Edvani Curti Muniz, Edson Cavalcante Silva‐Filho, Josy Anteveli Osajima, Florisvaldo Clementino Santos Filho, Lucas Ferraz dos Santos, Maria Del Mar Orta Cuevas, Larissa Pereira Ribeiro Teodoro   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Untargeted Metabolomics to Explore the Bacteria Exo-Metabolome Related to Plant Biostimulants

Agronomy, 2022
The control and development of plant growth promoters is a key factor for the agro-nomy industry in its economic performance. Different genera of bacteria are widely used as natural biostimulants with the aim of enhancing nutrition efficiency, abiotic ...
Carlos J. García, Verónica Alacid, Francisco A. Tomás-Barberán, Carlos García, Pedro Palazón   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Plant biostimulants and their potential role in achieving the United Nations sustainable development goals

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Plant biostimulants are substances that are obtained from a variety of sources and are applied in minute quantities to enhance plant growth and vigor. In this review we detail how the use of plant biostimulants may contribute to efforts to achieving a number of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Patrick Quille, Joanna Kacprzyk, Shane OConnell, Carl K.‐Y. Ng   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Foliar application of algal biostimulant improves the quality of peach fruits

European Journal of Horticultural Science
To improve the quality of peach fruits, foliar sprays of algal biostimulant at different concentrations (600-, 900-, 1200- and 1500-fold dilutions) were applied to peach trees, aiming to investigate the effects of the biostimulant on peach fruit quality.
Wenyi Yan, Zhiyu Li, Weijie Liu, Lijin Lin, Jinrong Zhang   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Impact of plant breeding on the responsiveness of maize and wheat varieties to an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal symbiont

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Field inoculation with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) offers a promising route to improve sustainable agriculture and food production, yet results are often variable. We investigated the mycorrhizal growth response of maize and wheat varieties recommended for farmers and found substantial variation under greenhouse conditions.
Ido Rog, Marco Malinowski, Dylan Baumann, Raphaël Boussageon, Stefanie Lutz, Marcel G. A. van der Heijden   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rational reduction of a sorghum SynCom that preserves growth promotion reveals flavonoid‐mediated plant–microbe interactions

New Phytologist, EarlyView.
Synthetic community complexity reduction designs. Summary Plant growth is influenced by the composition of its associated microbiome. The inherent complexity and functional redundancy of natural plant microbiomes present a formidable barrier to understanding the myriad biological interactions therein.
Dean Pettinga, Citlali Fonseca‐García, Genevieve Krause, Hannah Ploemacher, Travis Wheeler, Chaevien S. Clendinen, Pubudu Handakumbura, Robert Egbert, Devin Coleman‐Derr   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Microbial-Based Plant Biostimulants

Microorganisms, 2023
Beneficial microorganisms offer essential ecological services to both natural and agricultural ecosystems [...]
openaire   +3 more sources

The Chemical Biology of Plant Biostimulants [PDF]

, 2020
This book brings together different aspects of biostimulants, providing an overview of the variety of materials exploited as biostimulants, their biological activity, and agricultural applications. As different groups of biostimulants display different bioactivity and specificity, advances in biostimulant research is illustrated by different examples ...
Geelen, Danny, Xu, Lin, Stevens, Christian   +2 more
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A TAF10‐ERF109 Transcriptional Module Directs Flavonoid‐Based Stress Resilience and Yield Enhancement in Foxtail Millet and Wheat

Plant Biotechnology Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT To ensure sustainable agricultural production under escalating environmental constraints such as drought and salinity, innovative strategies are urgently needed. Here, we reveal in foxtail millet (Setaria italica) that transcription factors TAF10 and ERF109 form a functional complex which co‐activates the expression of key flavonoid ...
Meng Zhang, Kangwei Wang, Jiayin Fan, Yue Zheng, Qi Zhang, Haoyang Du, Shenghui Xiao, Jinguang Huang, Kang Yan, Shizhong Zhang, Qiang He, Guanqing Jia, Chengchao Zheng, Xianmin Diao, Guodong Yang, Changai Wu   +15 more
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The TaCOMT1A‐Synthesised Sakuranetin Is a Novel Biostimulant Enhancing Drought Tolerance and Yield in Wheat

Plant Biotechnology Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Drought stress is a major limitation to global wheat production. Here, we demonstrate that the wheat gene TaCOMT1A, encoding a caffeic acid O‐methyltransferase, plays a crucial role in enhancing drought tolerance in wheat. Overexpression of TaCOMT1A significantly improved drought tolerance at the seedling stage, as evidenced by higher survival
Mingzhao Luo, Chengjie Xu, Wenjing Yang, Wensi Tang, Kai Chen, Jiaqing Guo, Qiyu Wang, Jun Chen, Zhaoshi Xu, Pierre Delaplace, Youzhi Ma, Yongbin Zhou, Ming Chen   +12 more
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