Biostimulants: A Sustainable Approach for Ameliorating Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Crops
A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant-Crop Biology and Biochemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2025 | Viewed by 248
Special Issue Editor
Interests: abiotic stress; ion homeostasis; potassium transport; drought stress; biostimulants
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Dear Colleagues,
Biostimulants represent a sustainable approach for ameliorating abiotic stress tolerance in crops, addressing challenges like drought, salinity, and extreme temperatures that impede crop productivity and threaten food security. Historically, traditional agricultural practices relied heavily on chemical fertilizers and pesticides, leading to environmental degradation and unsustainable farming systems.
This Special Issue aims and scope focus on exploring biostimulants' potential—such as humic substances, seaweed extracts, beneficial microorganisms, and protein hydrolysates—in enhancing crop resilience to abiotic stresses. This Special Issue seeks to compile comprehensive research demonstrating biostimulants' efficacy in improving plant physiological processes, soil health, and overall crop performance under stress conditions.
Cutting-edge research highlights how biostimulants enhance nutrient uptake, photosynthesis, water use efficiency, and stress-related hormone production. These studies emphasize biostimulants' role in fostering an eco-friendly and sustainable agricultural environment.
We are soliciting papers that provide novel insights into the development and application of biostimulants, field trials showcasing their practical benefits, and reviews summarizing current knowledge and future directions in this field. Contributions that integrate interdisciplinary approaches and demonstrate biostimulants' impact on sustainable agriculture are particularly encouraged.
Dr. Jose M. Mulet
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- abiotic stress tolerance
- sustainable agriculture
- plant biostimulants
- crop resilience
- soil health
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