The power of seaweeds as plant biostimulants to boost crop production under abiotic stress

AO Deolu‐Ajayi, IM van der Meer… - Plant, Cell & …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abiotic stresses like drought and salinity are major factors resulting in crop yield losses and
soil degradation worldwide. To meet increasing food demands, we must improve crop …

Biostimulant properties of seaweed extracts in plants: Implications towards sustainable crop production

O Ali, A Ramsubhag, J Jayaraman - Plants, 2021 - mdpi.com
The use of seaweed-based bioproducts has been gaining momentum in crop production
systems owing to their unique bioactive components and effects. They have phytostimulatory …

Current insights into the molecular mode of action of seaweed-based biostimulants and the sustainability of seaweeds as raw material resources

N Sujeeth, V Petrov, KJ Guinan, F Rasul… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Natural biostimulants, such as seaweed extracts, can stimulate plant growth and
development in both model and crop plants. Due to the increasing demands for their use in …

Utilization of seaweed-based biostimulants in improving plant and soil health: current updates and future prospective

S Nanda, G Kumar, S Hussain - International Journal of Environmental …, 2022 - Springer
Seaweeds are valuable marine resources having multifaceted usages in modern
agriculture. Extracts from different seaweeds have been used since many years in …

Seaweed extracts as biostimulants in horticulture

D Battacharyya, MZ Babgohari, P Rathor… - Scientia horticulturae, 2015 - Elsevier
Seaweeds are green, brown and red marine macroalgae. Extracts of brown seaweeds are
widely used in horticulture crops largely for their plant growth-promoting effects and for their …

Seaweed extracts as biostimulants of plant growth and development

W Khan, UP Rayirath, S Subramanian… - Journal of plant growth …, 2009 - Springer
Marine algal seaweed species are often regarded as an underutilized bioresource, many
have been used as a source of food, industrial raw materials, and in therapeutic and …

Seaweed extract improves growth and productivity of tomato plants under salinity stress

RM Hernández-Herrera, CV Sánchez-Hernández… - Agronomy, 2022 - mdpi.com
Biostimulants constitute an emerging group of crop management products used to enhance
productivity under abiotic stress conditions. The ability of some biostimulant products, such …

Seaweeds (macroalgae) and their extracts as contributors of plant productivity and quality: the current status of our understanding

JS Sangha, S Kelloway, AT Critchley… - Advances in botanical …, 2014 - Elsevier
The beneficial effects of seaweeds (macroalgae) and their extracts on plant systems has
been used for many centuries to improve soil properties and to enhance the productivity and …

Plant biostimulants from seaweed: An overview

WA Stirk, KRR Rengasamy, MG Kulkarni… - … chemical biology of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The plant biostimulant market has gained substantial stimulus with the shift to 'green
farming'. Seaweed extracts (SWE) are a complex matrix of biologically active compounds …

Trends in seaweed extract based biostimulants: Manufacturing process and beneficial effect on soil-plant systems

MEM El Boukhari, M Barakate, Y Bouhia, K Lyamlouli - Plants, 2020 - mdpi.com
The time when plant biostimulants were considered as “snake oil” is erstwhile and the
skepticism regarding their agricultural benefits has significantly faded, as solid scientific …