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 …

Strategies and prospects for biostimulants to alleviate abiotic stress in plants

Y Ma, H Freitas, MC Dias - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Global climate change-induced abiotic stresses (eg, drought, salinity, extreme temperatures,
heavy metals, and UV radiation) have destabilized the fragile agroecosystems and impaired …

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 …

Agricultural uses of plant biostimulants

P Calvo, L Nelson, JW Kloepper - Plant and soil, 2014 - Springer
Background Plant biostimulants are diverse substances and microorganisms used to
enhance plant growth. The global market for biostimulants is projected to increase 12% per …

The importance of salicylic acid, humic acid and fulvic acid on crop production

MH Shahrajabian, W Sun - Letters in Drug Design & Discovery, 2024 - benthamdirect.com
Biostimulants are one of the most important substancesfor improving productivity, growth
and yield of plants as well as heavy metal detoxification, and stimulating natural toxins …

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 …

Humic substances: Determining potential molecular regulatory processes in plants

ZH Shah, HM Rehman, T Akhtar… - Frontiers in plant …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Humic substances (HSs) have considerable effects on soil fertility and crop productivity
owing to their unique physiochemical and biochemical properties, and play a vital role in …

From lab to field: role of humic substances under open-field and greenhouse conditions as biostimulant and biocontrol agent

K Jindo, FL Olivares, DJP Malcher… - Frontiers in plant …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The demand for biostimulants has been growing at an annual rate of 10 and 12.4% in
Europe and Northern America, respectively. The beneficial effects of humic substances (HS) …

Plant chemical priming by humic acids

LP Canellas, NOA Canellas, LES da S. Irineu… - Chemical and Biological …, 2020 - Springer
Background Global market of humic substances has been increasing steadily based on the
perception of the multifunctional properties as plant biostimulant, microbial vehicle and plant …

Structure-property-function relationship in humic substances to explain the biological activity in plants

AC García, LGA de Souza, MG Pereira, RN Castro… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Abstract Knowledge of the structure-property-function relationship of humic substances
(HSs) is key for understanding their role in soil. Despite progress, studies on this topic are …