Enhancing Agricultural Practices: Novel Nature-Derived Plant Growth Stimulators
A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395). This special issue belongs to the section "Agroecology Innovation: Achieving System Resilience".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 July 2025 | Viewed by 58
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Interests: plant; biostimulants; biology
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Dear Colleagues,
Natural-based biostimulators may improve the metabolic and adaptive performance of plants treated under abiotic and biotic stress conditions. These different environmental constraints may limit the yield and quality of cultivated plants; however, to counteract these effects, plants undertake certain biochemical adaptations in order to maintain proper growth.
Among the various strategies employed to mitigate the negative effects of abiotic/biotic stress on plants, the use of environmentally friendly biostimulators is one of the most promising. Plants attempt to overcome environmental changes by using sophisticated sensing mechanisms, signaling and acclimation strategies, such as the increased production of antioxidant metabolites (e.g., flavonoids, proline, enzymes), to regulate reactive oxygen species, avoid oxidative stress and prevent changes in the levels of phytohormones.
Therefore, this Special Issue aims to present a collection of studies that provide new solutions regarding chemical crop protection and support the sustainable management of crops. We welcome studies on the development of biostimulator materials and mechanisms of action, including in vitro, laboratory and field tests.
Dr. Eszter Virag
Prof. Dr. Erzsébet Mónika Karaffa
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- biostimulation
- plant–pathogen interaction
- crop protection
- phytohormone
- biopesticides
- organic farming
- abiotic/biotic stress
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