Using Stimulants to Improve Plant Health examines biostimulants, chemical growth regulators, and phytohormones as levers to bolster plant resilience and productivity under abiotic and biotic stress. It outlines the physiological, biochemical, and molecular mechanisms that enable these agents to enhance tolerance to adverse soil and weather conditions and highlights cutting-edge advances in nanotechnology and precision agriculture.
With applied guidance insights, sample protocols, and real-world case studies, readers learn how to integrate stimulant-based strategies into operations—from smallholder farms to large-scale production—while prioritizing financially sound and ecologically responsible practices.
Structured into 16 chapters, each surveying a specific class of bioactive compounds and their modes of action, with practical agricultural applications, this authoritative volume will be invaluable to researchers, agronomists, extension professionals, and plant biologists dedicated to promoting plant health, achieving greater robustness and yield outcomes.
1. Title of Book - p. i 2. Cover image - p. i 3. Title page - p. ii 4. Table of Contents - p. iii 5. Copyright - p. iv 6. Contributors - p. xvii 7. About the Editor - p. xxiii 8. Preface - p. xxv 9. Section I. Biostimulants and chemical agents for plant stress tolerance - p. S1 10. Chapter 1. Plant extracts for boosting plant stress tolerance - p. 3 11. Chapter 2. Algal extracts for boosting plant stress tolerance - p. 21 12. Chapter 3. Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria for boosting abiotic and biotic stress tolerance - p. 35 13. Chapter 4. Fungal-based biostimulants for boosting plant stress tolerance - p. 69 14. Chapter 5. Protein hydrolysates for boosting plant stress tolerance - p. 99 15. Chapter 6. Humic substances for boosting plant stress tolerance - p. 123 16. Chapter 7. Polyamines for boosting plant stress tolerance - p. 139 17. Chapter 8. Harnessing inorganic elements for enhanced plant stress resistance - p. 165 18. Chapter 9. Nanoparticles for boosting plant stress tolerance - p. 191 19. Section II. Phytohormones for plant stress tolerance - p. S2 20. Chapter 10. Auxin-mediated regulation of plant stress tolerance: Mechanisms and molecular responses - p. 219 21. Chapter 11. Gibberellic acid-mediated molecular signaling in plants under environmental stresses - p. 249 22. Chapter 12. Cytokinins for boosting plant stress tolerance - p. 271 23. Chapter 13. Unveiling the impact of salicylic acid on medicinal and aromatic plants under environmental stresses - p. 299 24. Chapter 14. Jasmonates for boosting plant stress tolerance - p. 325 25. Chapter 15. Strigolactones for boosting plant stress tolerance - p. 359 26. Chapter 16. Brassinosteroids for boosting plant stress tolerance - p. 389 27. Index - p. 419
Using Stimulants to Improve Plant Health examines biostimulants, chemical growth regulators, and phytohormones as levers to bolster plant resilience and productivity under abiotic and biotic stress. It outlines the physiological, biochemical, and molecular mechanisms that enable these agents to enhance tolerance to adverse soil and weather conditions and highlights cutting-edge advances in nanotechnology and precision agriculture.
With applied guidance insights, sample protocols, and real-world case studies, readers learn how to integrate stimulant-based strategies into operations—from smallholder farms to large-scale production—while prioritizing financially sound and ecologically responsible practices.
Structured into 16 chapters, each surveying a specific class of bioactive compounds and their modes of action, with practical agricultural applications, this authoritative volume will be invaluable to researchers, agronomists, extension professionals, and plant biologists dedicated to promoting plant health, achieving greater robustness and yield outcomes.
1. Title of Book - p. i 2. Cover image - p. i 3. Title page - p. ii 4. Table of Contents - p. iii 5. Copyright - p. iv 6. Contributors - p. xvii 7. About the Editor - p. xxiii 8. Preface - p. xxv 9. Section I. Biostimulants and chemical agents for plant stress tolerance - p. S1 10. Chapter 1. Plant extracts for boosting plant stress tolerance - p. 3 11. Chapter 2. Algal extracts for boosting plant stress tolerance - p. 21 12. Chapter 3. Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria for boosting abiotic and biotic stress tolerance - p. 35 13. Chapter 4. Fungal-based biostimulants for boosting plant stress tolerance - p. 69 14. Chapter 5. Protein hydrolysates for boosting plant stress tolerance - p. 99 15. Chapter 6. Humic substances for boosting plant stress tolerance - p. 123 16. Chapter 7. Polyamines for boosting plant stress tolerance - p. 139 17. Chapter 8. Harnessing inorganic elements for enhanced plant stress resistance - p. 165 18. Chapter 9. Nanoparticles for boosting plant stress tolerance - p. 191 19. Section II. Phytohormones for plant stress tolerance - p. S2 20. Chapter 10. Auxin-mediated regulation of plant stress tolerance: Mechanisms and molecular responses - p. 219 21. Chapter 11. Gibberellic acid-mediated molecular signaling in plants under environmental stresses - p. 249 22. Chapter 12. Cytokinins for boosting plant stress tolerance - p. 271 23. Chapter 13. Unveiling the impact of salicylic acid on medicinal and aromatic plants under environmental stresses - p. 299 24. Chapter 14. Jasmonates for boosting plant stress tolerance - p. 325 25. Chapter 15. Strigolactones for boosting plant stress tolerance - p. 359 26. Chapter 16. Brassinosteroids for boosting plant stress tolerance - p. 389 27. Index - p. 419
