Consumers have always paid attention to what they eat, with the goal to consume only foods perceived as safe and natural. While the use of agrochemicals support high crop yields and production of high quality foods, there are concerns about the safety for human health. Population increase places pressure on the demand for high quality and safe foods. This demand for food is however challenged by unrelenting biotic and abiotic stresses including the slow but unrelenting Climate Change. In this context, Biostimulant formulations are becoming popular in agriculture, since they are considered an excellent tool not only to increase plant resilience to unpredictable abiotic stresses, but also to preserve yield and quality of the production in a more sustainable way.
A challenge to the use of Biostimulants in agriculture concern inaccurate, and sometimes incorrect chemical characterization even in commercialized formulations. There is also a significant gap in understanding the mechanisms by which Biostumulants exert a positive effect on plant survival under unfavorable conditions. Hence, the urgency and the need for more in-depth studies aimed not only at evaluating the potential effect derived from the application of Biostimulant formulations, but also to highlight chemical, biochemical, molecular or microbiological mechanisms that influence the effectiveness of these formulations.
In this Research Topic, we welcome all article types published by Frontiers in Plant Science that dissect the use of Biostimulants as a modern and sustainable tool in agriculture especially those that focus on:
1. The use of Biostimulants to counteract the negative effects of abiotic stresses on plants
2. A partial or complete chemical characterization of Biostimulant formulation, along with the physiology
3. The effect on the morphology of the plant. Articles on this will only be considered in scope with this research topic if it is supported by a potential mechanism of action that is at least hypothesized and partially proven
4. Experiments have been carried out in the field or under a controlled environment are equally welcome
Please note: Descriptive studies that report responses of growth, yield or quality to agronomical treatments will not be considered if they do not progress physiological understanding of these responses.
Consumers have always paid attention to what they eat, with the goal to consume only foods perceived as safe and natural. While the use of agrochemicals support high crop yields and production of high quality foods, there are concerns about the safety for human health. Population increase places pressure on the demand for high quality and safe foods. This demand for food is however challenged by unrelenting biotic and abiotic stresses including the slow but unrelenting Climate Change. In this context, Biostimulant formulations are becoming popular in agriculture, since they are considered an excellent tool not only to increase plant resilience to unpredictable abiotic stresses, but also to preserve yield and quality of the production in a more sustainable way.
A challenge to the use of Biostimulants in agriculture concern inaccurate, and sometimes incorrect chemical characterization even in commercialized formulations. There is also a significant gap in understanding the mechanisms by which Biostumulants exert a positive effect on plant survival under unfavorable conditions. Hence, the urgency and the need for more in-depth studies aimed not only at evaluating the potential effect derived from the application of Biostimulant formulations, but also to highlight chemical, biochemical, molecular or microbiological mechanisms that influence the effectiveness of these formulations.
In this Research Topic, we welcome all article types published by Frontiers in Plant Science that dissect the use of Biostimulants as a modern and sustainable tool in agriculture especially those that focus on:
1. The use of Biostimulants to counteract the negative effects of abiotic stresses on plants
2. A partial or complete chemical characterization of Biostimulant formulation, along with the physiology
3. The effect on the morphology of the plant. Articles on this will only be considered in scope with this research topic if it is supported by a potential mechanism of action that is at least hypothesized and partially proven
4. Experiments have been carried out in the field or under a controlled environment are equally welcome
Please note: Descriptive studies that report responses of growth, yield or quality to agronomical treatments will not be considered if they do not progress physiological understanding of these responses.