Abstract
In this chapter, we discuss the need for renovation in how industrial agriculture is practiced. Problems arising from industrial crop production include environmental and human health degradation. Possible solutions lie in the regenerative agriculture movement where ecological practices are advocated. In addition, use of endophytic microbes and various other biostimulants may be used to push crop growth, yield, and health in place of the current use of synthetic agrochemicals. In this chapter, we discuss biostimulant applications, including: (1) microbes to control plant diseases caused by fungi, (2) microbes to provide nutrients to plants, (3) addition of carbon to soils to stimulate microbe growth, (4) use of humates as biostimulants, (5) application of algal extracts to plants as biostimulants, and (6) application of microbial biostimulants in improving crop yield.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | Biostimulants for Improving Reproductive Growth and Crop Yield |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Pages | 1-29 |
Number of pages | 29 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9780443132070 |
ISBN (Print) | 9780443132087 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 1 2025 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Keywords
- biostimulants
- ecology
- endophytes
- Regenerative agriculture