Strategies and prospects for biostimulants to alleviate abiotic stress in plants
Global climate change-induced abiotic stresses (e.g., drought, salinity, extreme temperatures, heavy metals, and UV radiation) have destabilized the fragile agroecosystems and impaired plant performance and thereby reducing crop productivity and quality. Biostimulants, as a promising and eco-friendl...
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| description | Global climate change-induced abiotic stresses (e.g., drought, salinity, extreme temperatures, heavy metals, and UV radiation) have destabilized the fragile agroecosystems and impaired plant performance and thereby reducing crop productivity and quality. Biostimulants, as a promising and eco-friendly approach, are widely used to address environmental concerns and fulfill the need for developing sustainable/modern agriculture. Current knowledge revealed that plant and animal derived stimulants (e.g., seaweeds and phytoextracts, humic substances, and protein hydrolysate) as well as microbial stimulants (e.g., plant beneficial bacteria or fungi) have great potential to elicit plant tolerance to various abiotic stresses and thus enhancing plant growth and performance-related parameters (such as root growth/diameter, flowering, nutrient use efficiency/translocation, soil water holding capacity, and microbial activity). However, to successfully implement biostimulant-based agriculture in the field under changing climate, the understanding of agricultural functions and action mechanism of biostimulants coping with various abiotic stresses at physicochemical, metabolic, and molecular levels is needed. Therefore, this review attempts to unravel the underlying mechanisms of action mediated by diverse biostimulants in relation to abiotic stress alleviation as well as to discuss the current challenges in their commercialization and implementation in agriculture under changing climate conditions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-95d3cd4e78c74b83a7876973842f55242022-12-22T05:09:11ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Plant Science1664-462X2022-12-011310.3389/fpls.2022.10242431024243Strategies and prospects for biostimulants to alleviate abiotic stress in plantsYing MaHelena FreitasMaria Celeste DiasGlobal climate change-induced abiotic stresses (e.g., drought, salinity, extreme temperatures, heavy metals, and UV radiation) have destabilized the fragile agroecosystems and impaired plant performance and thereby reducing crop productivity and quality. Biostimulants, as a promising and eco-friendly approach, are widely used to address environmental concerns and fulfill the need for developing sustainable/modern agriculture. Current knowledge revealed that plant and animal derived stimulants (e.g., seaweeds and phytoextracts, humic substances, and protein hydrolysate) as well as microbial stimulants (e.g., plant beneficial bacteria or fungi) have great potential to elicit plant tolerance to various abiotic stresses and thus enhancing plant growth and performance-related parameters (such as root growth/diameter, flowering, nutrient use efficiency/translocation, soil water holding capacity, and microbial activity). However, to successfully implement biostimulant-based agriculture in the field under changing climate, the understanding of agricultural functions and action mechanism of biostimulants coping with various abiotic stresses at physicochemical, metabolic, and molecular levels is needed. Therefore, this review attempts to unravel the underlying mechanisms of action mediated by diverse biostimulants in relation to abiotic stress alleviation as well as to discuss the current challenges in their commercialization and implementation in agriculture under changing climate conditions.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2022.1024243/fullphytostimulantsplant beneficial microbesabiotic stressesclimate changemodern agriculture |
| spellingShingle | Ying Ma Helena Freitas Maria Celeste Dias Strategies and prospects for biostimulants to alleviate abiotic stress in plants Frontiers in Plant Science phytostimulants plant beneficial microbes abiotic stresses climate change modern agriculture |
| title | Strategies and prospects for biostimulants to alleviate abiotic stress in plants |
| title_full | Strategies and prospects for biostimulants to alleviate abiotic stress in plants |
| title_fullStr | Strategies and prospects for biostimulants to alleviate abiotic stress in plants |
| title_full_unstemmed | Strategies and prospects for biostimulants to alleviate abiotic stress in plants |
| title_short | Strategies and prospects for biostimulants to alleviate abiotic stress in plants |
| title_sort | strategies and prospects for biostimulants to alleviate abiotic stress in plants |
| topic | phytostimulants plant beneficial microbes abiotic stresses climate change modern agriculture |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2022.1024243/full |
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