Biostimulants for Improving Reproductive Growth and Crop Yield
- 1st Edition - January 29, 2025
- Latest edition
- Editors: Shubhpriya Gupta, Karel Dolezal, Johannes Van Staden
- Language: English
Biostimulants for Improving Reproductive Growth and Crop Yield highlights their importance as a mechanism, specifically for this result. Intended to transform the latest scientifi… Read more
Description
Description
Biostimulants for Improving Reproductive Growth and Crop Yield highlights their importance as a mechanism, specifically for this result. Intended to transform the latest scientific research into practical application, the book focuses on the effects of biostimulants on flower and fruit development and set, early flowering, pollen viability, germination, and other reproductive aspects. It covers a sustainable approach in utilization of these promising biostimulants in agriculture, horticulture, and floriculture for better productivity, and to feed a growing world population.
Biostimulants are a group of substances of natural origin and/or microorganisms that offers the potential to reduce the dependency on harmful chemical fertilizers that cause environmental degradation. The application of biostimulants represents one of the most innovative and promising strategies to improve crop productivity.
Key features
Key features
- Focuses on the biochemical, physiological, and molecular mode of action of biostimulants
- Includes the effects of both organic and inorganic biostimulants
- Details the role of biostimulants in sexual and asexual reproductive results
Readership
Readership
Researchers and academics in agricultural and plant sciences, horticulture and floriculture
Table of contents
Table of contents
1. Evaluating biostimulants and their active biomolecules in improving reproductive growth of crops
2. Application of biostimulants for vegetative reproduction of crops with special reference to bulbs, corms, tubers, rhizomes and stolons.
3. Role of biostimulants in the induction of buds and flowering
4. Influence of biostimulants on pollen germination, pollen tube development and
pollen viability
5. Role of biostimulants in pollen-pistil interaction and development of female gametophyte (ovule development)
6. Effect of biostimulants on fertilization and embryo development
7. Enhancing seed production and quality using biostimulants
8. Effect of biostimulants on fruit set and fruit yield
9. Contribution of biostimulants in improving flower and fruit longevity
10. Role of biostimulants in the regulation of the physiology of flowering
11. Improving crop yield and produce quality using biostimulants
12. Empirical evidence of the efficacy of biostimulants in improving crop productivity under field conditions
13. Common mistakes made by researchers and farmers when applying biostimulants
14. Action mechanisms of biostimulants with respect to reproductive growth (sexual and vegetative reproduction) and crop yield
15. State-of-the-art and future research directions in biostimulant research for improving reproductive growth and crop yield
2. Application of biostimulants for vegetative reproduction of crops with special reference to bulbs, corms, tubers, rhizomes and stolons.
3. Role of biostimulants in the induction of buds and flowering
4. Influence of biostimulants on pollen germination, pollen tube development and
pollen viability
5. Role of biostimulants in pollen-pistil interaction and development of female gametophyte (ovule development)
6. Effect of biostimulants on fertilization and embryo development
7. Enhancing seed production and quality using biostimulants
8. Effect of biostimulants on fruit set and fruit yield
9. Contribution of biostimulants in improving flower and fruit longevity
10. Role of biostimulants in the regulation of the physiology of flowering
11. Improving crop yield and produce quality using biostimulants
12. Empirical evidence of the efficacy of biostimulants in improving crop productivity under field conditions
13. Common mistakes made by researchers and farmers when applying biostimulants
14. Action mechanisms of biostimulants with respect to reproductive growth (sexual and vegetative reproduction) and crop yield
15. State-of-the-art and future research directions in biostimulant research for improving reproductive growth and crop yield
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: January 29, 2025
- Language: English
About the editors
About the editors
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Shubhpriya Gupta
Ph.D. in Botany from G.B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar, India in 2015. Her research field includes biostimulants, plant physiology, plant tissue culture, endophytes, plant biotechnology and analytical chemistry. She worked as an assistant professor at Baba Farid College, Punjab, and as a post-doctoral fellow at Research Centre for Plant Growth and Development (RCPGD), University of Kwa Zulu-Natal, South Africa. At present, she is working as a post-doctoral researcher at Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic and as a visiting researcher at the RCPGD, University of Kwa Zulu-Natal, South Africa. She has received a Y1 rating (Young Scientist) by National Research Foundation, South Africa. She has published 25 papers, 8 book chapters and an edited book on biostimulants and is Founder and Director of Gustaden Manuscript Services, India
Affiliations and expertise
Research Centre for Plant Growth and Development, University of KwaZulu-Natal,Pietermaritzburg, South AfricaKD
Karel Dolezal
Ph.D. in Molecular Biology (1996) from Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic. Following postdoctoral work in Swedish Agriculture University Umea, Dept. of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, he joined as a researcher in Laboratory of Growth Regulators, Palacký University & Institute of Experimental Botany AS CR and is now a Deputy Head of the Department of Chemical Biology, Palacký University, Olomouc. In 2014 Academy of Sciences of Czech Republic awarded him a research professorship (DSc.). He has supervised 5 MSc, 10 Ph.D. students to completion and 2 postdoctoral fellows and has published over 170 peer-reviewed papers, over 150 conference presentations and has above 65 granted patents.
Affiliations and expertise
Department of Chemical Biology ,Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech RepublicJV
Johannes Van Staden
Ph.D. in Botany from university of Natal, South Africa in 1970. He is the director of the Research Centre for Plant Growth and Development, University of Natal, South Africa. His research field includes plant hormones, biostimulants, seed germination, senescence, stress physiology, post-harvest physiology, biotechnology and plant tissue culture, ethnobotany, secondary products and ethnomedicine. Prof Van Staden has supervised 82 MSc and 100 Ph.D. students and 70 Post-Docs. He is the author/co-author of more than 1400 papers which have been published in ISI rated journals. He has a number of publications that qualify as ‘citation classics’ (over 100 citations). Prof Van Staden is former Editor-in-Chief of the South African Journal of Botany.
Affiliations and expertise
Research Centre for Plant Growth and Development, University of KwaZulu-Natal.Pietermaritzburg, South AfricaView book on ScienceDirect
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