Agricultural Biostimulants for Mitigation of Salt, Drought, and Heat Stress provides up-to-date information on sustainable strategies to enhance the resilience of agricultural crops under adverse environmental conditions. As part of the Biostimulants and Protective Biochemical Agents series, this volume focuses on high-impact challenges and emerging opportunities in crop stress management.
Biostimulants represent a promising and effective approach to achieving sustainable agriculture. Widely regarded as renewable sources of plant nutrients, they can enhance crop productivity and improve soil health. Over the past decade, there has been growing interest in the use of diverse biostimulants—including plant growth-promoting fungi, rhizobacteria, seaweed extracts, and organic amendments—to increase nutrient use efficiency and boost plant tolerance to abiotic stresses.
This book covers a range of key biostimulant categories such as bacteria, algae, plant growth regulators (PGRs), plant growth-promoting bacteria (PGPB), biochar, and other core approaches. It explores how specific biostimulants contribute to protecting and enhancing plant health and is the first comprehensive reference to focus exclusively on their role in safeguarding crop yields under salt, drought, and heat stress conditions.
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. Dedication - p. v 7. List of contributors - p. xv 8. Foreword - p. xxi 9. Preface - p. xxiii 10. 1. An overview of the use and importance of biostimulants in agriculture - p. 1 11. 2. Biostimulants in mitigation of drought stress in crop plants - p. 17 12. 3. Biostimulants in mitigation of cold stress in crop plants - p. 43 13. 4. Applications of plant growth-promoting bacteria in crops for salt stress tolerance - p. 67 14. 5. Role of biochar in drought stress tolerance in agricultural crops - p. 97 15. 6. Biostimulants for waterlogging stress in crops - p. 115 16. 7. Role of biochar supplementation in mitigating salt stress in plants - p. 131 17. 8. Nanoformulations to boost growth and salinity tolerance in crop plants - p. 145 18. 9. Effects of essential oil-based nanoparticles on the plant defense system - p. 167 19. 10. Enhancing crop heat and drought tolerance with karrikins (KARs) - p. 185 20. 11. Plant growth-promoting bacteria for drought tolerance in crops - p. 209 21. 12. Biostimulants and plant homeostasis - p. 241 22. 13. Role of natural biostimulants (seaweed extracts, humic acids, beneficial bacteria, and fungi) in leguminous crops - p. 261 23. 14. Exopolysaccharide-producing bacteria: their use in arid agriculture - p. 289 24. 15. Polyamines and their role in abiotic stress tolerance in crop plants - p. 303 25. 16. Polyamines and hormonal crosstalk: enhancing plant resilience against abiotic stress - p. 327 26. 17. Mitigation of salt stress in agricultural crops through various plant growth regulators - p. 375 27. 18. Exploring the potential of biostimulants for enhancing drought stress resistance in cereal crops - p. 401 28. 19. Halophilic bacteria stimulate plant growth and improve the affected soil - p. 427 29. 20. From sea to soil: an exploration of seaweed extracts as natural biostimulants for crop improvement - p. 441 30. 21. Role of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in abiotic stress tolerance and plant growth regulation - p. 471 31. 22. Plant growth-promoting bacteria for thermotolerance in plants - p. 489 32. 23. Plant-based biostimulants for abiotic stress management: an emerging sustainable agriculture approach - p. 499 33. 24. Underlying mechanisms responsible for abiotic stress responses and defense adaptation in plants - p. 517 34. 25. Plant responses to abiotic stress and mitigation strategies - p. 537 35. 26. Conclusion and future perspectives of biostimulant-mediated mitigation of salt, drought, and heat stress in plants - p. 559 36. Index - p. 567
Agricultural Biostimulants for Mitigation of Salt, Drought, and Heat Stress provides up-to-date information on sustainable strategies to enhance the resilience of agricultural crops under adverse environmental conditions. As part of the Biostimulants and Protective Biochemical Agents series, this volume focuses on high-impact challenges and emerging opportunities in crop stress management.
Biostimulants represent a promising and effective approach to achieving sustainable agriculture. Widely regarded as renewable sources of plant nutrients, they can enhance crop productivity and improve soil health. Over the past decade, there has been growing interest in the use of diverse biostimulants—including plant growth-promoting fungi, rhizobacteria, seaweed extracts, and organic amendments—to increase nutrient use efficiency and boost plant tolerance to abiotic stresses.
This book covers a range of key biostimulant categories such as bacteria, algae, plant growth regulators (PGRs), plant growth-promoting bacteria (PGPB), biochar, and other core approaches. It explores how specific biostimulants contribute to protecting and enhancing plant health and is the first comprehensive reference to focus exclusively on their role in safeguarding crop yields under salt, drought, and heat stress conditions.
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. Dedication - p. v 7. List of contributors - p. xv 8. Foreword - p. xxi 9. Preface - p. xxiii 10. 1. An overview of the use and importance of biostimulants in agriculture - p. 1 11. 2. Biostimulants in mitigation of drought stress in crop plants - p. 17 12. 3. Biostimulants in mitigation of cold stress in crop plants - p. 43 13. 4. Applications of plant growth-promoting bacteria in crops for salt stress tolerance - p. 67 14. 5. Role of biochar in drought stress tolerance in agricultural crops - p. 97 15. 6. Biostimulants for waterlogging stress in crops - p. 115 16. 7. Role of biochar supplementation in mitigating salt stress in plants - p. 131 17. 8. Nanoformulations to boost growth and salinity tolerance in crop plants - p. 145 18. 9. Effects of essential oil-based nanoparticles on the plant defense system - p. 167 19. 10. Enhancing crop heat and drought tolerance with karrikins (KARs) - p. 185 20. 11. Plant growth-promoting bacteria for drought tolerance in crops - p. 209 21. 12. Biostimulants and plant homeostasis - p. 241 22. 13. Role of natural biostimulants (seaweed extracts, humic acids, beneficial bacteria, and fungi) in leguminous crops - p. 261 23. 14. Exopolysaccharide-producing bacteria: their use in arid agriculture - p. 289 24. 15. Polyamines and their role in abiotic stress tolerance in crop plants - p. 303 25. 16. Polyamines and hormonal crosstalk: enhancing plant resilience against abiotic stress - p. 327 26. 17. Mitigation of salt stress in agricultural crops through various plant growth regulators - p. 375 27. 18. Exploring the potential of biostimulants for enhancing drought stress resistance in cereal crops - p. 401 28. 19. Halophilic bacteria stimulate plant growth and improve the affected soil - p. 427 29. 20. From sea to soil: an exploration of seaweed extracts as natural biostimulants for crop improvement - p. 441 30. 21. Role of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in abiotic stress tolerance and plant growth regulation - p. 471 31. 22. Plant growth-promoting bacteria for thermotolerance in plants - p. 489 32. 23. Plant-based biostimulants for abiotic stress management: an emerging sustainable agriculture approach - p. 499 33. 24. Underlying mechanisms responsible for abiotic stress responses and defense adaptation in plants - p. 517 34. 25. Plant responses to abiotic stress and mitigation strategies - p. 537 35. 26. Conclusion and future perspectives of biostimulant-mediated mitigation of salt, drought, and heat stress in plants - p. 559 36. Index - p. 567
