Biostimulants for Crop Production and Sustainable Agriculture - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1789248078 ISBN 13: 9781789248074

Publisher: CAB International, 2022

Synopsis

Agricultural biostimulants are a group of substances or microorganisms, based on natural resources, that are applied to plants or soils to improve nutrient uptake and plant growth, and provide better tolerance to various stresses. Their function is to stimulate the natural processes of plants, or to enrich the soil microbiome to improve plant growth, nutrition, abiotic and/or biotic stress tolerance, yield and quality of crop plants. Interest in plant biostimulants has been on the rise over the past 10 years, driven by the growing interest of researchers and farmers in environmentally-friendly tools for improved crop performance. Focusing on recent progress on biostimulants and their role in crop production and agricultural sustainability, this book includes:31 chapters on a wide range of biostimulants and their role in plant growth stimulation and stress tolerance.Mechanism of actions of diverse groups of biostimulants, such as trace elements, plant and seaweed extracts, humic substances, polyamines, osmolytes, vitamins, nanoparticles and microorganisms.New promising biostimulants with novel modes of action. Improved crop production technologies are urgently needed to meet the growing demand for food for the ever-increasing global population by addressing the impacts of changing climate on agriculture. This book is of interest to researchers in agriculture, agronomy, crop and plant science, soil science and environmental science.

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About the Authors

Dr. Mirza Hasanuzzaman is a Professor of Agronomy at Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka, Bangladesh. He received his Ph.D. from the United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Ehime University, Japan. Later, he completed his postdoctoral research in the Center of Molecular Biosciences, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan with a 'Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)' postdoctoral fellowship. Subsequently, he became an Adjunct Senior Researcher at the University of Tasmania with an Australian Government's Endeavour Research Fellowship. Prof. Hasanuzzaman has over 200 publications on the Web of Science. He has edited 15 books and written over 30 book chapters on important aspects of plant physiology, plant stress responses, and environmental problems in relation to plant species. His publications are cited over 12000 times as per Scopus® with an h-index of 58 (as of July 2022) and named as named a Highly Cited Researcher 2021 by Clarivate. He is an Editor and a reviewer for more than 100 ISI-indexed peer-reviewed international journals and is the recipient of 'Publons Peer Review Award 2017, 2018, and 2019'. He received the World Academy of Science (TWAS) Young Scientist Award 2014, UGC Gold Medal in 2018, GNOBB Award 2021, and several other awards and fellowships for his contribution to research. He is a fellow of the Bangladesh Academy of Sciences and Royal Society of Biology.

Dr Barbara Hawrylak-Nowak is Associate Professor, Department of Plant Physiology, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Poland. She is an expert in the field of plant physiology, plant nutrition and metal/metalloid stress. Published 1 book, 10 book chapters chapters and more than 50 research articles.

Dr Md. Tofazzal Islam is Professor and Director, Institute of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, Gazipur, Bangladesh. He is one of the renown biotechnologists in Bangladesh and a leader in wheat blast research. His current research is focussed on the use of biostimulants, especially plant probiotic and soil endophytes for crop production and protection.

Dr. Masayuki Fujita is Professor in the Laboratory of Plant Stress Responses, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagawa University, Kagawa, Japan. He received his B.Sc. in Chemistry from Shizuoka University, Shizuoka, and M.Agr. and Ph.D. in plant biochemistry from Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan. His research interests include physiological, biochemical, and molecular biological responses based on secondary metabolism in plants under various abiotic and biotic stresses; phytoalexin, cytochrome P450, glutathione S-transferase, and phytochelatin; and redox reaction and antioxidants. In the last decade, his works were focused on oxidative stress and antioxidant defense in plants under environmental stress. His group investigates the role of different exogenous protectants in enhancing antioxidant defense and methylglyoxal detoxification systems in plants. He has supervised 4 M.S. students and 13 PhD students as the main supervisor. He has about 150 publications in journal and books and has edited 10 books.

Edition details

• Publisher: CAB International
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1789248078
• ISBN 13: 9781789248074
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 544
• Editor: Hasanuzzaman Dr Mirza, Hawrylak-Nowak Dr Barbara, Islam Professor Tofazzal, Fujita Masayuki