Article
Plant Sciences
Ateeq Shah, Sowmyalakshmi Subramanian, Donald L. Smith
Summary: Salt stress is a major threat to agriculture, but the application of biostimulants can improve crop growth and stress resistance. Flavonoids have no effect on soybean under salt stress, while active compounds produced by a novel bacterial strain significantly improve soybean growth under salt stress conditions.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2022)
Review
Genetics & Heredity
Murtaza Khan, Sajid Ali, Hakim Manghwar, Saddam Saqib, Fazal Ullah, Asma Ayaz, Wajid Zaman
Summary: This review discusses the recent research progress on plant melatonin, including its functions in plant growth and development, its roles under abiotic and biotic stresses, and its crosstalk with other phytohormones. The study suggests that plant melatonin plays a crucial role in crop improvement and stress regulation.
Review
Forestry
Abdul Rehaman, Awdhesh Kumar Mishra, Asma Ferdose, Tasir S. Per, Mohd Hanief, Arif Tasleem Jan, Mohd Asgher
Summary: Melatonin plays a crucial role in plants by serving as a defense mechanism against oxidative stress and enhancing plant productivity. Its multifunctional properties make it an important component in overcoming abiotic stresses in plants.
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Nudrat Aisha Akram, Muhammad Hamzah Saleem, Sidra Shafiq, Hira Naz, Muhammad Farid-ul-Haq, Baber Ali, Fahad Shafiq, Muhammad Iqbal, Mariusz Jaremko, Kamal Ahmad Qureshi
Summary: Excessive use of synthetic chemicals in crop cultivation has become a serious environmental concern. This review explores the potential of natural compounds as alternatives to improve crop growth and productivity. Phytoextracts can act as biostimulants to enhance abiotic and biotic stress tolerance in different crops, and they offer a cost-effective and environmentally friendly alternative to synthetic substances.
Review
Plant Sciences
Pandiyan Muthuramalingam, Subramanian Muthamil, Jayabalan Shilpha, Varadharajan Venkatramanan, Arumugam Priya, Jinwook Kim, Yunji Shin, Jen-Tsung Chen, Venkidasamy Baskar, Kyoungmi Park, Hyunsuk Shin
Summary: Mango is a globally important fruit crop, mainly found in the tropics and subtropics of Asia, Africa, and Central and South America. Abiotic stresses pose a significant hindrance to the growth and yield of mango trees. This comprehensive review focuses on understanding the molecular mechanisms of abiotic stress responses in mango, highlighting the use of omics approaches and the role of biostimulants in improving stress tolerance. It serves as a valuable resource for researchers in the field.
Article
Plant Sciences
Lerato Nephali, Venessa Moodley, Lizelle Piater, Paul Steenkamp, Nombuso Buthelezi, Ian Dubery, Karl Burgess, Johan Huyser, Fidele Tugizimana
Summary: The study reveals the global metabolic landscape of maize leaves in response to a microbial biostimulant, highlighting key metabolic signatures such as increased TCA intermediates, altered amino acid levels, and changes in phenolics and lipids. These metabolic reconfigurations gravitate towards growth-promotion and defense preconditioning, contributing to enhanced drought resilience in maize plants.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Plant Sciences
Beppe Benedetto Consentino, Lorena Vultaggio, Nicolo Iacuzzi, Salvatore La Bella, Claudio De Pasquale, Youssef Rouphael, Georgia Ntatsi, Giuseppe Virga, Leo Sabatino
Summary: The horticultural sector is looking for innovative and sustainable agronomic practices to improve yield and product quality. Plant biofortification, specifically with iodine, is recognized as a valuable technique in enhancing microelement concentrations in plants. In this study, a seaweed extract-based biostimulant (SwE) and different levels of iodine were applied to tunnel-grown Savana strawberries, resulting in improved growth, yield, fruit quality, and nutrient content. The combination of SwE application and iodine biofortification increased the strawberry yield and quality, as well as enhanced the plant's nutritional status and iodine tolerance.
Article
Plant Sciences
Monica De Palma, Teresa Docimo, Gianpiero Guida, Maria Salzano, Rossella Albrizio, Pasquale Giorio, Michelina Ruocco, Marina Tucci
Summary: Trichoderma spp. can enhance plant performance under water stress by modulating transcription factors and genes related to photosynthesis, antioxidant defences, and maintenance of a juvenile state. The fungi specifically affected genes involved in stress damage mitigation, helping plants recover growth and photosynthesis levels after stress.
ENVIRONMENTAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY
(2021)
Article
Horticulture
Aghil Masoudniaragh, Mehdi Oraei, Gholamreza Gohari, Ali Akbari, Ali Faramarzi
Summary: Recent studies have shown that using halloysite (Hal) as a carrier for materials like proline (Pro) can improve efficiency in alleviating salinity effects in plants. In this study, Pro-Hal at 25 mg L-1 concentration showed the best performance in enhancing agronomic traits, physiological properties, and essential oil components of sweet basil under salt stress conditions. This suggests that Hal can be effectively utilized as a carrier for biostimulants like Pro to help plants cope with salt stress.
SCIENTIA HORTICULTURAE
(2021)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Mirza Hasanuzzaman, Md. Rakib Hossain Raihan, Ebtihal Khojah, Bassem N. Samra, Masayuki Fujita, Kamrun Nahar
Summary: The supplementation of biochar and chitosan significantly alleviated the oxidative damage caused by salt stress in jute plants by enhancing antioxidant systems and glyoxalase enzyme activities, improving stress tolerance, reducing Na+ accumulation and ionic toxicity, and decreasing the Na+/K+ ratio.
Article
Plant Sciences
Kaylee A. South, Nathan P. Nordstedt, Michelle L. Jones
Summary: The study identified 14 PGPR isolates that can improve the performance of Petunia ornamental plants under low fertility conditions, with Caballeronia zhejiangensis C7B12 showing superior performance in multiple parameters. These PGPR have the potential to be used as biostimulants for producing high-quality greenhouse ornamentals.
Article
Agronomy
Nadege Adouke Agbodjato, Toussaint Mikpon, Olubukola Oluranti Babalola, Durand Dah-Nouvlessounon, Olarewadjou Amogou, Halfane Lehmane, Marcel Yevedo Adoko, Adolphe Adjanohoun, Lamine Baba-Moussa
Summary: This study evaluated the tolerance of a Pseudomonas putida strain and its synergistic effect with chitosan on maize growth. Results showed that the strain exhibited excellent resistance and chitosan significantly improved maize growth.
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Kgalaletso Othibeng, Lerato Nephali, Anza-Tshilidzi Ramabulana, Paul Steenkamp, Daniel Petras, Kyo Bin Kang, Hugo Opperman, Johan Huyser, Fidele Tugizimana
Summary: The study reveals that the humic biostimulant induces a remodeling of inter-compartmental metabolic networks in maize, subsequently readjusting the plant physiology towards growth promotion and stress alleviation. Such insights contribute to ongoing efforts in elucidating modes of action of biostimulants, generating fundamental scientific knowledge necessary for the development of the biostimulant industry and sustainable food security.
Article
Plant Sciences
Filipa Sousa, Maria Martins, Bruno Sousa, Cristiano Soares, Manuel Azenha, Ruth Pereira, Fernanda Fidalgo
Summary: This study evaluated the potential of wrack to enhance barley plant tolerance to copper contamination, showing that wrack application reduced negative impacts of copper exposure by modulating antioxidant metabolites and limiting metal accumulation in roots.
JOURNAL OF PLANT GROWTH REGULATION
(2022)
Review
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Satish C. Bhatla, Priya Ranjan, Neha Singh, Mansi Gogna
Summary: Sustainable agriculture faces challenges from extensive use of chemical fertilizers that pollute the environment, and biostimulants (BSs) offer a solution by improving nutrient use efficiency and activating natural defense mechanisms in crops. Pure biochemicals and nanomaterials as BSs can help plants overcome drought and salinity stress, regulate reactive oxygen species, osmolytes, and chlorophyll accumulation. Nanoparticles and nanomaterials are likely to be widely used as BSs in the future.
PLANT SIGNALING & BEHAVIOR
(2023)
Letter
Nutrition & Dietetics
Konrad Matysiak, Magdalena Szewczuk, Jacek Sobocki, Zdziarska Marta, Idzi Siatkowski
Article
Plant Sciences
Hanna Piekarska-Boniecka, Marta Rzanska-Wieczorek, Idzi Siatkowski
Summary: The study found that the qualitative and quantitative structure of parasitoids in urban green areas depended on the degree of greenness, species richness of plants, and pollution levels. The level of anthropogenic pressure also influenced the community structure of parasitoids. Establishing a diverse and well-developed plant cover in urban areas can effectively regulate the population of plant pests.
URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING
(2022)
Article
Agronomy
Hanna Piekarska-Boniecka, Marta Rzanska-Wieczorek, Idzi Siatkowski, Tadeusz Barczak
Summary: The aim of this study was to determine the degree of parasitisation of apple ermine moth pupae collected from common hawthorn trees in allotment gardens and identify the species and flight dates of the parasitoids. The results showed that the parasitoids reduced the apple ermine population by 9.1% over a three-year period and identified six species of parasitoids that parasitised the apple ermine moth pupae.
PLANT PROTECTION SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Agronomy
Jan Bocianowski, Magdalena Jakubowska, Jolanta Kowalska
Summary: The aim of this study was to analyze the effects of different dates of insecticidal treatment on the technological yield of sugar beet. The results showed that root mass had a significant impact on yield, and sugar content as well as the levels of potassium molasses, sodium molasses, and alpha-amine-nitrogen varied across different years. The use of the AMMI model demonstrated that the applied treatments had additive effects on the quality features of sugar beet yield.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Malgorzata Wojcik, Idzi Siatkowski, Ewa Zekanowska
Summary: This study suggests that craniosacral therapy may be beneficial in reducing high cortisol levels.
JOURNAL OF MENS HEALTH
(2022)
Article
Agronomy
Aissam Daaboub, Nabil Radouane, Abdessalem Tahiri, Zineb Belabess, Said Amiri, Jolanta Kowalska, Rachid Lahlali
Summary: This review describes the features of Phytophthora infestans and summarizes the current literature on the biocontrol of this phytopathogenic organism using antagonistic microorganisms. The results confirm that biosurfactants produced by Bacillus and Pseudomonas bacteria have a high efficiency effect in controlling the sporulation and release of P. infestans zoospores.
Review
Agronomy
Magdalena Jakubowska, Renata Dobosz, Daniel Zawada, Jolanta Kowalska
Summary: This paper provides an overview of the current research on methods to reduce the harmful effects of T. urticae feeding. It discusses the main directions for finding biopesticides against T. urticae and lists natural components used in commercially available products. The paper also addresses the issue of spider mite spread in relation to observed climate changes.
Article
Agronomy
Jolanta Kowalska, Joanna Krzyminska, Kinga Matysiak, Magdalena Jakubowska
Summary: This study evaluated the effectiveness of commercially available yeast strains in preventing early blight in organically grown potatoes. The Saccharomyces cerevisiae Coobra strain showed strong antagonistic properties against Alternaria spp. and reduced disease symptoms through enzyme production.
Review
Agronomy
Jolanta Kowalska, Joanna Krzyminska, Jozef Tyburski
Summary: The role of biocontrol products in meeting the increasing consumer demand and promoting sustainable agricultural policies is significant. Yeasts, with their unique biological characteristics, have the potential to be effective biocontrol agents. This paper explores the characteristics and mechanisms of yeasts as plant-protection agents, including the production of volatile organic compounds and killer toxins, competition for resources, production of lytic enzymes, induction of plant immunity, and mycoparasitism. Examples of yeast-based biocontrol in pre- and postharvest applications are provided, along with a discussion of commercially available yeast-based products and the challenges they face.
Review
Agronomy
Jolanta Kowalska, Malgorzata Antkowiak, Pawel Sienkiewicz
Summary: Flower strips are increasingly used as part of agri-environmental programs to reduce pressure on agroecosystems and prevent the decline of species diversity. They have the potential to increase functional biodiversity and provide ecosystem services.
Review
Agronomy
Malgorzata Holka, Jolanta Kowalska, Magdalena Jakubowska
Summary: In the face of climate change, agricultural production has the potential to mitigate its effects by optimizing practices and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Organic farming, in particular, can play a significant role in reducing emissions and improving organic carbon sequestration.
Article
Agronomy
Jolanta Kowalska, Malgorzata Antkowiak, Alicja Tymoszuk
Summary: In order to increase biodiversity in cultivated areas, agri-environmental programs are proposed, including interventions and eco-schemes. Flower strips are one such proposal. The selection of the appropriate plant species for flower strips is crucial.
Review
Agronomy
Malgorzata Holka, Jolanta Kowalska
Summary: Biological plant protection is an important aspect of integrated pest management, providing a safer and environmentally-friendly alternative to chemical plant protection. Microbiological plant protection products, such as mycoinsecticides, play a significant role in organic farming. Adjuvants, when used in conjunction with these products, can enhance their effectiveness by improving coverage on plant surfaces. However, the use of approved adjuvants is crucial in organic farming to avoid compromising organic certification.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Karolina Balik, Karolina Matulewicz, Paulina Modrakowska, Jolanta Kozlowska, Xavier Montane, Bartosz Tylkowski, Anna Bajek
Summary: The increasing number of cancer cases drives scientists to develop and search for new therapies continuously. The development of personalized medicine and new in vitro animal models is an important trend. Cell culture serves as the basis for studying new diagnostic and cancer treatments.
PHYSICAL SCIENCES REVIEWS
(2022)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Malgorzata Wojcik, Idzi Siatkowski, Piotr Zurek
Summary: The study found that wrestlers have weak links in their musculoskeletal system, with training experience significantly affecting their occurrence. However, training frequency, age, and sports level do not have a significant impact on the location of these weak links.
JOURNAL OF MENS HEALTH
(2022)