Biostimulants for Crops from Seed Germination to Plant Development

Ph.D. Botany from G.B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar, India in 2015. Her research field includes plant physiology, biostimulants, plant tissue culture, plant biotechnology and analytical chemistry. She has published 14 research articles in reputed journals. She worked as an assistant professor at Baba Farid College, Punjab, India from September 2015 to October 2017. At present, she is working as Post-doctoral researcher at the University of Kwa Zulu-Natal, South Africa. She is a review board editor of South African Journal of Botany and Journal referee for Acta Physiologia Plantarum, and Journal of Plant Growth Regulation. 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.

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• 1. Introduction to natural biostimulants2. Mode of application of biostimulants3. Role of natural biostimulants in seed germination4. Influence of biostimulants on pollen tube development5. Role of biostimulants in pollen-pistil interaction6. Biostimulants for flower and fruit set7. Enhancing plant pigments using natural biostimulants8. Biostimulants and development of shoot and root9. Effect of biostimulants on rhizospheric and soil microorganisms10. Effect of biostimulants on antioxidant properties of plants11. Biostimulants in enhancing nutrition efficiency of crops12. Cellular and metabolic effects of natural biostimulants13. Biostimulants in improving yield and shelf-life of crops14. Contribution of biostimulants in improving soil health15. Role of biostimulants in the regulation of phytohormone biosynthesis in plants16. Disease management using biostimulants17. Role of biostimulants in mitigating biotic and abiotic stress18. The biochemical, physiological and molecular mode of action of biostimulants19. Commercial natural biostimulants and their role in plant growth development20. The current and future directions in biostimulant research