Biostimulants: Exploring Sources and Applications

Dr. Naleeni Ramawat is working as Associate Professor (Agronomy), College of Agriculture, Agriculture University, Jodhpur, Rajasthan. Earlier she has worked as a Director at Amity Institute of Organic Agriculture, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Noida, India. She has to her credit meritorious service of over 17 years in teaching, research, and administration in the discipline of agricultural crop production and management. She has a doctorate in agronomy with specialization in crop production and crop modeling. Her primary area of research is crop modeling, plant nutrition, organic agriculture, and abiotic stress management. She is extensively involved in academics, research and extension, and institution building activities, such as being the director of Amity Institute of Organic Agriculture for the past one decade. She has been recipient of BIRAC—Grand Challenges India Award as Co-PI for Agri-Nutrition and also Young Scientist Award in 2016. Her excellence is reflected in her more than 60 peerreviewed national/international publications. Also, she has delivered a plethora of oral and poster talks. She has also experience in handling research projects sponsored by MoA, GOI, DST, BIRAC, and Nanomission on zinc biofortification, agri-voltaics, and organic agricultureDr. Vijay Bhardwaj, PhD, MBA, is director of Bioatlantis India who received his PhD degree in Agriculture Entomology from the Himachal Pradesh Agriculture University. He was a recipient of an Indo-Israel Research fellowship in the year 2006. He has been associated with the area of biostimulants since the last 10 years, having worked across various geographies to grow biostimulant acceptance among growers and businesses. He has been member of the Board of Studies of Amity Institute of Organic Agriculture and has been an industry expert and a mentor to post graduate students in food and agriculture.

• Chapter 1. Plant Biostimulants: Overview of categories and effects.- Chapter 2. Biostimulant potential of seaweed extracts derived from Laminaria and Ascophyllum nodosum.- Chapter 3. Borage extracts as biostimulants of plant growth and development.- Chapter 4. Simple organic acids as plant biostimulants.- Chapter 5. Animal-derived hydrolyzed protein and its biostimulant effects:In: Biostimulants: exploring sources and applications.- Chapter 6. Protein hydrolysates as Biostimulants of Plant Growth and Development.- Chapter 7. Biostimulants and their extraction from food and agro based industries.- Chapter 8. FOLIAR APPLICATION OF MICROBIAL AND PLANT BASED BIOSTIMULANTS ON PLANT NUTRITION.- Chapter 9. The role of biostimulants in plant growth, development and abiotic stress management: recent insights.- Chapter 10. Role of Biostimulants in Agriculture.- Chapter 11 Biostimulants: Emerging trend and opportunities.