Biostimulants: Exploring Sources and Applications

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.

Dr Ramawat is working as a Director at Amity Institute of Organic Agriculture, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Noida, India. She has to her credit meritorious service of over 15 years in Teaching, Research and Administration in the discipline of Agricultural Crop Production and Management. She is 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. She is extensively involved in academic, research and extension & Institutional Building activities as a Director of Amity Institute of Organic Agriculture for 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. She has more than 60 peer reviewed national/international publications and has delivered numerous oral and posters talks. She has also experience in handling Research projects sponsored by MoA, GOI, DST, BIRAC and Nanomission on Zinc bio fortification, Agri-voltaics and Organic Agriculture.

Dr. Vijay Bhardwaj, PhD, MBA is Director Bioatlantis India who received his PhD. degree in Agriculture Entomology from the Himachal Pradesh Agriculture University. He is recipient of Indo Israel Research fellowship in the year 2006. He has been associated with area of Biostimulants since last 10 years, having worked across various geographies to grow biostimulant acceptance among growers and businesses. He has been part of Board of Studies member of Amity Institute of Organic Agriculture and has been an industry expert and a mentor to post graduate students in food and agriculture.