ArticlePlant methods2019
A simple technique for assessing the cuticular diffusion of humic acid biostimulants.
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- Humic Acid Modulates Photosynthetic Responses to PEG-Induced Drought inPlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Enhancing Lettuce Yield through Innovative Foliar Spray of Biopolymers Derived from Municipal Biowastes.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Functional Hydrogels for Agricultural Application.Gels (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- How the Supramolecular Nature of Lignohumate Affects Its Diffusion in Agarose Hydrogel.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- From Lab to Field: Role of Humic Substances Under Open-Field and Greenhouse Conditions as Biostimulant and Biocontrol Agent.Frontiers in plant science · 2020Review
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Abstract
backgroundExperimental determination of the extent and rate of transport of liquid humates supplied to plants is critical in testing physiological effects of such biostimulants which are often supplied as foliar sprays. Therefore, an original experimental method for the qualitative investigation and quantitative description of the penetration of humates through plant cuticles is proposed, tested, and evaluated.
resultsThe proposed method involves the isolation of model plant leaf cuticles and the subsequent in vitro evaluation of cuticular humate transport. The employed novel methodology is based on a simple diffusion couple arrangement involving continuous spectrophotometric determination of the amount of penetrated humate in a hydrogel diffusion medium.
conclusionsThe proposed methodology represents a simple and cheap experimental tool for the study on the trans-cuticular penetration of humic-based biostimulants.
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