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Enhancing Sustainability by Improving Plant Salt Tolerance through Macro- and Micro-Algal Biostimulants.
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- Improving Photosynthetic Efficiency and Biochemical Adaptations in Tomatoes under Drought Stress through Seaweed Aqueous Extract Application.ACS omega · 2026Article
- The biostimulatory effect of microalgae extracts upgrades salt tolerance and antioxidant capacity in flowers and shoots of Cuminum cyminum L.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- The optimization of crop response to climatic stress through modulation of plant stress response mechanisms. Opportunities for biostimulants and plant hormones to meet climate challenges.The New phytologist · 2026Review
- Brown Algae Extracts Increase the Tolerance of Tomato Plants to High Temperatures by Improving Morphological, Physiological, Metabolomic, and Transcriptional Parameters.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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- Symbiotic microalgae and microbes: a new frontier in saline agriculture.Frontiers in microbiology · 2025Review
- How to improve the potential of microalgal biostimulants for abiotic stress mitigation in plants?Frontiers in plant science · 2025Review
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- Chlamydomonas sp. extract meliorates the growth and physiological responses of 'Camarosa' strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa Duch) under salinity stress.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Hydroponics with Microalgae and Cyanobacteria: Emerging Trends and Opportunities in Modern Agriculture.Biotech (Basel (Switzerland)) · 2024Review
- Mitigating drought stress in wheat plants (Triticum Aestivum L.) through grain priming in aqueous extract of spirulina platensis.BMC plant biology · 2024Article
- Role of gamma-irradiated sodium alginate on growth, physiological and active components of iceberg lettuce (Lactuca sativa) plant.BMC plant biology · 2024Article
- Unlocking the adaptation mechanisms of the oleaginous microalgaFrontiers in microbiology · 2024Article
- Algal Bio-Stimulants Enhance Salt Tolerance in Common Bean: Dissecting Morphological, Physiological, and Genetic Mechanisms for Stress Adaptation.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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Abstract
Algal biomass, extracts, or derivatives have long been considered a valuable material to bring benefits to humans and cultivated plants. In the last decades, it became evident that algal formulations can induce multiple effects on crops (including an increase in biomass, yield, and quality), and that algal extracts contain a series of bioactive compounds and signaling molecules, in addition to mineral and organic nutrients. The need to reduce the non-renewable chemical input in agriculture has recently prompted an increase in the use of algal extracts as a plant biostimulant, also because of their ability to promote plant growth in suboptimal conditions such as saline environments is beneficial. In this article, we discuss some research areas that are critical for the implementation in agriculture of macro- and microalgae extracts as plant biostimulants. Specifically, we provide an overview of current knowledge and achievements about extraction methods, compositions, and action mechanisms of algal extracts, focusing on salt-stress tolerance. We also outline current limitations and possible research avenues. We conclude that the comparison and the integration of knowledge on the molecular and physiological response of plants to salt and to algal extracts should also guide the extraction procedures and application methods. The effects of algal biostimulants have been mainly investigated from an applied perspective, and the exploitation of different scientific disciplines is still much needed for the development of new sustainable strategies to increase crop tolerance to salt stress.
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