Agricultural uses of plant biostimulants

Plant and Soil

Volumn 383, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 3-41

  Calvo, Pamela ^a   Nelson, Louise ^b   Kloepper, Joseph W ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Biostimulants; Fulvic acid; Humic acid; Microbial inoculants; Protein hydrolysates; Seaweed extracts

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922243338     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: 15735036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-014-2131-8     Document Type: Review

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