Biostimulants in plant science: A global perspective

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 7, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Yakhin, Oleg I ^a,b   Lubyanov, Aleksandr A ^b   Yakhin, Ildus A ^b   Brown, Patrick H ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

^b R D Company Eco Priroda   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biostimulants; Classification; Concepts; Definition; Emergent properties; Methodology; Mode of action; Regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011842222     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.02049     Document Type: Review

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