The influence of plant preparations on reducing stress in plants
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https://doi.org/10.12775/HERB.2025.010Keywords
biostimulants, biotic stress, abiotic stressAbstract
In recent years, there has been an increase in the world’s population, which determines a greater demand for food. The United Nations estimates that in 2050 there will be approximately 9.7 billion people on Earth, and in 2080 – 10.4 billion. The main problem in the world is drought, which is the result of climate change. Currently, research is being carried out on the defense mechanisms of plants during the occurrence of a stress factor and their analysis at the morphological, physiological and biochemical level. It is observed that substances of plant origin known as plant growth and development regulators or biostimulants are increasingly
used. Growth regulators used when plants are still healthy, participating in the regulation of life processes at the level of a cell, organ or the entire organism, change their metabolism, which makes them stronger and more resistant to attack by a pathogen or other stress factor, and in unfavorable plant growth and development environmental conditions influence faster and more uniform emergence of plants, stimulation of growth and development, and better wintering. Obtaining high and good quality yields in plant production is primarily the ability to prevent or limit the occurrence of biotic and abiotic stresses and regenerate the damage caused by them. The aim of the article was to review research results on the impact of natural plant preparations on reducing water stress in plants. The article, based on scientic data, characterizes the types of stresses occurring in plants, their reactions to water decit and shows how natural and synthetic plant preparations can reduce the effects of water decit in plants. The results of current scientific research indicate that biostimulants also alleviate the symptoms of stress in horticultural crops. The positive effects of the use
of protein hydrolysates prove that they can be used as agents to protect crop plants against environmental stressors, and this is of great importance in the current global climate change scenario.
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