Seaweeds as plant fertilizer, agricultural biostimulants and animal fodder /

Seaweeds as plant fertilizer, agricultural biostimulants and animal fodder / editors: Leonel Pereira, Kiril Bahcevandziev, Nilesh H. Joshi. - vi, 224 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Historical Use of Seaweed as an Agricultural Fertilizer in the European Atlantic Area / Leonel Pereira and João Cotas -- Macroalgae Polysaccharides in Plant Defense Responses / Roberta Paulert and Marciel João Stadnik -- Marine Macroalgae: A Potential Source of Plant Growth Regulators / Emad A. Shalaby -- Role of Secondary Metabolites from Seaweeds in the Context of Plant Development and Crop Production / Hossam S. El-Beltagi, Heba I. Mohamed and Maged M. Abou El-Enain -- Seaweeds as Plant Biostimulants / Marcia Eugenia Amaral Carvalho and Paulo Roberto de Camargo e Castro -- Seaweeds in the Control of Plant Diseases and Insects / Levi Pompermayer Machado, Maria Cândida de Godoy Gasparoto, Norival Alves Santos Filho and Ronaldo Pavarini -- Algae as a Promising Feed Additive for Horses / Izabela Michalak and Krzysztof Marycz -- Bioactive Algae and Cell Therapies: An Irreversible Perspective in Clinical Nutrition of Horses with Endocrine Disorders / Katarzyna Kornicka and Krzysztof Marycz -- Seaweeds as Fish Feed Additives / Clélia Paulete Correia Neves Afonso and Teresa Margarida Lopes da Silva Mouga -- Effects of Feeding with Seaweeds on Ruminal Fermentation and Methane Production / Ana Rita J. Cabrita, Inês M. Valente Hugo M. Oliveira, António J.M. Fonseca and Margarida R.G. Maia.

"Seaweed extracts (Ascophyllum, Fucus, Sargassum, Saccorhiza, Laminaria, and other), when they are applied on the leaves, the main effects are: better seed germination and higher quality fruit production, with increased storage period; a better use of soil nutrients; crops more productive and plants with increased resistance to unfavorable environmental conditions"--

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Marine algae as fertilizer.
Biofertilizers.
Marine algae as feed.

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