TY - BOOK AU - Pereira,Leonel AU - Bahcevandziev,Kiril AU - Joshi,Nilesh H. TI - Seaweeds as plant fertilizer, agricultural biostimulants and animal fodder SN - 9781138597068 U1 - Ref./641.698/Se19 23 PY - 2020/// CY - Boca Raton PB - CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group KW - Marine algae as fertilizer KW - Biofertilizers KW - Marine algae as feed N1 - 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 N2 - "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"-- ER -