Processing Tomato and Potato Response to Biostimulant Application in Open Field: An Overview
Biostimulants include a wide array of microorganisms and substances that can exert beneficial effects on plant development and growth, often enhancing nutrient uptake and improving tolerance against abiotic and biotic stress. Depending on their composition and time of application, these products can...
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| author | Marco Francesco Golin Vittoria Giannini Marco Bagarello Wendy Carolina Vernaza Cartagena Maria Giordano Carmelo Maucieri |
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| description | Biostimulants include a wide array of microorganisms and substances that can exert beneficial effects on plant development and growth, often enhancing nutrient uptake and improving tolerance against abiotic and biotic stress. Depending on their composition and time of application, these products can influence plant physiology directly as growth regulators or indirectly through environmental condition changes in the rhizosphere, such as nutrient and water availability. This review evaluated 48 case studies from 39 papers to summarize the effects of biostimulant application on fruit and tuber yields and on the quality of processing tomato and potato in open field conditions. For potato, PGPR bacteria were the main studied biostimulant, whereas the low number of studies on processing tomato did not permit us to delineate a trend. The yield and quality were greatly influenced by cultivars and biostimulant composition, application method, period, and dose. For processing tomato, a positive effect of the biostimulant application on the marketable yield was reported in 79% of the case studies, whereas for potato, the effect was reported in only 47%. Few studies, on processing tomato and potato, also reported data for quality parameters with contrasting results. The variability of crop response to biostimulant application in open field conditions highlights the need for more comprehensive studies. Such studies should focus on diverse cultivars, deeply understand the interaction of biostimulant application with agronomic management (e.g., irrigation and fertilization), and evaluate yield and quality parameters. This approach is crucial to fully understand the potential and limitations of biostimulant applications in agriculture, particularly regarding their role in sustainable crop production. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-3d4b1133df46416889055685bebfa41f2025-08-20T01:53:37ZengMDPI AGAgronomy2073-43952024-11-011411269910.3390/agronomy14112699Processing Tomato and Potato Response to Biostimulant Application in Open Field: An OverviewMarco Francesco Golin0Vittoria Giannini1Marco Bagarello2Wendy Carolina Vernaza Cartagena3Maria Giordano4Carmelo Maucieri5Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals and Environment—DAFNAE, University of Padua, Agripolis Campus, Viale dell’Università 16, 35020 Legnaro, PD, ItalyDepartment of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals and Environment—DAFNAE, University of Padua, Agripolis Campus, Viale dell’Università 16, 35020 Legnaro, PD, ItalyDepartment of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals and Environment—DAFNAE, University of Padua, Agripolis Campus, Viale dell’Università 16, 35020 Legnaro, PD, ItalyDepartment of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals and Environment—DAFNAE, University of Padua, Agripolis Campus, Viale dell’Università 16, 35020 Legnaro, PD, ItalyDepartment of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals and Environment—DAFNAE, University of Padua, Agripolis Campus, Viale dell’Università 16, 35020 Legnaro, PD, ItalyDepartment of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals and Environment—DAFNAE, University of Padua, Agripolis Campus, Viale dell’Università 16, 35020 Legnaro, PD, ItalyBiostimulants include a wide array of microorganisms and substances that can exert beneficial effects on plant development and growth, often enhancing nutrient uptake and improving tolerance against abiotic and biotic stress. Depending on their composition and time of application, these products can influence plant physiology directly as growth regulators or indirectly through environmental condition changes in the rhizosphere, such as nutrient and water availability. This review evaluated 48 case studies from 39 papers to summarize the effects of biostimulant application on fruit and tuber yields and on the quality of processing tomato and potato in open field conditions. For potato, PGPR bacteria were the main studied biostimulant, whereas the low number of studies on processing tomato did not permit us to delineate a trend. The yield and quality were greatly influenced by cultivars and biostimulant composition, application method, period, and dose. For processing tomato, a positive effect of the biostimulant application on the marketable yield was reported in 79% of the case studies, whereas for potato, the effect was reported in only 47%. Few studies, on processing tomato and potato, also reported data for quality parameters with contrasting results. The variability of crop response to biostimulant application in open field conditions highlights the need for more comprehensive studies. Such studies should focus on diverse cultivars, deeply understand the interaction of biostimulant application with agronomic management (e.g., irrigation and fertilization), and evaluate yield and quality parameters. This approach is crucial to fully understand the potential and limitations of biostimulant applications in agriculture, particularly regarding their role in sustainable crop production.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/14/11/2699sustainable agriculturecrop nutritionbiostimulantsbeneficial microorganismsprotein hydrolyzedarbuscular mycorrhizal fungi |
| spellingShingle | Marco Francesco Golin Vittoria Giannini Marco Bagarello Wendy Carolina Vernaza Cartagena Maria Giordano Carmelo Maucieri Processing Tomato and Potato Response to Biostimulant Application in Open Field: An Overview Agronomy sustainable agriculture crop nutrition biostimulants beneficial microorganisms protein hydrolyzed arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi |
| title | Processing Tomato and Potato Response to Biostimulant Application in Open Field: An Overview |
| title_full | Processing Tomato and Potato Response to Biostimulant Application in Open Field: An Overview |
| title_fullStr | Processing Tomato and Potato Response to Biostimulant Application in Open Field: An Overview |
| title_full_unstemmed | Processing Tomato and Potato Response to Biostimulant Application in Open Field: An Overview |
| title_short | Processing Tomato and Potato Response to Biostimulant Application in Open Field: An Overview |
| title_sort | processing tomato and potato response to biostimulant application in open field an overview |
| topic | sustainable agriculture crop nutrition biostimulants beneficial microorganisms protein hydrolyzed arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi |
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