Harnessing the Potential of Biostimulants for Promoting Growth and Stress Tolerance in Soybeans
Investigators
Objectives
Research aims to identify effective routes to improve stress resilience to sustain yield and quality under different growing conditions (Fig. 1). Goal: The properties and influence of biostimulants differ greatly from product to product. Identify a biostimulant that improves seed germination, seedling vigor, health, and crop yield.
Expected End Results
Identifying products with greater synergistic impact on germination, shoot and root vigor, plant health, and yield under stress will assist in selecting suitable biostimulants for the US Mid-South climatic conditions. Improved understanding of biostimulants and stress tolerance will offer growers to enhance their revenue by at least 5%. Identified individual synergistic effect biostimulants can be used to create combinations of two or three formulations; such combinations may have additive effects in stress tolerance and increasing productivity.
Resources
- 43-2021Safeguarding Mississippi soybean production from interactive heat and drought stress-induced yield and quality losses annual report
- 43-2022 Safeguarding Mississippi soybean production from interactive heat and drought stress-induced yield and quality losses Final Report
- Safeguarding Mississippi Soybean Production From Interactive Heat and Drought Stress-Induced Yield and Quality Issues 43-2021 Annual Report