Organic Nutrition of Plants

Editorial: Organic-Based Foliar Biostimulation and Nutrition in Plants

Biostimulants, are a wide range of organic or synthetic based products which can enhance the plant performance specially in presence of biotic or abiotic stresses (du Jardin, 2015). Usually, the mode of action of observed responses are not well understood. However, there is an agreement that the response should not be due to presence of essential mineral elements, known plant hormones, or disea...

Application of Medicinal Plants in Poultry Nutrition

Application of most antibiotic growth promoters as feed additives has been banned in a lot of countries due to cross-resistance against pathogens and residues in tissues. Therefore, scientists are searching for alternatives to antibiotics nowadays. Medicinal plant extracts are one of the alternatives that have anti-microbial and growth promoting effect on poultry. In this paper, the benefits of...

Role of the rhizosphere in iron nutrition of plants

Calcium Nutrition in Plants

Calcium in plants is quite similar to calcium in people – it is essential for good growth and structure. Calcium does not move easily throughout the plant, once it is incorporated into cell walls, it does not move out again. The health and integrity of the cell membrane is very critical to the survival of the plant and it is well understood that cell membrane cannot be maintained without adequa...

application of medicinal plants in poultry nutrition

application of most antibiotic growth promoters as feed additives has been banned in a lot of countries due to cross-resistance against pathogens and residues in tissues. therefore, scientists are searching for alternatives to antibiotics nowadays. medicinal plant extracts are one of the alternatives that have anti-microbial and growth promoting effect on poultry. in this paper, the benefits of...