Organic Stimulant Uses In Natural Plant Production

Plant uses in Croatia

Despite the long history of plant usage, the economic values of the highly diverse Croatian vascular flora (5516 taxa) were never investigated. For the purpose of a survey of the useful and harmful species, the available information was accumulated in the Flora Croatica Database (FCD) and a new database module for economic botany has been developed. An Economic Botany Standard was adopted on th...

A Review of Natural Stimulant and Non‐stimulant Thermogenic Agents

Obesity and overweight are major health issues. Exercise and calorie intake control are recognized as the primary mechanisms for addressing excess body weight. Naturally occurring thermogenic plant constituents offer adjunct means for assisting in weight management. The controlling mechanisms for thermogenesis offer many intervention points. Thermogenic agents can act through stimulation of the...

Plant value of zinc in organic wastes

Priming of Production in Maize of Volatile Organic Defence Compounds by the Natural Plant Activator cis-Jasmone

cis-Jasmone (CJ) is a natural plant product that activates defence against herbivores in model and crop plants. In this study, we investigated whether CJ could prime defence in maize, Zea mays, against the leafhopper, Cicadulina storeyi, responsible for the transmission of maize streak virus (MSV). Priming occurs when a pre-treatment, in this case CJ, increases the potency and speed of a defenc...

Uses of antimicrobials in plant agriculture.

Bacterial diseases of plants are less prevalent than diseases caused by fungi and viruses. Antimicrobials for prophylactic treatment of bacterial diseases of plants are limited in availability, use, and efficacy, and therapeutic use is largely ineffective. Most applications are by spray treatments in orchards. Monitoring and surveillance for drug resistance are not routinely done. In the United...