In this episode, Omar Rodriguez, a sustainable agriculture specialist with NCAT's ATTRA sustainable agriculture program, has a conversation about biostimulants with Meerae Park, a master's degree student in the Plant Sciences Department at the University of California Davis. Omar, who works out of NCAT's Western Regional Office in Davis, California, and Meerae give an overview of biostimulants – which are generally described as substances that aren't fertilizers, pesticides, or growth regulators but can affect plants' yield, quality, and vigor. They discuss categories of biostimulants, how they may affect plants, the sometimes difficult task of defining which substances are biostimulants, how farmers can research which biostiumulants might be helpful for their crops, and other aspects of Meerae's research. For more information on this topic, you can contact Omar Rodriguez directly at omarr@ncat.org.
Related ATTRA Resources:
Sources of Organic Fertilizers and Amendments
Resource Guide to Organic and Sustainable Vegetable Production
Understanding the Soil Microbiome with Nicole Masters
Other Resources
Biostimulants: What are they and do they work?
Crop Biostimulants
Plant Biostimulants: Definition, concept, main categories and regulation
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