Crops grown in the desert face many stress factors including water quality and quantity, and excessive heat which causes morphological and physiological changes in the plants. There are a number of products available in the market to enhance and strengthen plants, but many make spurious claims of efficacy. In this work, rational and logical approaches are put forward for testing the efficacy and mode of action of bio-stimulants under standardized, controlled conditions.
Crops grown in the desert face many stress factors including water quality and quantity, and excessive heat which causes morphological and physiological changes in the plants. There are a number of products available in the market to enhance and strengthen plants, but many make spurious claims of efficacy. In this work, rational and logical approaches are put forward for testing the efficacy and mode of action of bio-stimulants under standardized, controlled conditions.