A biostimulant concentrate includes purified water and a solubilizer, triacontanol, and an array of brassinosteroids selected from the group consisting of brassinolide, brassinone, dolicholide, homobrassinolide, and combinations thereof. The triacontanol is concentrated as a 95% concentrate that is included in an amount of 2-15 grains per liter of biostimulant concentrate. In one embodiment, 3 grams of triacontanol 95% is used per liter of biostimulant concentrate. The biostimulant is formulated into a foliar spray in one embodiment of the invention. The present inventive formulation is used as an in-furrow application, which is mixed with fertilizer in one aspect of the invention. The present invention is mixed with herbicide and broadcast sprayed in another embodiment of the invention. This broadcast spray can be performed either pre-emergence, or post emergence, or both.

Physiological processes in plants are regulated and reinforced, and crop vitality, yield, quality and post-harvesting storage life are improved. A plant vitalizer comprising an exogenous elicitor and an endogenous elicitor is applied to plants.

Use of brown melanoidins in compositions and methods to protect plants against a wide variety of non-fungal pests is disclosed. In some exemplary embodiments of the invention, the plants are nightshades, for example tomato. In some exemplary embodiments of the invention, the plants are cucurbits, for example cucumber. Alternatively or additionally, in some embodiments the pests are selected from the group consisting of viruses, bacteria, oomycetes, and arthropods.

Compositions and methods of using exogenous antioxidant compounds and additives for cannabis and hemp production and growth and methods for enhancing the production of secondary metabolites and alleviating stress in cannabis and hemp plants are described.

Compositions and methods of using exogenous antioxidant compounds and additives for cannabis and hemp production and growth and methods for enhancing the production of secondary metabolites and alleviating stress in cannabis and hemp plants are described.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a plant stomatal opening promoting agent that is inexpensive, highly safe, and has an excellent stomatal opening promoting effect. The present invention is a plant stomatal opening promoting agent comprising stevia.

The present disclosure provides methods of decreasing a crop residue of a plant, enhancing the availability of a nutrient in a crop residue of a plant, increasing soil organic matter (SOM) with a crop residue of a plant, and reducing erosion with a crop residue of a plant by applying a composition comprising a culture of microalgae to the crop residue.

The present application an IDL6 mature polypeptide plant aging promoter, and a preparation method and application thereof, belonging to the field of plant aging promoters. The IDL6 mature polypeptide plant aging promoter is with an IDL6 mature polypeptide as a main functional component, and the IDL6 mature polypeptide having the following amino acid sequence: F-G-S-L-V-L-N-A-L-P-K-G-S-V-P-A-S-G-P-S-K-R-I-N. The provided plant aging promoter can promote the leaf senescence of the plant, accelerate the senescence, and has no other additional bad performance, and has extremely strong field operability.

The present application an IDL6 mature polypeptide plant aging promoter, and a preparation method and application thereof, belonging to the field of plant aging promoters. The IDL6 mature polypeptide plant aging promoter is with an IDL6 mature polypeptide as a main functional component, and the IDL6 mature polypeptide having the following amino acid sequence: F-G-S-L-V-L-N-A-L-P-K-G-S-V-P-A-S-G-P-S-K-R-I-N. The provided plant aging promoter can promote the leaf senescence of the plant, accelerate the senescence, and has no other additional bad performance, and has extremely strong field operability.

The invention relates to a crop husbandry composition comprising an alcohol or mixture of alcohols of the formula (I) R.sub.1—OH (I) wherein R.sub.1 is a linear or branched alkyl having a total number of carbon atoms from 18 to 40; and an alcohol alkoxylate or mixture of alcohol alkoxylates of the formula (II) R.sub.2—O—(C.sub.2H.sub.2zO).sub.x—H (II) wherein R.sub.2 is a linear or branched alkyl having a total number of carbon atoms from 18 to 40, z has a value of 2 or 3, and x has a value of from 1 to 150. The invention extends to a crop husbandry emulsion and to a field solution comprising said crop husbandry composition, and to a method for the cultivation, treatment, and/or protection of plants, crops, seeds, plant propagation material, aquatic environments, soil, or the like.