Bio-Stimulants

Bio-stimulants are natural or microbial substances applied to plants or soils to enhance growth, nutrient uptake, and stress tolerance without directly supplying nutrients. They include humic and fulvic acids that improve soil structure and root growth; seaweed extracts rich in natural hormones that boost flowering, fruiting, and stress resistance; beneficial microbes like Rhizobium, Trichoderma, Azospirillum, and mycorrhizal fungi that fix nitrogen, solubilize phosphorus, and protect roots; amino acids and protein hydrolysates that stimulate metabolism and chlorophyll synthesis; and vitamins like B1 that reduce transplant shock and enhance vigor.

Overall, bio-stimulants promote stronger root systems, higher yields, improved crop quality, better tolerance to drought, heat, and salinity, and healthier soils, making them essential in modern sustainable agriculture, including crops in Maharashtra such as sugarcane, grapes, pomegranates, vegetables, and cereals.