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Biostimulants for Sustainable Agriculture: Enhancing Plant Growth and Stress Resilience

by
Karolina Jaros-Tsoj
1,2,
Jolanta Jaroszuk-Ściseł
3,
Ewa Oleńska
4,
Piotr Sugier
5,
Francois Rineau
2,
Andon Vassilev
6,7,
Jaco Vangronsveld
1,2 and
Małgorzata Wójcik
1,*
1
Department of Plant Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Biological Sciences, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, 19 Akademicka Street, 20-033 Lublin, Poland
2
Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Agoralaan, Building D, B-3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium
3
Department of Industrial and Environmental Microbiology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, 19 Akademicka Street, 20-033 Lublin, Poland
4
Department of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, University of Białystok, 1J Ciołkowskiego Street, 15-245 Białystok, Poland
5
Department of Botany, Mycology and Ecology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, 19 Akademicka Street, 20-033 Lublin, Poland
6
Department of Plant Physiology, Biochemistry and Genetics, Faculty of Agronomy, Agricultural University, 12 Mendeleev Street, 4000 Plovdiv, Bulgaria
7
Center of Competence in Agro-Food Systems and Bioeconomy, 4000 Plovdiv, Bulgaria
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Appl. Sci. 2026, 16(10), 4685; https://doi.org/10.3390/app16104685
Submission received: 25 March 2026 / Revised: 1 May 2026 / Accepted: 5 May 2026 / Published: 9 May 2026
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Precision Agronomy: From Plant Physiology to Product Quality)
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Abstract

Global agriculture faces the dual challenge of increasing productivity to meet the growing demand for food, feed, biofuels, and plant-based biomaterials while coping with soil degradation, climate change, and environmental pollution. Biostimulants have emerged as an innovative and sustainable strategy to enhance plant growth, nutrient uptake, and yield, as well as to mitigate the adverse impacts of abiotic and biotic stresses. Numerous studies show that biostimulant application can prevent 15–50% of potential yield losses caused by stressful environmental conditions. This review classifies major groups of biostimulants and examines mechanisms of their plant growth-promoting action at molecular, biochemical, physiological, and rhizospheric levels. Special emphasis is placed on their role in improving plant tolerance to drought, salinity, cold, heat, metal(loid) toxicity, and pest or pathogen attack. Limitations and challenges, including inconsistent results, variability in product efficiency, and the efforts on standardized formulations and application methods are also discussed. Finally, future research directions are highlighted, focusing on optimizing biostimulant performance to enhance crop resilience, productivity, and environmental sustainability.
Keywords: biostimulants; plant growth promotion; abiotic and biotic stress tolerance; rhizosphere interactions; sustainable agriculture biostimulants; plant growth promotion; abiotic and biotic stress tolerance; rhizosphere interactions; sustainable agriculture

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Jaros-Tsoj, K.; Jaroszuk-Ściseł, J.; Oleńska, E.; Sugier, P.; Rineau, F.; Vassilev, A.; Vangronsveld, J.; Wójcik, M. Biostimulants for Sustainable Agriculture: Enhancing Plant Growth and Stress Resilience. Appl. Sci. 2026, 16, 4685. https://doi.org/10.3390/app16104685

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Jaros-Tsoj K, Jaroszuk-Ściseł J, Oleńska E, Sugier P, Rineau F, Vassilev A, Vangronsveld J, Wójcik M. Biostimulants for Sustainable Agriculture: Enhancing Plant Growth and Stress Resilience. Applied Sciences. 2026; 16(10):4685. https://doi.org/10.3390/app16104685

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Jaros-Tsoj, Karolina, Jolanta Jaroszuk-Ściseł, Ewa Oleńska, Piotr Sugier, Francois Rineau, Andon Vassilev, Jaco Vangronsveld, and Małgorzata Wójcik. 2026. "Biostimulants for Sustainable Agriculture: Enhancing Plant Growth and Stress Resilience" Applied Sciences 16, no. 10: 4685. https://doi.org/10.3390/app16104685

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Jaros-Tsoj, K., Jaroszuk-Ściseł, J., Oleńska, E., Sugier, P., Rineau, F., Vassilev, A., Vangronsveld, J., & Wójcik, M. (2026). Biostimulants for Sustainable Agriculture: Enhancing Plant Growth and Stress Resilience. Applied Sciences, 16(10), 4685. https://doi.org/10.3390/app16104685

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