The Biostimulant Potential of Clove Essential Oil for Treating Soybean Seeds

Costa, Joao Paulo; Nasser, Vinícius Guimarães; Macedo, Willian Rodrigues; Santos, Mario Ferreira Conceição; Silva, Geraldo Humberto

doi:10.3390/agriculture14071202

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The Biostimulant Potential of Clove Essential Oil for Treating Soybean Seeds

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Joao Paulo Costa

¹,

Vinícius Guimarães Nasser

¹,

Willian Rodrigues Macedo

¹,

Mario Ferreira Conceição Santos

^2,*

and

Geraldo Humberto Silva

^3,*

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Instituto de Ciências Agrárias, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Campus de Rio Paranaíba, Rio Paranaíba 36570-900, Brazil

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Departamento de Química e Física, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Alto Universitário s/n, Bairro Guararema, 9, Alegre 29500-000, Brazil

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Instituto de Ciências Exatas e Tecnológicas, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Campus de Rio Paranaíba, Rio Paranaíba 36570-900, Brazil

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Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed.

Agriculture 2024, 14(7), 1202; https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture14071202

Submission received: 5 June 2024 / Revised: 15 July 2024 / Accepted: 19 July 2024 / Published: 22 July 2024

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Agronomic Practices for Improving Growth, Quality, and Yield of Vegetables)

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Abstract

Increasing soybean productivity can be achieved by treating seeds with biostimulants. To this end, an investigation was conducted into the potential of a formulation prepared with clove es-sential oil (CEO) diluted in soybean oil for seed treatment. Soybean seeds were treated with CEO concentrations between 0.5 to 3.0 mL/L, and subjected to germination, vigor, and sanity analyses. The CEO at 1.6 mL/L exhibited favorable outcomes regarding germination, root length, and re-duced fungal infection. In this way, a two-crop field experiment evaluated soybean seeds treated with CEO at 1.6 mL/L. Soybean seeds treated with CEO in the field in 2021/2022 were not different from the controls. However, in 2019/2020, there was a higher percentage of emergence, nodulation, and production of 749 kg/ha more than in the industrial treatment. These results highlight the potential use of CEO as a biostimulant.

Keywords: biostimulant; Glycine max; clove essential oil; seed treatments

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Costa, J.P.; Nasser, V.G.; Macedo, W.R.; Santos, M.F.C.; Silva, G.H. The Biostimulant Potential of Clove Essential Oil for Treating Soybean Seeds. Agriculture 2024, 14, 1202. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture14071202

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Costa JP, Nasser VG, Macedo WR, Santos MFC, Silva GH. The Biostimulant Potential of Clove Essential Oil for Treating Soybean Seeds. Agriculture. 2024; 14(7):1202. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture14071202

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Costa, Joao Paulo, Vinícius Guimarães Nasser, Willian Rodrigues Macedo, Mario Ferreira Conceição Santos, and Geraldo Humberto Silva. 2024. "The Biostimulant Potential of Clove Essential Oil for Treating Soybean Seeds" Agriculture 14, no. 7: 1202. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture14071202

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Costa, J. P., Nasser, V. G., Macedo, W. R., Santos, M. F. C., & Silva, G. H. (2024). The Biostimulant Potential of Clove Essential Oil for Treating Soybean Seeds. Agriculture, 14(7), 1202. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture14071202

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