Abstract

Plant biostimulant products are gaining significant traction as valuable tools in the agricultural and horticultural sectors, facilitating sustainable crop production and environmentally conscious operations while bettering plant growth, quality, and yield. These unique products cannot be classified as fertilizers, nor do they work directly on pests like pesticides. Working to enhance plant nutritional processes, they offer invaluable aid to producers, sustainably improving the efficiency of inputs and natural resources. Unlike widely used agrochemicals, plant biostimulant products lack consistent regulatory oversight in the United States, thus limiting their use.
 In this article, members of the Biostimulant Industry Workgroup (BIW) recommend guiding criteria when verifying plant biostimulant product claims. It is anticipated these principles will strengthen the credibility of developed and emerging plant biostimulant products and help prepare technology developers for the foreseeable measures enacted as governmental regulations come about in the United States.

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