{"id":7952,"date":"2026-07-24T13:42:25","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T11:42:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lgr.upol.cz\/?p=7952"},"modified":"2026-07-24T13:48:01","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T11:48:01","slug":"evropskou-sit-pro-vyzkum-biostimulantu-povede-vedkyne-z-prirodovedecke-fakulty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lgr.upol.cz\/en\/2026\/07\/24\/evropskou-sit-pro-vyzkum-biostimulantu-povede-vedkyne-z-prirodovedecke-fakulty\/","title":{"rendered":"A European research network on biostimulants will be led by a scientist from the Faculty of Science"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">A newly approved European network, <strong>BIORAG \u2013 Biostimulants for Resilient Agriculture<\/strong>, will focus on research into biostimulants that improve nutrient use efficiency and help plants better cope with stress conditions such as drought, salinity, and temperature extremes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">The main proposer of the project is <strong>Shubhpriya Gupta<\/strong> from the Laboratory of Growth Regulators, a joint workplace of the Faculty of Science of Palack\u00fd University and the Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences. She will chair the network for four years. The project is scheduled to start on 29 October 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/lgr.upol.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Priya_Biostimulatnts-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7953\" style=\"width:571px;height:auto\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lgr.upol.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Priya_Biostimulatnts-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/lgr.upol.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Priya_Biostimulatnts-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/lgr.upol.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Priya_Biostimulatnts-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/lgr.upol.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Priya_Biostimulatnts.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Biostimulants are neither conventional fertilizers nor pesticides. They are substances or microorganisms that support natural physiological processes in plants. \u201cThey can improve nutrient uptake, promote root system development, increase plant tolerance to stress conditions, influence crop quality and yield, or enhance soil microbiome activity. They include, for example, beneficial bacteria and fungi, seaweed extracts, humic substances, amino acids, and protein hydrolysates,\u201d said Shubhpriya Gupta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">BIORAG will harmonize biostimulant research approaches<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">The BIORAG network aims to address the current fragmentation of biostimulant research and establish a common European framework for their study and evaluation. It will focus on a better understanding of the mechanisms underlying biostimulant activity, the standardization of laboratory and greenhouse bioassays, and the development of unified methods for assessing their effectiveness. An important part of the project will also involve transferring validated methods from model plants to agricultural crops and woody species, harmonizing data and experimental procedures, and supporting the registration of new biostimulant products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A newly approved European network, BIORAG \u2013 Biostimulants for Resilient Agriculture, will focus on research into biostimulants that improve nutrient use efficiency and help plants better cope with stress conditions&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":7956,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/lgr.upol.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/lgr.upol.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/lgr.upol.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lgr.upol.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lgr.upol.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7952"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/lgr.upol.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7952\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7967,"href":"http:\/\/lgr.upol.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7952\/revisions\/7967"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lgr.upol.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/lgr.upol.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lgr.upol.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lgr.upol.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}