Comprehensive Insights

  • They have different operating mechanics from fertilizers regardless of the nutrient content.
  • While fertilizers protect against pests and diseases, biostimulants only increase the crop and soil qualities.
  • Hence they have nothing much to do with crop protection other than improving its immunity thus becoming complementary to fertilizers.


Industry Analysis

  • The significant substitutes for plant biostimulants are chemical fertilizers. Stimulants though being effective regarding quality do not give results as quick as chemical fertilizers.
  • Also, the availability of chemical fertilizers is high and at less cost compared to stimulants.
  • Increasing need for more food globally is encouraging the usage of chemical fertilizers which gives high yield in a short span of time.
  • Ease of access to raw materials, moderate initial capital requirements are encouraging companies to enter the biostimulant industry.
  • Expansion of the organic food industry, higher benefits associated with enhanced agricultural yield and productivity are increasing the compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of the production.
  • This, in turn, is attracting the new companies to enter the industry. Moderate product differentiation will reduce the overall research and development costs involved which will be helpful for the new entrants to the industry.


Plant Bio-Stimulants Market Segmentation Analysis
1. Acids

  • Humic substances are end products of microbial decomposition and chemical degradation of dead biota in soils.
  • They are said to improve various qualities of the soil like controlling nutrient availability, carbon and oxygen exchange between the earth and the atmosphere, and the transformation and transport of toxic chemicals.
  • This segment is further divided into Humic Acids and Fulvic Acids.
  • Humic acids are soluble in first media and are extracted from soil by dilute alkali and precipitate in acidic media.
  • Fulvic acids are soluble in both alkali and acid media


2. Microbial

  • Microbial inoculants mainly include free-living bacteria, fungi, and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi that were isolated from a variety of environments including soil, plants, plant residues, water, and composted manures.


3. Extracts

  • Seaweed extracts also act as biostimulants, enhancing seed germination and establishment, improving plant growth, yield, flower set, and fruit production, increasing resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses and improving post-harvest shelf life.


4. Others
Application
1. Seed

  • Seed application is the significant segment regarding the implementation.


2. Soil and plant
3. Trees & vine crops
4. Crops
5. vegetable and legume crops
6. other horticultural crops
Form
1. Liquid
2. Granules
Geography
1. North America
2. South America
3. Europe
4. Asia-Pacific
5. RoW
Plant Bio-Stimulants Market Geographical Share
Europe is the primary market for biostimulants taking 42% of the global market share followed by North America and Asia each occupying around 20%.

  • In 2012, more than 6.2 million hectares of land was treated with biostimulants in Europe according to the European biostimulants Industry Council (EBIC).
  • The first world congress aimed at the use of biostimulants in agriculture was held in Strasbourg, France in November of 2012.
  • This was attended by more than 700 delegates from 30 countries and worked to bring together individuals and personnel working on industrial, academic and regulatory aspects of biostimulants.
  • India, China, and Australia are significant markets in the Asia- Pacific region and are driven by government support to improve agricultural productivity and reduce crop prices.


Plant Bio-Stimulants Companies and Competitive Landscape

  • The report covers factors impacting the market, Porter 5 Forces, Market Share Analysis, Price trend analysis, Product Benchmarking, and company profiles.
  • The report profiles major companies in the global plant Biostimulants market which include Arysta Life science Corporation, BASF SE, Biochim S.P.A Biostadt India Limited, Isagro SAP, Italpollina SAP, Koppert B.V., Lallemand Plant Care, Novozymes A/S, Platform Specialty Products Corporation, Sapec Group (Trade Corporation International), Taminco, Valagro SAP.