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Arafat Abdel Hamed Abdel Latef earned his PhD in 2005 from South Valley University, Egypt, where he currently teaches plant physiology. He was awarded the ParOwn 1207 Post Doctor Fellowship in 2007 by the Egyptian Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, which was carried out at the Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China. Ranked among the top 2% of scientists worldwide for 20202024, Prof. Latef is a prolific author and editor for renowned publishers such as John Wiley & Sons, Taylor & Francis, Academic Press (Elsevier), and Springer-Verlag, and serves on the editorial boards of prestigious journals such as BMC Plant Biology, Frontiers in Plant Science, Plants-Basel, and Phyton International Journal of Experimental Botany. More recently, he has received several awards, including the 2021 Egyptian National Excellence Award, the 2019 South Valley University Excellence Award, the 2019 Top Peer Reviewer Award powered by Publons and Web of Science Group, and the South Valley University Science Publishing Award (20102023).

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Using Stimulants to Improve Plant Health examines biostimulants, chemical growth regulators, and phytohormones as levers to bolster plant resilience and productivity under abiotic and biotic stress. It outlines the physiological, biochemical, and molecular mechanisms that enable these agents to enhance tolerance to adverse soil and weather conditions and highlights cutting-edge advances in nanotechnology and precision agriculture.
With applied guidance insights, sample protocols, and real-world case studies, readers learn how to integrate stimulant-based strategies into operations-from smallholder farms to large-scale production-while prioritizing financially sound and ecologically responsible practices.
Structured into 16 chapters, each surveying a specific class of bioactive compounds and their modes of action, with practical agricultural applications, this authoritative volume will be invaluable to researchers, agronomists, extension professionals, and plant biologists dedicated to promoting plant health, achieving greater robustness and yield outcomes.