Investigation of biostimulant for organic food production / Muhammad Danial Amsyar Mohd Za’im

There is a lot of type of algae in this world who has many species and function example of types of algae which is green algae, red algae and golden algae. Based on this there are a lot of use of algae that have been research and turn into product for example food, cosmetics, bioplastic and biodiesel industry. However, for bio-stimulant that been use for help plant growth is from green microalgae (Chlorophyta). Green algae or Chlorophyta have been studied to develop a better replacement for the current fertilizer that been use in agriculture right now. From the studied its show a positive impact that bio-stimulant is indeed is better than biofertilizer because algae naturally produce a wide range of bioactive compounds, including phytohormones, vitamins, antioxidants, which can promote plant growth, enhance nutrient uptake, and making it a valuable natural alternative to synthetic chemicals in agriculture. However, has a new study that prove bio-stimulant is better alternatives compare to biofertilizer in two differences medium and which is more effective bio-stimulant collected microalgae or microalgae that been culture to see which help the plant growth better. This chapter was a summarised of several research and lab work that was conducted around 14 weeks on bio-stimulant culture algae compared to biofertilizer and bio-stimulant collected microalgae where the observation plant height and the root length. Furthermore, this research is aiming for agriculture industry that use a lot of biofertilizer where produce a lot of harmful chemicals waste to drain when watering their plants and eventually the waste will flow into the river stream and harm the aquatic environment.