Researcher: Prof. Jayaraj Jayaraman

Project Description: Studies on commercialization of novel phyto-biostimulants derived from seaweeds for sustainable agriculture

Project Status

Websites:

https://sta.uwi.edu/uwitoday/archive/august_2018/article23.asp

https://cen.acs.org/environment/sustainability/Sargassum-strangling-tourism-Caribbean-scientists/97/i34

UWI Sargassum science highlighted in National Geographic article | The Faculty of Science and Technology

Sargassum: Untapped treasure trove for sustainable agriculture - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

How do you deal with 9m tonnes of suffocating seaweed? | Oceans | The Guardian

Publications:

Ali, O., Ramsubhag, A., & Jayaraman, J. (2022). Application of extracts from Caribbean seaweeds improves plant growth and yields and increases disease resistance in tomato and sweet pepper plants. Phytoparasitica. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12600-022-01035-w.

Ali, O., Ramsubhag, A., & Jayaraman, J. (2022). Transcriptome-wide modulation bysargassum vulgareandacanthophora spiciferaextracts results in a prime-triggered plant signalling cascade in tomato and Sweet Pepper. AoB PLANTS, 14(6). https://doi.org/10.1093/aobpla/plac046.

Ali, O., Ramsubhag, A., Farrell, A. D., & Jayaraman, J. (2022). Foliar application of seaweed extracts influences the phytomicrobiome dynamics in tomato and Sweet Pepper Plants. Journal of Applied Phycology, 34(6), 3219–3235. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10811-022-02823-x.

Ali, O., Ramsubhag, A., Ramnarine Jr., S., & Jayaraman, J. (2022). Transcriptomic changes induced by applications of a commercial extract of Ascophyllum nodosum on Tomato Plants. Scientific Reports, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-11263-z.

Ali, O., Ramsubhag, A., & Jayaraman, J. (2021). Biostimulant properties of seaweed extracts in plants: Implications towards sustainable crop production. Plants, 10(3), 531. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10030531.

Rajendran, R., Jagmohan, S., Jayaraj, P., Ali, O., Ramsubhag, A., & Jayaraman, J. (2021). Effects of ascophyllum nodosum extract on sweet pepper plants as an organic biostimulant in grow box home garden conditions. Journal of Applied Phycology, 34(1), 647–657. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10811-021-02611-z.

Dookie, M., Ali, O., Ramsubhag, A., & Jayaraman, J. (2021). Flowering gene regulation in tomato plants treated with brown seaweed extracts. Scientia Horticulturae, 276, 109715. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scienta.2020.109715.

Ali, O., Ramsubhag, A., & Jayaraman, J. (2020). Phytoelicitor activity of Sargassum vulgare and Acanthophora spicifera extracts and their prospects for use in vegetable crops for sustainable crop production. Journal of Applied Phycology, 33(1), 639–651. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10811-020-02309-8.