Open AccessApplication of Saccharomyces cerevisiae for nutritional value enhancement in agricultural plants – a review
Author(s) -
László Csambalik,
Andrea Tóbiás
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
acta biologica szegediensis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.212
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 1588-4082
pISSN - 1588-385X
DOI - 10.14232/abs.2018.2.146-157
Subject(s) - yeast , agriculture , microbiology and biotechnology , arable land , ornamental plant , biology , saccharomyces cerevisiae , repetition (rhetorical device) , toxicology , food science , agricultural engineering , botany , engineering , biochemistry , ecology , linguistics , philosophy
This review focuses on yeast suspensions applied with the aim to enhance nutritional content of agricultural products. Seventy one publications were studied, and their details summarized in tables, according to the following plant groups: 1/ arable plants, 2/ vegetables, 3/ medicinal and ornamental plants. It was found that the experimental designs in these papers were inconsistent in most cases and, regardless to plant species used, the concentration of yeast extract, time of application, and repetitions of the treatment were fundamentally different, making evaluation of the methodologies difficult. However, all studies agreed in the positive impact of yeast extracts on nutritional parameters. Therefore, it is advisable to perform further studies to clarify the relationship of individual nutritional parameters to spraying dose, timing and repetition of yeast application.