In the USA, the National Institute of Food and Agricultura (NIFA) supports research in bio-based pest management, which has the goal of providing safer and more effective methods of controlling pests while reducing our reliance on synthetic pesticides and can be read- ily incorporated into integrated pest management (IPM) programs. From the regulatory point of view, many countries have instituted stricter regulation of the manufacture, registration, and use of pesticides, lead- ing to the search for alternatives such as the use of biocontrol products. Biostimulants, a continuously growing market Biostimulants are increasingly positioned as a promising category of products to improve crop yield and quality, as well as to provide www.kaeltia.com FEATURED ARTICLES 103