THE HOMEOPATHIC PRODUCTS USED IN PLANT PROTECTION: AN ALTERNATIVE CHOICE
Rîndașu Ileana, Ciceoi Roxana, Stănică Florin
Key words: agrohomeopathy, disease, pest, trends
ABSTRACT
The paper presents the history and trends of the homeopathic products used in plant
protection. Also known as high-dilution or agrohomeopatic treatments, this method started with
the pioneering work of Kolisko in 1923, on wheat germination and Junker in 1928, on growth of
microorganisms. Their approaches can be mainly divided in two important types of studies:
effects on crop growth and effects on crop disease/phytopathology and pests control, both on
plant models and in field trials. An important contribution in the agrohomeopathic research is
brought by the isopathic model, where the same substance is used for the induction of a stress
and then, in a diluted form, for the cure. Our work synthetises the information gathered from
previous reviews made in 1984-2015 and other various papers published in the past years.