The district court denied the motion to dismiss, however, after an applica-. tion of the more intricate totality of the circumstances test. Id. The court. used the concise summary of the totality of circumstances test described by. Judge Adams in United States v. Sargent Elec.
Based on a literature review, plant biostimulants are defined. â¢ Biostimulants are defined by their agricultural/horticultural functions. â¢ Biostimulants enhance nutrition efficiency, abiotic stress tolerance, crop quality. â¢ There is a need for a legal and harmonised definition of biostimulants. â¢
Despite recent efforts to clarify the regulatory status of biostimulants, there is no legal or regulatory definition of plant biostimulants anywhere in the world, including in the European Union and in the United States.