Soil Microbial Community in Agroecosystem: Benefits and Potentials for Crop Performances
A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395). This special issue belongs to the section "Farming Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 February 2023) | Viewed by 1869
Special Issue Editors
Interests: nitrogen; soil
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Soil microorganisms are involved in a large number of processes essential for agroecosystem sustainability and performance, such as the nutrient cycle, aggregate formation, and carbon sequestration, to mention a few. Plant-root-associated beneficial microbes (e.g., arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi) also play a key role in plant health and productivity by helping in the uptake of nutrients and overcoming abiotic stresses such as drought and salinity. Plant–microbe symbioses are complex interactions with the output depending on the involved organisms, both plant and microbes, and environmental conditions; however, mechanisms underlying such responses are still unclear. The occurring global changes are already markedly influencing environmental conditions, and more extreme changes are expected in the forthcoming decades (e.g., distribution and intensity of rain events, air temperature and CO2 concentration, presence of anthropogenic pollutants such as soil microplastics contamination, etc.). Therefore, expanding the knowledge around the role of the soil microbial community in agroecosystem productivity, resilience, and sustainability in future scenarios is urgently needed.
In this Special Issue, we welcome studies exploring all the aspects related to the effects of the soil microbial community on crop performances and agroecosystem sustainability, in particular to its effects on soil biophysical properties and processes and on crop health and performances, also considering the expected future environmental scenarios.
Prof. Dr. Alfonso S. Frenda
Dr. Rosolino Ingraffia
Guest Editors
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Keywords
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soil microbial community
- plant–microbiome interaction and function
- plant-beneficial microbes
- arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
- plant growth promoting bacteria
- global change
- climate change
- environmental stress
- sustainable farming
- agroecosystem service
