Special Issue "Beneficial Microorganisms for Plants"
A special issue of Biology (ISSN 2079-7737). This special issue belongs to the section "Microbiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2023 | Viewed by 790
Special Issue Editor
Interests: Plant-Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR); soil microbial communities; sphingomonas; plant–bacteria interaction
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Microorganisms have been successfully used in agriculture as a strategy to sustainably improve plant growth and health. However, these approaches are still limited to a small number of organisms and their effectiveness is often limited when transferred from the laboratory to the field. Conversely, the impact of these microbial inputs on microbial communities is generally neglected, while the introduction of high densities of microorganisms can affect the complex and dynamic balance of soil microbial communities.
This Special Issue is devoted to original papers dealing with (i) the use of microorganisms (alone, in combination, or at the community level) to improve plant growth and health; (ii) the factors that influence or improve the efficiency of these beneficial microorganisms; and (iii) the effects of these microorganisms on native microbial communities, especially in a laboratory-to-field transfer approach.
Dr. Jérôme Duclercq
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- plant-growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR)
- mycorrhizal fungi
- beneficial microorganisms
- soil microbial communities
