The Impact of Soil Microbiome Capability, Nutrient Bioavailability, and Plant Resilience in Sustainable Agriculture
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Agriculture".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2023) | Viewed by 3795
Special Issue Editors
Interests: soil microbiome; plant genetic
Interests: plant stress physiology; microbiology; plant nutrients
Interests: crop genetics; breeding
Interests: plant-microbe interaction; plant anti-herbivore defense; phytohormone signaling and cross-talk
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Global climate change, shifting land-use, and the intensification of agriculture are increasing crop stress caused by drought, salinity, herbivores, and pathogens. Emerging social and regulatory factors have motivated interest in the development of sustainable agriculture, which can be obtained by the implementation of green technologies with the capacity to protect crops from exposure to potential damage caused by various abiotic and biotic stresses. For instance, this can be achieved by breeding plant genotypes with specific traits that can survive disease or terrible environmental conditions as well as applying soil amendments such as compost and seed meal to limit the proliferation of soil-borne disease and changing nutrient cycling in agro-ecosystems. Additionally, plant-associated microbial niches, especially rhizosphere microbiome possess members, that are able to stimulate plant hormone and immune responses, increase micronutrient availability and shield plants from diseases by producing secondary metabolites with antibiotic or antifungal properties.
Overall, the scope of this research welcomes submissions that advance recent biotechnological applications in the field of sustainable agriculture as well as the mechanisms behind them.
Suggested topics include but are not limit to:
- The applications and the mechanisms of beneficial micro-organisms (bacterial, fungal, algal, or integrated approaches) to ameliorate the abiotic and biotic sources of stress on plants.
- Molecular approaches such as metagenomics and metaproteomics to understand interactions during agricultural management.
- Genetic plant studies on stress resistance/tolerance and the interactions between plant host and its associated rhizosphere microbiome.
- The alteration of the soil microbial community and nutrient bioavailability upon the application of soil amendments.
Dr. Likun Wang
Dr. Xuefei Wang
Dr. Imdad Ullah Zaid
Dr. Peiguo Yuan
Dr. Shashika S. Hewavitharana
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- soil microbiome
- plant genetic
- bio-available nutrient
- sustainable agriculture
- green technique
