Balancing Plant Microbiome for Sustainable Agriculture
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Food Science and Technology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 February 2022) | Viewed by 454
Special Issue Editor
Interests: genomics; metagenomics; plant and soil microbiomes; food production; bacterial inoculants; endophytes; agriculture modeling; crop management systems; synthetic biology; secondary metabolites of agricultural and pharmaceutical importance; predictive biology
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
It is our pleasure to announce the Applied Science Special Issue “Balancing Plant Microbiome for Sustainable Agriculture”.
Food production is becoming a challenge with the increasing population, the threat of global warming, limited natural resources, and advanced land degradation. The conventional model of agriculture, solely based on the use of chemicals to produce food, is not a sustainable model to be carried on—neither environmentally nor economically. The advance of integrative research that takes into account the dynamics of biological, chemical, and environmental processes brings hope for building a sustainable model of agriculture, changing the way we produce food. On this journey, taking advantage of the genomic potential of microorganisms to improve plant production, yield, and nutritional quality in soil-based crops or hydroponics is a key factor for success.
This Special Issue welcomes research comprising (but not limited to) studies on plant and soil microbiomes, bioinoculants, biopesticides, biological nitrogen fixation, plant and soil functional microbiome (metagenomic), biosynthesis of secondary metabolites (metabolomics) in the rhizosphere, and agricultural soil’s microbial diversity in conservative ag-systems (no-tillage and crop rotation).
We are keen to know more about your research and hope to publish your valuable results in our Special Issue.
Sincerely,
Dr. Patricia Dörr De Quadros
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- plant microbiome
- microbial inoculant
- metabolomics
- soil biodiversity
- bacterial endophytes
- hydroponics
