Microbial Formulations to Increase Crop Production, from Laboratory to Fields 2nd Edition

Dear Colleagues,

Today crop production is based on technologies related to green revolution, like application of nitrogen fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides, among other strategies. However, all the world is suffering consequences of applications of those products, like problems in health, climatic change, environmental pollution. Therefore, the use of more eco-friendly strategies to maintain or increase the crop production is desirable. Microorganisms could be a good alternative, because several of them are able to interact with plants making a symbiosis or an excellent association giving beneficial characteristics to plants. Mechanisms that bacteria offer to plants involve nitrogen fixation, phosphorous solubilization, hormone production, ACC deaminase activity, inhibition of pathogenic strains, triggering of ISR response, control of pest, protection to plant stress, among others. Research about microorganisms with beneficial potential to plants has been performed in different levels, since the isolation of new microorganisms with potential as a plant growth promoting microorganisms (PGPB), until their use in fields and commercialization. Therefore, this special will try to join frontier research in all levels of the development of a microbial formulation that could be applied on crops with the end to substitute technologies affecting the environment and health of habitants of the earth planet.

This special include but is not limited to next scopes:

1) Isolation and characterization of new beneficial microorganisms to plants

2) Microbiomes of plants as future prospects to consider on the inoculation of the correct biome on plants.

3) Mechanisms of microorganisms involved in the plant growth promotion or other beneficial aspects to plants.

4) Experiments of inoculation in the level of greenhouse.

5) Microbial formulations and its action in fields.

6) Patents related to the application of microorganisms on plant crop production.

7) Commercialization of microbial formulations, experiences and reality respect to products related to green revolution.

Dr. Jesus Munoz Rojas
Guest Editor

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• plant growth promoting microorganisms
• microbial formulations
• plant-microbe interactions
• plant biotechnology