Metagenomic Analysis for Unveiling Agricultural Microbiome—3rd Edition
A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395). This special issue belongs to the section "Farming Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 February 2026
Special Issue Editors
Interests: plant microbiome; metagenomics; bioinformatics
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Interests: maize; abiotic stress; root development; microbiome; rhizosphere
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The agricultural microbiome plays a significant role in nutrient absorption, disease resistance, and stress resistance in plants and animals; it is an important concept in achieving sustainable agriculture. The purpose of this Special Issue is to promote the development of the field of agricultural microbiomes; submissions that focus on microbiome research related to agriculture, including crops, vegetables, fruits, agricultural products, animal husbandry, aquatic products, and one-health will be accepted. Research on amplicon sequencing is acceptable and works on metagenome, metatranscriptome, metaproteome, metametabolome, bacterial genome, population association analysis, and multi-omics analysis are also recommended in order to more comprehensively use meta-omics technology to analyze the role of the microbiome in agriculture. This research aims to improve our environment and realize the harmonious development of science, technology, and agriculture for one-health.
Prof. Dr. Yong-Xin Liu
Dr. Peng Yu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- plant microbiome
- root microbiota
- amplicon
- metagenomics
- metatranscriptome
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