Role of Plant-Growth-Promoting Microorganisms in Agriculture: Mitigating Climate Change Impact—2nd Edition
A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395). This special issue belongs to the section "Farming Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 July 2025) | Viewed by 1520
Special Issue Editors
Interests: plant physiology; abiotic stress; growth regulators; organic agriculture; sustainable agriculture
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Interests: plant physiology; abiotic stress; growth regulators; organic agriculture; sustainable agriculture
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
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Dear Colleagues,
The term ‘plant-growth-promoting microorganism’ applies to all microorganisms (e.g., bacteria, actinomycetes, fungi, and algae). Plant-growth-promoting microorganisms have been shown to have a beneficial effect on plant growth via the action of either direct or indirect mechanisms. They increase the yield of various crops, improve the fertility of soil, promote diversity and interaction with other beneficial microorganisms, inhibit the growth of pathogens, and support the sustainability of systems. Considering that climate change is a threat to plants and its mitigation remains a major challenge for humanity, it is important to perform research related to the influence of plant-growth-promoting microorganisms on the response of plants to changing climatic conditions.
Previously, we successfully published a Special Issue entitled “Role of Plant-Growth-Promoting Microorganisms in Agriculture: Mitigating Climate Change Impact” and received several excellent papers. We now therefore propose a 2nd Edition on the same topic and welcome papers that address a broader range of applications.
This Special Issue aims to gather scientific research on the role of plant-growth-promoting microbes in mitigating the impact of climate change on agriculture. We welcome the submission of both reviews and research articles.
Dr. Elžbieta Jankovska-Bortkevič
Dr. Sigita Jurkonienė
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- bacteria
- biofertilizer
- biostimulants
- climate change
- crop
- environmental factors
- probiotics
- plant stress
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