Plant Beneficial Microorganisms as Novel Additives for Sustainable Agriculture
A special issue of Antibiotics (ISSN 2079-6382).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 May 2022) | Viewed by 3674
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Interests: Regulation of antibiotic biosynthesis; energetic metabolism; function of antibiotics for the producing bacteria; Streptomyces
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Dear Colleagues,
Microorganisms have long been known to be major contributors of soil fertility and plant nutrition as organic matter decomposers. However, in recent decades, several studies have revealed that they also greatly contribute to plant health and fitness via leur their ability to produce molecules limiting the growth of phytopathogens belonging to various kingdoms (bacteria, fungi, insects, worms...), as well as phytohormones. They can even contribute to rescuing agricultural soils sterilized by repeated applications of pesticides or of chemical phosphorus amendements often rich in heavy metals thanks to their ability to degrade xenobiotics, to solubilize immobilized phosphate and to store minerals. These interesting properties raise the question of the opportunity, efficiency and safety of the development of novel agricultural pratices and the novel bio-based economy based on the large-scale cultivation of these beneficial micro-organisms for their spreading in agrictural fields as a new kind of intrans.
Dr. Marie-Joëlle Virolle
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- bio-control
- bio-fertilizer
- PGPR
- phosphorus solubilization
- heavy metal
- xenobiotic degradation
- antibiotics
- phytopathogen
- parasites
- endosymbiotes
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