Mechanisms of Interaction and Coevolution between Plants and Microorganisms
A special issue of Microorganisms (ISSN 2076-2607).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (28 February 2022) | Viewed by 589
Special Issue Editors
Interests: soil rhizosphere; crops; microbiota; interactions
Interests: rhizosphere; pseudomonas; extracellular vesicles; noncoding RNAs; plant–bacteria interaction
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Interests: rhizosphere; microbiome; root exudation; nitrogen cycle; dentrification; plant growth; carbon catabolic repression; phytobatogenic bacteria; signaling,gene regulation; metabolic network
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Just as it is an urgent need to implement carbon neutrality, it is also urgent to find alternative solutions to reduce chemical inputs in agriculture. In addition to changing certain farming practices (switching to no-tillage, etc.), there are increasingly pressing demands for the use of nature-based solutions such as biofertilization and biocontrol of pathogens and pests. Only a better understanding of the mechanisms governing the interactions between plants and their associated microbiota, and also between microorganisms, can provide scientifically validated solutions.
Research on microbiology, molecular biology, biochemistry of the interactions between microorganisms in reservoirs (soil, water, air) and their host plants (of agronomic interest or model plants) is needed to better understand the functioning of this holobiont.
This Special issue will highlight the mechanisms underlying plant–microbiota interactions. Studies on newly described mechanisms of interaction between microorganisms and their host plants, and also between microorganisms, are encouraged. Studies on co-evolution between plants and their associated microbiota are also encouraged.
Dr. Thierry Heulin
Dr. Wafa Achouak
Dr. Feth-El-Zahar Haichar
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- microorganisms
- microbiota
- plant
- holobiont
- interactions
- biofertilization
- biocontrol
- molecular dialogue
- root exudation
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