Microorganisms in Agriculture, 3rd Edition
A special issue of Microorganisms (ISSN 2076-2607). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Microbiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2026 | Viewed by 442
Editor
Interests: soil remediation; soil microbiology; pesticide; environmental toxicology
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue is a continuation of our previous Special Issues, entitled “Microorganisms in Agriculture” and “Microorganisms in Agriculture, 2nd Edition”.
This Special Issue aims to explore the pivotal role of microorganisms in enhancing agricultural productivity, sustainability, and resilience. Microorganisms, including bacteria, fungi, viruses, archaea, and protozoa, play diverse and crucial roles in agricultural ecosystems, influencing soil health, plant growth, nutrient cycling, disease suppression, and overall ecosystem functioning.
In this Special Issue, original research articles, reviews, and perspectives are welcome. Research areas may include various aspects of microbial involvement in agriculture, including, but not limited to, the following:
- Crop–Microbe Interactions: Research focusing on the symbiotic and pathogenic interactions between crops and microorganisms, including beneficial associations such as mycorrhizal symbiosis, nitrogen-fixing bacteria, and biocontrol agents against plant pathogens.
- Microbial Biostimulants and Biofertilizers: Exploration of microbial-based products and formulations designed to enhance crop growth, nutrient uptake, stress tolerance, and overall crop productivity in sustainable agricultural practices.
- Microbial Control of Crop Diseases: Plant disease suppression, mechanisms and efficacy of biocontrol agents' against phytopathogens, development of novel strategies for managing crop diseases while minimizing environmental impacts.
- Microbial Bioremediation in Agricultural Settings: Potential of microorganisms to degrade chemical pesticides, detoxify metals in soil, and mitigate environmental contamination.
- Microbial Diversity and Functional Genomics: Utilization of molecular techniques and omics approaches to characterize microbial communities, identify key functional genes, and decipher metabolic pathways relevant to agricultural ecosystems.
- Microbial Role and Sustenance with Plants in the Rhizosphere.
- Microbes in Agricultural Products: Contamination, sanitation, farm animal and zoonotic diseases, fermentation of agricultural products, and ensilage.
- Composting of Agricultural Residues.
- Antibiotic and Other Antimicrobial Residues in Agricultural Soils.
We look forward to your submissions.
Dr. Wen-Ching Chen
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- biofertilizer
- biopesticide
- functional microbes
- plant diseases
- rhizosphere
- bioremediation
- silage
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