Connecting microbial capabilities with the soil and plant health: Options for agricultural sustainability

Agrowaste bioconversion and microbial fortification have prospects for soil health, crop productivity, and eco-enterprising

“…Microbial communities have emerged to influence litter decomposability and size of nutrient pool in the soils. They primarily immobilize mineralized nutrients into microbial biomass and release nutrients from microbial pool after decomposition (Sahu et al 2018). This phenomenon has major impact on the bioavailability of nutrients to the plants (Miki et al 2010).…”

Lesson from Ecotoxicity: Revisiting the Microbial Lipopeptides for the Management of Emerging Diseases for Crop Protection

“…Currently, themost effective available control measure for plant diseasesthroughchemical pesticideshasresulted intoxic effectsonnon-target organismsandas these compounds arenon-biodegradable in nature, this has become a matter of serious concern for contemporary environmentalists. Since chemical control is not sustainable and is almost certain to cause environmental pollution [1][2][3], different microbiological agents and biologically active molecules are beingexplored for their potential to inhibit thegrowth of phytopathogensand alleviation of other stresses [4][5][6][7][8] to crop plants. These bioactive compounds are produced by microorganisms, specificallyby the Bacillus genus whichis considered one of the most important bioactive compound factories [2,3,8].…”

“…These biomoleculesare chiefly characterized for their antagonistic activity against plant pathogens of different crops [27,29,30]. There are some cyclic lipopeptides which have recently been identified as elicitors of plant defence response such as ISR [7,16]. These biomolecules play a key role and modulate various mechanisms underlying the defense responses or, more specifically, ISR, both directly and indirectly.…”

Diving Into Reef Ecosystems for Land-Agriculture Solutions: Coral Microbiota Can Alleviate Salt Stress During Germination and Photosynthesis in Terrestrial Plants

“…In particular, soil salinity has become especially important in recent years and is considered to be one of the most pressing abiotic factors threatening agricultural production (Isayenkov and Maathuis, 2019). One promising initiative for a new model of environmentally friendly agriculture is based on converting the natural processes that occur in soil-plant systems into biotechnologies that enhance crop production (Sahu et al, 2018). In this context, a great deal of research has focused on understanding the relationships among plants and soil-borne symbiotic microorganisms that increase the ecological success of plants in their natural habitats (Compant et al, 2019;Kumar and Meena, 2019).…”