Soil Microbes and Plant Health

Nazli, Farheen; Najm-ul-Seher,; Khan, Muhammad Yahya; Jamil, Moazzam; Nadeem, Sajid; Ahmad, Maqshoof

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-35955-3_6

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“…However, it is usually practiced in excessive amounts causing a negative impact on the environmental and high cost associated with environmental management. Moreover, in recent era concerning human health scientists tried to find a resurgence of sustainable and environmentally friendly agriculture [ 4 ].…”

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“…Contrarily plant growth-promoting bacteria are known to cause increased micronutrient concentrations in plants including Fe and Zn [ 6 , 13 ]. These microbes when applied to the soil ultimately enhance plant growth by improving nutrients solubility, acquisition, and availability to crops [ 4 , 14 ]. The use of PGPR is steadily increasing in agriculture, as it offers an attractive way to reduce the use of chemical fertilizers, pesticides and other agrochemicals.…”

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Plant-growth-promoting Bacillus and Paenibacillus species improve the nutritional status of Triticum aestivum L.

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Wheat is one of the best-domesticated cereal crops and one of the vital sources of nutrition for humans. An investigation was undertaken to reveal the potential of novel bio-inoculants enriching micronutrients in shoot and grains of wheat crop to eliminate the hazards of malnutrition. Sole as well as consortia inoculation of bio-inoculants significantly enhanced mineral nutrients including zinc (Zn) and iron (Fe) concentrations in shoot and grains of wheat. Various treatments of bio-inoculants increase Zn and Fe content up to 1–15% and 3–13%, respectively. Sole inoculation of Bacillus aryabhattai (S10) impressively improves the nutritious of wheat. However, the maximum increase in minerals contents of wheat was recorded by consortia inoculation of Paenibacillus polymyxa ZM27, Bacillus subtilis ZM63 and Bacillus aryabhattai S10. This treatment also showed a maximum bacterial population (18 × 104 cfu mL-1) in the rhizosphere. The consortium application of these strains showed up to a 17% increase in yield. It is evident from the results that the consortium application was more effective than sole and co-inoculation. A healthy positive correlation was found between growth, yield, and the accessibility of micronutrients to wheat crops at the harvesting stage. The present investigations revealed the significance of novel bacterial strains in improving the nutritional status of wheat crops. These strains could be used as bio-inoculants for the biofortification of wheat to combat hidden hunger in developing countries.

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Plant-growth-promoting Bacillus and Paenibacillus species improve the nutritional status of Triticum aestivum L.

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“…The pathogen produces heat-tolerant sclerotia, which is released in clusters on the soil surface to colonize the living and dead tissues of the host. The sclerotia can survive in soil and root debrides for a long time (2–15 years) under field conditions ( Nazli et al, 2020 ). M. phaseolina can attack the plants at any growth stage and develop irregular dark lesions on the hypocotyls and epicotyls that extend to the cotyledons.…”

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Integrated management of charcoal rot disease in susceptible genotypes of mungbean with soil application of micronutrient zinc and green manure (prickly sesban)

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Charcoal rot disease is incited by the soil-borne fungus Macrophomina phaseolina (Tassi). Goid is a challenging disease due to long-term persistence of fungus sclerotia in the soil. This study assessed the potential of zinc (Zn: 1.25, 2.44, and 5 mg/kg) and green manure (GM: 1 and 2%) in solitary and bilateral combinations to alleviate infection stress incited by M. phaseolina on disease, growth, physiology, and yield attributes in mungbean. A completely randomized design experiment was conducted in potted soil, artificially inoculated with the pathogen, and sown with surface-sterilized seeds of mungbean genotypes (susceptible: MNUYT-107 and highly susceptible: MNUYT-105). Concealment of plant resistance by M. phaseolina in both genotypes resulted in 53–55% disease incidence and 40–50% plant mortality, which contributed in causing a significant reduction of 30–90% in attributes of growth, biomass, yield, photosynthetic pigment, and total protein content with an imbalance of production of antioxidant enzymes (polyphenol oxidase, superoxide dismutase, catalase, and peroxidase). Soil application with Zn-based fertilizer (ZnSO4: 33%) in combination with GM significantly managed up to 80% of the charcoal rot disease, hence improving growth (50–100%) and physiochemical (30–100%) attributes and sustainably enhancing grain average yield (300–600%), biological yield (100–200%), and harvest index (100–200%) in mungbean plants. The heat map and principal component analyses based on 19 measured attributes with 16 treatments separated Zn (2.44 or 5 mg/kg) combined with 2% GM as the best treatments for alleviating charcoal rot disease stress by improving growth, yield, and biological attributes to an extent to profitable farming in terms of harvest index (HI) and benefit-cost ratio (BCR).

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“…1). Soil-microbe-plant interaction studies have demonstrated that plants rely on microbial communities for favourable health (Nazli et al 2020). Microbial communities are integral to nutrient and water absorption (Trivedi et al 2020), and phytohormone production and regulation activities (ur Rehman et al 2020).…”

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“…Microbial communities are integral to nutrient and water absorption (Trivedi et al 2020), and phytohormone production and regulation activities (ur Rehman et al 2020). These microbial communities include arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and algae, along with symbiotic, associative symbiotic and free-living plant growth promoting bacteria (Nazli et al 2020). Endophytes (microbes living in plant tissues) also benefit plants by enhancing competitive abilities and increasing resistance to pathogens and other abiotic stressors (Pavithra et al 2020).…”

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Microbiome-Inspired Green Infrastructure (MIGI): A Bioscience Roadmap for Urban Ecosystem Health

Robinson¹,

Watkins²,

Man³

et al. 2021

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Background: Microbiome-Inspired Green Infrastructure (MIGI) was recently proposed as an integrative system to promote healthy urban ecosystems, through multidisciplinary design. Specifically, MIGI is defined as nature-centric infrastructure restored and/or designed and managed to enhance health-promoting interactions between humans and environmental microbiomes, whilst sustaining microbially-mediated ecosystem functionality and resilience. MIGI also aims to stimulate a research agenda that focuses on considerations for the importance of urban environmental microbiomes. Objectives: In this paper we provide details of what MIGI entails from a bioscience and biodesign perspective, highlighting the potential dual benefits for human and ecosystem health. We present ‘what is known’ about the relationship between urban microbiomes, green infrastructure and environmental factors that may affect urban ecosystem health (ecosystem functionality and resilience as well as human health). We discuss how to start operationalising the MIGI concept based on current available knowledge, and present a horizon scan of emerging and future considerations in research and practice. We conclude by highlighting challenges to the implementation of MIGI and propose a series of workshops to discuss multi-stakeholder needs and opportunities. Discussion: This article will enable urban landscape managers to incorporate initial considerations for the microbiome in their development projects to promote human and ecosystem health. However, overcoming the challenges to operationalising MIGI will be essential to furthering its practical development. Although the research is in its infancy, there is considerable potential for MIGI to help deliver sustainable urban development driven by considerations for reciprocal relations between humans and the foundations of our ecosystems –– the microorganisms.

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Soil Microbes and Plant Health

Cited by 10 publications

References 144 publications

Plant-growth-promoting Bacillus and Paenibacillus species improve the nutritional status of Triticum aestivum L.

Plant-growth-promoting Bacillus and Paenibacillus species improve the nutritional status of Triticum aestivum L.

Integrated management of charcoal rot disease in susceptible genotypes of mungbean with soil application of micronutrient zinc and green manure (prickly sesban)

Microbiome-Inspired Green Infrastructure (MIGI): A Bioscience Roadmap for Urban Ecosystem Health

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