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REVIEW article

Front. Microbiol.
Sec. Microbial Symbioses
Volume 15 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2024.1423980
This article is part of the Research Topic Plant Microbiome: Interactions, Mechanisms of Action, and Applications, Volume III View all 11 articles

Trichoderma and Bacillus multifunctional allies for plant growth and health in saline soils: recent advances and future challenges

Provisionally accepted
Gustavo Santoyo Gustavo Santoyo 1*Ma. del Carmen Orozco-Mosqueda Ma. del Carmen Orozco-Mosqueda 2Muhammad Siddique Afridi Muhammad Siddique Afridi 3Dr. Debasis Mitra Dr. Debasis Mitra 4Eduardo Valencia-Cantero Eduardo Valencia-Cantero 1Lourdes Macías-Rodríguez Lourdes Macías-Rodríguez 1
  • 1 Instituto de Investigaciones Químico-Biológicas, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Morelia, Mexico
  • 2 Technological Institute of Celaya, Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico
  • 3 Universidade Federal de Lavras, Lavras, Minas Gerais, Brazil
  • 4 Graphic Era University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India

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    Saline soils pose significant challenges to global agricultural productivity, hindering crop growth and efficiency. Despite various mitigation strategies, the issue persists, underscoring the need for innovative and sustainable solutions. One promising approach involves leveraging microorganisms and their plant interactions to reclaim saline soils and bolster crop yields. This review highlights pioneering and recent advancements in utilizing multi-traits Trichoderma and Bacillus species as potent promoters of plant growth and health. It examines the multifaceted impacts of saline stress on plants and microbes, elucidating their physiological and molecular responses. Additionally, it delves into the role of ACC deaminase in mitigating plant ethylene levels by Trichoderma and Bacillus species. Although there are several studies on Trichoderma-Bacillus, much remains to be understood about their synergistic relationships and their potential as auxiliaries in the phytoremediation of saline soils, which is why this work addresses these challenges.

    Keywords: abiotic stress, PGPR, Fungi, Bacillus, Endophytes

    Received: 26 Apr 2024; Accepted: 24 Jul 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Santoyo, Orozco-Mosqueda, Afridi, Mitra, Valencia-Cantero and Macías-Rodríguez. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Gustavo Santoyo, Instituto de Investigaciones Químico-Biológicas, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Morelia, Mexico

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