Currently, agriculture is at a crossroads similar to that experienced at the beginning of the last century. The growing need to supply food to global markets and the incipient climate is expected to jeopardize the current agricultural systems. This situation requires a rethinking of agricultural production systems, and it is clearly necessary to incorporate new tools and agronomic practices that improve efficiency and sustainability. A key factor can be identified in using resources or the competition of crops to resist biotic and abiotic stresses. Plant growth-promoting bacteria (PGPB) are of outstanding utility due to the multiple mechanisms with which they influence plant development.
It is fundamental, at these crossroads, to delve deeper into the mechanisms by which PGPB can improve the development of plants in the soil at the phenotypic level. Biochemical methods, incorporating genomic, transcriptomic, proteomic, and metabolomic analyses, can help us understand these interactions. In addition, omics techniques will make it possible to create a complete and complex vision using big data technologies, spurring new strategies to achieve an agriculture with a greater degree of integration of the environment, and greater efficiency of production with reduced risk to human.
The effectiveness in the characterization of microbiomes through cultural techniques can be improved through sequence-based microbiomics and metagenomics, for which we advocate an integration of available techniques, recognizing the benefit of holistic and multidisciplinary approaches to evaluate and determine the maximum potential of microorganisms. Although great potential has been demonstrated, there are still important aspects that need to be clarified to correctly understand their functioning and incorporate them into the future of agriculture.
In this Research Topic, we welcome manuscripts that analyze the potential of PGPB in biofertilizers for the future of agricultural strategies, analyzing the microbiota associated with agrarian environments and the implications at the molecular and metabolic level of their use.
Particularly welcome, but not limited to, are contributions focusing on:
-Metagenomic and microbiomic studies of the agricultural microbiota
-Functional analysis of the PGPB-plant interactions using omics approaches
-Evaluation of the capacity to improve the production of PGPB strains both qualitatively and quantitatively
-Molecular analysis of the PGPB-plant interaction
-Study of the effect of the PGPB on the stoichiometry of soil
-Agricultural implications of the use of PGPB
Currently, agriculture is at a crossroads similar to that experienced at the beginning of the last century. The growing need to supply food to global markets and the incipient climate is expected to jeopardize the current agricultural systems. This situation requires a rethinking of agricultural production systems, and it is clearly necessary to incorporate new tools and agronomic practices that improve efficiency and sustainability. A key factor can be identified in using resources or the competition of crops to resist biotic and abiotic stresses. Plant growth-promoting bacteria (PGPB) are of outstanding utility due to the multiple mechanisms with which they influence plant development.
It is fundamental, at these crossroads, to delve deeper into the mechanisms by which PGPB can improve the development of plants in the soil at the phenotypic level. Biochemical methods, incorporating genomic, transcriptomic, proteomic, and metabolomic analyses, can help us understand these interactions. In addition, omics techniques will make it possible to create a complete and complex vision using big data technologies, spurring new strategies to achieve an agriculture with a greater degree of integration of the environment, and greater efficiency of production with reduced risk to human.
The effectiveness in the characterization of microbiomes through cultural techniques can be improved through sequence-based microbiomics and metagenomics, for which we advocate an integration of available techniques, recognizing the benefit of holistic and multidisciplinary approaches to evaluate and determine the maximum potential of microorganisms. Although great potential has been demonstrated, there are still important aspects that need to be clarified to correctly understand their functioning and incorporate them into the future of agriculture.
In this Research Topic, we welcome manuscripts that analyze the potential of PGPB in biofertilizers for the future of agricultural strategies, analyzing the microbiota associated with agrarian environments and the implications at the molecular and metabolic level of their use.
Particularly welcome, but not limited to, are contributions focusing on:
-Metagenomic and microbiomic studies of the agricultural microbiota
-Functional analysis of the PGPB-plant interactions using omics approaches
-Evaluation of the capacity to improve the production of PGPB strains both qualitatively and quantitatively
-Molecular analysis of the PGPB-plant interaction
-Study of the effect of the PGPB on the stoichiometry of soil
-Agricultural implications of the use of PGPB