About this Research Topic
This Research Topic aims to compile the latest information and innovations in the field of plant-microbe interaction research. The topic will focus on climate change and all the associated innovations in the field of sustainable agriculture that improve cultivation in arid areas and reduce the water needs for different crops.
This includes, but is not limited to, providing fundamental insights into the understanding of the microbial biodiversity of organisms associated with plant systems and their role in plant growth, health, and stress resistance. Several studies have highlighted that plant microbiomes and soil play a fundamental role in shaping the conditions that make nutrients readily available to plants and provide them with strength under various stresses.
This Research Topic will cover the different aspects of plant-microbe interactions, and their role in seed germination and plant growth, survival, and yield in arid areas and low water intake conditions. The following topics will be considered, among others:
• Plant-microbes interaction.
• Biodiversity of plant and soil-associated microbiomes.
• PGP mechanisms under drought conditions (solubilization, nitrogen fixation, and phytohormone production).
• Beneficial microbes for nutrient uptake, cycling and soil fertility.
• Extremophiles (archaea, bacteria, fungi, etc.) in improving crop productivity.
• Microbe-mediated drought/salinity/heat/heavy metals stress in plants.
• Metabolic engineering for bacterial strains to improve PGP traits.
• Synthetic biology strategies to provide better adaptation to plants against climate changing scenario.
• Ecological models to investigate the correlation between microbial community and environmental functions.
This includes, but is not limited to, providing fundamental insights into the understanding of the microbial biodiversity of organisms associated with plant systems and their role in plant growth, health, and stress resistance. Several studies have highlighted that plant microbiomes and soil play a fundamental role in shaping the conditions that make nutrients readily available to plants and provide them with strength under various stresses.
This Research Topic will cover the different aspects of plant-microbe interactions, and their role in seed germination and plant growth, survival, and yield in arid areas and low water intake conditions. The following topics will be considered, among others:
• Plant-microbes interaction.
• Biodiversity of plant and soil-associated microbiomes.
• PGP mechanisms under drought conditions (solubilization, nitrogen fixation, and phytohormone production).
• Beneficial microbes for nutrient uptake, cycling and soil fertility.
• Extremophiles (archaea, bacteria, fungi, etc.) in improving crop productivity.
• Microbe-mediated drought/salinity/heat/heavy metals stress in plants.
• Metabolic engineering for bacterial strains to improve PGP traits.
• Synthetic biology strategies to provide better adaptation to plants against climate changing scenario.
• Ecological models to investigate the correlation between microbial community and environmental functions.
Keywords: Climate change, sustainable agriculture, plant-microbe interactions, arid soil, sustainability, plant growth, plant systems, crops, cultivation, germination, yield, biodiversity, soil associated microbes, extremophiles, synthetic biology, metabolic engineering
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