The Role of Phytobiomes in Plant Health and Productivity
A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395). This special issue belongs to the section "Horticultural and Floricultural Crops".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 January 2025 | Viewed by 98
Special Issue Editors
Interests: soil biodiversity; plant growth promoting rhizobacteria; biofertilisers; exogenous organic matter; soil remediation
Interests: soil health; soil ecosystem services; soil advisory; soil degradation; valorisation of soil biodiversity
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Dear Colleagues,
Over the years, scientific research has uncovered new information on the role of bacteria in the natural environment. New findings were possible thanks to dynamic methodological progress in testing microbiomes, including the development of metagenomic approaches. Interactions between plants and associated bacteria are key to crop productivity and the adaptability of plants to the environment. We can now assume that these relationships are crucial for the resistance of ecosystems to natural and human-induced pressures.
With global climate change, more frequent episodes of extreme weather interact with plant functions and development. Moreover, the deterioration of the environment through erosion, the excessive grazing of animals, the destruction of the humus layer, and desertification or chemical soil pollution has led to a decrease in soil health, worsening plant growth conditions and crop vulnerability to drought. The loss of soil biodiversity might have affected the composition and functionality of the phytobiome.
Therefore, new information is needed to help us understand the role of the phytobiome in the interaction between climate change, soil health, and plant resistance. This Special Issue aims to cover, not exclusively, the following topics:
- The phytobiome’s effect on crop immune mechanisms and productivity.
- The phytobiome’s role in supporting plant resistance to drought and soil degradation.
- The phytobiome as the source of beneficial bacteria that promote plant growth and development under unfavorable conditions, such as chemical stress and water scarcity.
- The effect of mineral and organic fertilizers and other practices on phytobiome structure and functionality.
- Methodologies for phytobiome testing.
- The spatial and temporal diversity of the phytobiome.
- The use of the phytobiome in supporting more effective nutrient use.
- Mechanisms involved in stress signaling and responses of the phytobiome to abiotic and biotic plant stress.
- The specificity of the phytobiome across soils and plant species and cultivars.
We welcome the submission of both research papers and reviews for this Special Issue.
Dr. Sylwia Siebielec
Dr. Grzegorz Siebielec
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- bacteria
- plants
- exogenous organic matter, soil degradation
- drought
- crop resistance
