The Role of Soil Microbiome in Disease-Suppressive Soils and Its Potential in Soilborne Disease Management
A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395). This special issue belongs to the section "Pest and Disease Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2023) | Viewed by 3029
Special Issue Editor
Interests: next generation sequencing; environmental microbiology; genomics; microbiology; fertilizers; environmental science; ecology; bioinformatics; soil; PCR
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Disease suppressive soil has been defined as the soil in which disease incidence or severity still persists at a low level, even in the presence of the pathogen, susceptible host crop, and climatic conditions conducive to disease occurrence. With the understanding of the necessity to reduce the application of chemical pesticides, suppressive soil has emerged as a research hotspot with important implications for developing more sustainable agriculture. Disease-suppressive soil could provide a basis for manipulating soil communities to generate sustainable alternate strategies for pathogen control, and soils suppressive to soil-borne pathogens have been discovered for a range of crops across many locations. However, it still remains largely unknown with respect to the role of the soil microbiome in supporting plant health.
This Special Issue aims at deciphering the key characteristics of the soil microbiome in disease suppression across different crop types. Furthermore, the exploration of ecological functions of key microbes regarding disease suppression is encouraged. Together, the final purpose of this Special Issue is to manage soil-borne disease by manipulating the soil microbiome by following green and sustainable methods.
Multi-omics studies, synthesized microbial consortia, soil legacy, and feedbacks between the soil microbiome and plant health are cutting-edge research methods for investigating the roles of soil microbiomes in determining soil suppressiveness against soil-borne disease.
This Special Issue hosts original research articles and reviews on the role of the soil microbiome in disease-suppressive soils and its potential in soil-borne diseases. Methodological contributions, case studies, and advances in modeling on both fundamental and applied studies are warmly welcomed, with emphasis on the composition and functionality of the soil microbiome in disease suppressive and critical microbes contributing to disease suppression in controlling soil-borne disease.
Dr. Zongzhuan Shen
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- soil suppression
- plant microbiome
- soil microbiota
- microbial function
- sequencing
- metagenomics
- biocontrol agents
