Microbial Biofertilizers for Crop Improvement: From Molecular Biology to Biotechnology
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2021) | Viewed by 7918
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
It is our pleasure to announce the opening of a new Special Issue “Microbial biofertilizers for crop improvement: from molecular biology to biotechnology” in Applied Sciences.
One of our major current challenges is the development and utilization of environmentally sustainable crop production technologies for ensuring food security. Large amounts of N and P fertilizers are applied for crop production, causing environmental pollution and health problems. In addition to these environmental problems, the long-term use of inorganic fertilizers negatively affects the soil organic matter and the P and N cycles. As a consequence, hypoxic coastal areas, most of them at the delta of important rivers, are under a high risk of eutrophication. The use of plant-growth-promoting bacteria to enhance crop yield and control disease is gaining world-wide acceptance as a sustainable agricultural practice, while reducing costs by supplanting the use of expensive (and polluting) agrochemicals.
The Special Issue “Microbial biofertilizers for crop improvement: from molecular biology to biotechnology” in Applied Sciences has a wide scope, and it is intended to address some of the gaps in our knowledge concerning the management and biotechnological application of microbial biofertilizers. It will deal with topics such as the identification of new microbial biofertilizers and phytostimulants, methods for the analysis of microbial natural products, production/impact/effects of microbial biofertilizers, and management measures related to the use of microbial biofertilizers.
We hope that you will contribute your high-quality research, and we look forward to reading your valuable results.
Dr. Vicente MariscalGuest Editor
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Keywords
- biofertilizers
- biodiversity
- sustainable agriculture
- plant growth promotion
- PGPR
- microbial biotechnology
