Phytobeneficial Microbials and Applications in Sustainable Horticulture
A special issue of Horticulturae (ISSN 2311-7524). This special issue belongs to the section "Vegetable Production Systems".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 July 2024) | Viewed by 8076
Special Issue Editors
Interests: fungi taxonomy; efficiency of mycorrhizal symbiosis; glomeromycota ; zygomycota (endogonals)
Interests: arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi; mycorrhizal efficiency; phytochemistry of mycorrhizal plants; soil globulin associated proteins (PSRG); biochemical and microbial indicators of soil quality
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The Special Issue entitled Phytobeneficial Microbials and Applications in Sustainable Horticulture aims to promote works that report the application, use and effects of microorganisms in diverse agricultural ecosystems. Microorganisms are key entities in ecosystem functions because they act in a diverse and dynamic way in diversified processes in wide ecosystems, promoting plant growth, reducing the impact of pathogens and herbivory and recycling compounds in different biogeochemical cycles, all actions that impact both natural and agricultural systems in terrestrial or aquatic production systems.
In this Special Issue, we would like to go beyond the benefits that microorganisms bring to agricultural systems, but also to promote and encourage the submission of negative tests and experiments that show the antagonistic effects between microorganisms and plants or even between microorganisms, plants and soil. Works that show the effect of microorganisms on improving soil quality (sediment in aquatic systems) essential for sustainable agriculture will also be welcomed. Studies on the potential of microbial agrobiotechnologies in the production of plant bioactives and associated antioxidant activity are also expected, especially those that elucidate the mechanisms involved.
Prof. Dr. Bruno Tomio Goto
Prof. Dr. Fábio Sérgio Barbosa Da Silva
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- glomeromycota
- mycorrhiza
- microbial agrobiotechnologies
- nitrogen-fixing bacteria
- endophytic microorganisms
- microbiological quality of cultivated soils
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