Beneficial Microorganisms for Sustainable Agriculture
A special issue of Microorganisms (ISSN 2076-2607). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Microbe Interactions".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2025 | Viewed by 1027
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Interests: molecular diagnostics; agricultural microbiology; microbial communities; biofuels; plant pathology
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Interests: agronomy; genomics; plant pathology; phenomics; crop breeding and genetics; alternative cropping systems; oilseeds; biofuels; camelina; carinata
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The plant holobiont includes an array of microorganisms from all domains of life that interact in a wide variety of ways with the host plant and with one another. These interactions can have an important effect on plant health and productivity. Studies of these interactions have typically focused on the negative impacts of plant pathogens and how they lead to decreased productivity and plant vitality. More recently, the less clear beneficial impacts of environmental microorganisms on plant health have become the focus of significant research. It is clear that individual microorganisms or microbial communities, often actively recruited by the plant through a variety of chemical messages (volatiles, root exudates, and others), can strongly support plant resilience to biotic and abiotic threats such as pathogens, insects, drought, and salinity. Analytical tools suitable for studying these interactions are becoming increasingly sophisticated, leading to important insights into beneficial plant–microbe interactions, along with microbial products intended to support plant growth and resilience (biofertilizers) or resistance to biotic threats (biocontrol agents). In this collection, we aim to highlight the vast array of scientific activity in this area, with a special emphasis on the discovery and application of microorganisms to support plant growth and resilience to biotic and abiotic stresses. We encourage the submission of high-quality manuscripts spanning the continuum from basic discovery, such as microbial community analyses that can identify microbial taxa and illuminate mechanisms of microbial community assembly, to application, including the use of individual microbes or defined synthetic communities to support plant growth. Comprehensive literature review articles, or manuscripts describing novel methods to address these questions, are also welcomed.
Dr. Tim J. Dumonceaux
Dr. Christina Eynck
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- abiotic stress
- biotic stress
- biocontrol
- biofertilizer
- plant–microbe interaction
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