Abstract

Agriculture is an important source of anthropogenic emissions of the greenhouse gases (GHG), methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O), and crops can affect the microbial processes controlling these emissions in many ways. Here, we summarize the current knowledge of plant-microbe interactions in relation to the CH4 and N2O budgets and show how this is promoting new generations of crop cultivars that have the potential to mitigate GHG emissions for future agricultural use. The possibility of breeding low GHG-emitting cultivars is a paradigm shift towards sustainable agriculture that balances climate change and food and bioenergy security.

Published in

Trends in Plant Science
2011, Volume: 16, number: 9, pages: 476-480
Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE LONDON

SLU Authors

• Hallin, Sara

  • Department of Molecular Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

Sustainable Development Goals

SDG7 Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all
SDG13 Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
SDG2 End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture


UKÄ Subject classification

Agricultural Science


Publication identifier

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2011.05.007

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/57731