Perspectives and Challenges of Microbial Application for Crop Improvement

Abstract

Global population increases and climate change pose a challenge to worldwide crop production. There is a need to intensify agricultural production in a sustainable manner and to find solutions to combat abiotic stress, pathogens and pests. Plants are associated with complex microbiomes, which have an ability to promote plant growth and stress tolerance, support plant nutrition and antagonize plant pathogens. The integration of beneficial plant-microbe and microbiome interactions may represent a promising sustainable solution to improve agricultural production. The widespread commercial use of the plant beneficial microorganisms will require a number of issues addressed. Systems approach using microscale information technology for microbiome metabolic reconstruction has potential to advance the microbial reproducible application under natural conditions.

Keywords

Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR); biofertilizers; biopecticides; commercial application; systems biology

Published in

Frontiers in Plant Science
2017, volume: 8, article number: 49

SLU Authors

• Timmusk, Salme

  • Department of Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

Associated SLU-program

SLU Plant Protection Network

Global goals (SDG)

SDG2 Zero hunger
SDG12 Responsible consumption and production
SDG13 Climate action

UKÄ Subject classification

Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
Climate Research
Plant Biotechnology

Publication identifier

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2017.00049

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/78495