Fungal Endophytes to Combat Biotic and Abiotic Stresses for Climate-Smart and Sustainable Agriculture

Frontiers in Plant Science, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 13

Published: July 5, 2022

The agricultural sustainability concept considers higher food production combating biotic and abiotic stresses, socio-economic well-being, environmental conservation. On the contrary, global warming-led climatic changes have appalling consequences on agriculture, generating shifting rainfall patterns, high temperature, CO2, drought, etc., prompting stress conditions for plants. Such stresses abandon plants to thrive, demoting productivity ultimately hampering security. Though issues are natural cannot be regulated, can still enabled endure these abnormal conditions, reinforcing resilience in an eco-friendly fashion by incorporating fungal endophytes. Endophytic fungi a group of subtle, non-pathogenic microorganisms establishing mutualistic association with diverse plant species. Their varied host under dynamic environments boosts endogenic tolerance mechanism against various via overall modulations local systemic mechanisms accompanied antioxidants secretion, ample enough scavenge Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) hence, coping over-expression defensive redox regulatory system as aversion stressed condition. They also reported ameliorate toward mitigation elevate phytohormone levels forging them worthy used biocontrol agents biofertilizers pathogens, promoting crop improvement soil improvement, respectively. This review summarizes present-day conception endophytic fungi, their diversity crops, molecular behind resistance climate-resilient aided sustainable agriculture.

Language: Английский

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Achieving net-zero emissions in agriculture: a review

Environmental Research Letters, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 18(6), P. 063002 - 063002

Published: May 16, 2023

Abstract Agriculture accounts for 12% of global annual greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (7.1 Gt CO 2 equivalent), primarily through non-CO emissions, namely methane (54%), nitrous oxide (28%), and carbon dioxide (18%). Thus, agriculture contributes significantly to climate change is impacted by its consequences. Here, we present a review technologies innovations reducing GHG in agriculture. These include decarbonizing on-farm energy use, adopting nitrogen fertilizers management technologies, alternative rice cultivation methods, feeding breeding enteric methane. Combined, all these measures can reduce agricultural up 45%. However, residual 3.8 equivalent per year will require offsets from removal make net-zero. Bioenergy with capture storage enhanced rock weathering are particularly promising techniques, as they be implemented within result permanent sequestration. While net-zero technically available, come price premium over the status quo have limited adoption. Further research development needed such more affordable scalable understand their synergies wider socio-environmental impacts. With support incentives, transition significant emitter sink. This study may serve blueprint identify areas where further investments accelerate

Language: Английский

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Agroecological crop protection for sustainable agriculture

Advances in agronomy, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 1 - 59

Published: Jan. 1, 2023

Language: Английский

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Bioinspired silver nanoparticle-based nanocomposites for effective control of plant pathogens: A review

The Science of The Total Environment, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 908, P. 168318 - 168318

Published: Nov. 11, 2023

Language: Английский

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Renewable Energy and Sustainable Agriculture: Review of Indicators

Sustainability, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 15(19), P. 14307 - 14307

Published: Sept. 28, 2023

Sustainable agriculture strives to ensure future food and energy supply while safeguarding natural resources. The interpretation of sustainability varies by context country, yielding distinct indicators. Researchers have studied sustainable for the past 25 years developed several Renewable holds a vital role in agriculture, aiding needs mitigating environmental harm tied agriculture. It curbs fossil fuel dependency harnesses agricultural waste energy. However, consistent update renewable indicators is needed. Employing SALSA (Search, Appraisal, Synthesis, Analysis) PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items Systematic Reviews Meta-Analyses) methodologies within protocol, this study extracts 84 from 420 papers via SCOPUS. These span social, environmental, economic, institutional, technical dimensions. refines these based on significance influence, offering an enriched perspective. Furthermore, analysis categorizes publication year, continent, topic, providing insights stakeholders, policymakers, researchers. By ensuring periodic indicator updates, research promotes informs priority areas, guides strategic decisions. This contributes global resilience security aspirations changing world. will involve cutting-edge technologies, refined policy frameworks, inclusive cross-sector collaboration address pressing challenges create greener, more resilient

Language: Английский

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The emergence of pesticide-free crop production systems in Europe

Nature Plants, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 10(3), P. 360 - 366

Published: March 14, 2024

Language: Английский

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Integration of Technology in Agricultural Practices towards Agricultural Sustainability: A Case Study of Greece

Sustainability, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 16(7), P. 2664 - 2664

Published: March 24, 2024

Agricultural technology integration has become a key strategy for attaining agricultural sustainability. This study examined the of in practices towards sustainability, using Greece as case study. Data were collected questionnaire from 240 farmers and agriculturalists Greece. The results showed significant positive effect on with p-values indicating strong statistical relevance (types used: p = 0.003; factors influencing adoption: 0.001; benefits integration: 0.021). These highlight effects that cutting-edge like artificial intelligence, Internet Things (IoT), precision agriculture have improving resource efficiency, lowering environmental effects, raising yields. Our findings cast doubt conventional dependence intensive, resource-depleting farming techniques point to move toward more technologically advanced, sustainable approaches. research advances conversation by showcasing how well may improve sustainability Greek agriculture. emphasizes significance infrastructure investment, supporting legislation, farmer education order facilitate adoption technology.

Language: Английский

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Environmental fate and ecotoxicological behaviour of pesticides and insecticides in non-target environments: Nanotechnology-based mitigation strategies

Journal of environmental chemical engineering, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 12(5), P. 113349 - 113349

Published: June 17, 2024

Language: Английский

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The role of Trichoderma koningii and Trichoderma harzianum in mitigating the combined stresses motivated by Sclerotiniasclerotiorum and salinity in common bean (Phaseolusvulgaris)

Plant Stress, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 11, P. 100370 - 100370

Published: Jan. 23, 2024

Under natural conditions, crops typically suffer from severe challenges due to the increasing of abiotic and biotic stresses which severely affect plant growth reduc crop yield. The present study investigated single combined impacts Sclerotinia sclerotiorum salinity stress on common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) seedling is scarcely studied. evaluated in vitro vivo influence two tolerant Trichoderma isolates, T. koningii harzianum against S. under stress. results showed ability grow sporulate at high levels salinity, 80 mM NaCl, without significantly impacting their produce cell wall degrading enzymes, cellulase chitinase. Amylase proteinase (Prb1) genes were detected harzianum. assay revealed that both isolates could inhibit concentrations. In a greenhouse experiment, ameliorated damaging seedlings' germination characteristics compared untreated control. Both bioagents attenuated damping-off collar/stem rot percentages infected Salinity intensified effect photosynthetic pigments, induced oxidative nitrative stress, hampered ionic homeostasis, deactivated antioxidants defense-related molecules. On other hand, restrained reduction chlorophylls carotenoids, ascorbate, reduced glutathione, flavonoids, phenolics, various antioxidant especially for All these upregulations reflected keeping membranes beans more stable where lipid peroxidation methylglyoxal reactive oxygen species upregulation nitric oxide, expressed better pathogen attack or/and saline. tested be used as effective biological control saline soils or areas irrigated with water.

Language: Английский

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Towards sustainable crop protection in agriculture: A framework for research and policy

Agricultural Systems, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 219, P. 104037 - 104037

Published: June 20, 2024

Language: Английский

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