Unveiling the roles, mechanisms and prospects of soil microbial communities in sustainable agriculture

Discover Soil., Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 2(1)

Published: Feb. 17, 2025

Abstract Soil hosts diverse microbial communities including bacteria, fungi, archaea, protozoans and nematodes among others, which are fundamental to sustainable agriculture drive essential processes that underpin soil fertility, plant health, ecosystem resilience. They promote growth through mechanisms like nitrogen fixation, phosphorus solubilization, production of growth-promoting substances, enhancement nutrient uptake, improvement structure detoxification harmful substances. Recently, there has been increasing interest in utilizing microorganisms improve health boost efficiency, despite limited understanding diversity, microbe-plant interactions, translating laboratory findings field conditions. This is driven by the urgent need feed growing global population, placing pressure on arable land produce high-quality yields. Conventionally, synthetic fertilizers have extensively used provide nutrients, growth, increase crop productivity. Although revolutionized since green revolution, their overuse significantly harmed reduced review synthesizes current knowledge microbes influence agricultural practices, with a focus cycling plant–microbe interactions. We discuss functions important groups, such as nitrogen-fixing phosphorus-solubilizing bacteria (PSB), fungi. Furthermore, we factors highlight gaps future research maximize potential use agriculture. Understanding significance key increases harnessing vital contributors

Language: Английский

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Common Mycorrhizal Networks Enhance Growth and Nutrient Uptake in Non-Mycorrhizal Chenopodium album via Parthenium hysterophorus

Letters in Applied Microbiology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 78(2)

Published: Jan. 21, 2025

Common mycorrhizal networks (CMNs) facilitate nutrient transfer between plants, but their role in supporting non-mycorrhizal species remains largely unexplored. This study investigates the effect of CMNs on growth and uptake plant Chenopodium album association with Parthenium hysterophorus. The treatments included C. alone, grown P. hysterophorus to allow CMN formation, treated fungicide inhibit activity. Results showed that treatment significantly enhanced content (N P) compared control. There was no colonization album, while high suggested due through CMNs. resulted reduced content, providing further evidence associations plants album. These findings provide first can enhance partners.

Language: Английский

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Mitigation of Salinity Stress in Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) by Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (Glomus mosseae) in the Sundarbans Delta Region of India

Research Square (Research Square), Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: April 16, 2025

Salinity stress poses a significant threat to crop productivity, particularly in coastal regions such as the Sundarbans Delta India. This study investigates role of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF), specifically Glomus mosseae, mitigating salinity-induced chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.). Six high-yielding desi-type lines, including one tolerant (Digbijoy), three moderately susceptible (IC 268971, Radhey, Mahamaya 1), and two highly (Virat, DCP 93 − 3), were selected for evaluation under controlled greenhouse field conditions. was induced at 300 mM NaCl pot experiments, while trials conducted naturally saline soil. Results indicated that salinity significantly reduced key agro-morphological parameters, seedling length, nodules plant^{− 1}, leaf area index, plant height, branches, pods pod seeds pod^{− 100-seed weight, seed yield 1}. However, AMF inoculation mitigated these adverse effects, improving emergence by 45%, height 52%, number 95%, 48% Additionally, increased spore population 535% structural colonization (mycelium 181% arbuscules 204%). Biochemical traits total phenolic content, relative water membrane stability chlorophyll levels improved AMF-treated plants compared those conditions alone. The observed improvements ultimately led notable enhancement grain yield, demonstrating efficacy mosseae alleviating effects chickpea. These results emphasize (AMF) viable, environmentally friendly solution boost production conditions, presenting valuable tool promoting climate-resilient farming salt-affected areas.

Language: Английский

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Protecting plants from pathogens through arbuscular mycorrhiza: role of fungal diversity

Microbiological Research, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 289, P. 127919 - 127919

Published: Sept. 24, 2024

Language: Английский

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Exploring the Diversity, Root Colonization, and Morphology of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi in Lamiaceae

Journal of Basic Microbiology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Oct. 20, 2024

This study aimed to explore the diversity, root morphology, and colonization of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) associated with eight medicinal plants Lamiaceae family. Rhizospheric soil samples were collected from species for AMF analysis. The results indicate that was not directly related number spores in rhizosphere. However, a significant correlation found between percentage present individual plants. highest (86.67 ± 1.92%) greatest observed Micromeria fructicosa, while lowest (27.67 6.22%) recorded Mentha arvensis. spore count Thymus vulgaris (120 27.01), whereas Melissa officinalis (84 17.20). Among identified species, Glomus most dominant, representing 35.7% all across maximum density M. fructicosa suggests can significantly enhance plant growth by ensuring consistent supply nutrients water, thereby supporting sustainable cultivation meet growing demand.

Language: Английский

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Silicon uptake and transport mechanisms in plants: processes, applications and challenges in sustainable plant management

Biologia Futura, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Nov. 25, 2024

Language: Английский

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Garlic stalk waste and arbuscular mycorrhizae mitigate challenges in continuously monocropping eggplant obstacles by modulating physiochemical properties and fungal community structure

BMC Plant Biology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 24(1)

Published: Nov. 12, 2024

Continuous vegetable production under plastic tunnels faces challenges like soil degradation, increased soil-borne pathogens, and diminished eggplant yield. These factors collectively threaten the long-term sustainability of food security by diminishing productivity resilience agricultural soils. This research examined use raw garlic stalk (RGS) waste arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) as a sustainable solution for these issues in monoculture. We hypothesized that combined application RGS AMF would improve physicochemical properties compared to untreated The was expected suppress increase abundance beneficial microorganisms alter fungal community structure. will significantly enhance yield plots. study aimed determine whether RGS, individually or combination, can ameliorate adverse effects monoculture on soil. also investigated treatments could

Language: Английский

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