Application of Synthetic Consortia for Improvement of Soil Fertility, Pollution Remediation, and Agricultural Productivity: A Review

Agronomy, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 13(3), P. 643 - 643

Published: Feb. 23, 2023

Climate change, inadequate possessions, and land degradation all pose obstacles to modern agriculture. In the current scenario, agriculture industry is mainly dependent on use of chemical-based pesticides fertilizers that impact soil health crop productivity. Moreover, water scarcity leads farmers in drastically affected regions heavy metal-enriched sources originating from industrial for field crops irrigation. Soil pollutants can be carried into human body via dust water, creating negative effects varying simple symptoms, e.g., nausea diarrhea reaching death critical cases. Thus, clean contaminants, improve fertility agricultural production, alternatives chemical must developed. Therefore, using beneficial microbes found plant-associated microorganisms offers an effective strategy alleviate some these challenges, improving fertility, yield, protecting plants stress conditions. Through synergistic interactions, synthetic consortium seeks stability microbial communities. this review, consortia their potential were discussed. Further, engineering new was suggested as approach concept environmental bioremediation contaminants.

Language: Английский

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Combined use of Trichoderma and beneficial bacteria (mainly Bacillus and Pseudomonas): Development of microbial synergistic bio-inoculants in sustainable agriculture

Biological Control, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 176, P. 105100 - 105100

Published: Nov. 7, 2022

Trichoderma-bacteria co-inoculations have a synergistic effect on plant benefits.• biocontrollers similar results than chemical pesticides.• Compatibility and formulation are key steps in co-inoculants.

Language: Английский

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Biocontrol mechanisms of Bacillus: Improving the efficiency of green agriculture

Microbial Biotechnology, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 16(12), P. 2250 - 2263

Published: Oct. 14, 2023

Abstract Species of the genus Bacillus have been widely used for biocontrol plant diseases in demand sustainable agricultural development. New mechanisms underlying activity revealed with development microbiome and microbe‐plant interaction research. In this review, we first briefly introduce typical mechanisms, such as production antimicrobial compounds, competition niches/nutrients, induction systemic resistance. Then, discussed detail new pathogen quorum sensing interference reshaping soil microbiota. The “cry help” mechanism was also introduced, which plants can release specific signals under attack to recruit root colonization against invasion. Finally, two emerging strategies enhancing efficacy agents, including construction synthetic microbial consortia application rhizosphere‐derived prebiotics, were proposed.

Language: Английский

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Strategies for tailoring functional microbial synthetic communities

The ISME Journal, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 18(1)

Published: Jan. 1, 2024

Abstract Natural ecosystems harbor a huge reservoir of taxonomically diverse microbes that are important for plant growth and health. The vast diversity soil microorganisms their complex interactions make it challenging to pinpoint the main players life support functions can provide plants, including enhanced tolerance (a)biotic stress factors. Designing simplified microbial synthetic communities (SynComs) helps reduce this complexity unravel molecular chemical basis interplay specific microbiome functions. While SynComs have been successfully employed dissect or reproduce microbiome-associated phenotypes, assembly reconstitution these often based on generic abundance patterns taxonomic identities co-occurrences but only rarely informed by functional traits. Here, we review recent studies designing reveal common principles discuss multidimensional approaches community design. We propose strategy tailoring design integration high-throughput experimental assays with strains computational genomic analyses capabilities.

Language: Английский

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Composing a microbial symphony: synthetic communities for promoting plant growth

Trends in Microbiology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Feb. 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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The Use of Synthetic Microbial Communities to Improve Plant Health

Phytopathology, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 113(8), P. 1369 - 1379

Published: March 1, 2023

Despite the numerous benefits plants receive from probiotics, maintaining consistent results across applications is still a challenge. Cultivation-independent methods associated with reduced sequencing costs have considerably improved overall understanding of microbial ecology in plant environment. As result, now, it possible to engineer consortium microbes aiming for health. Such synthetic communities (SynComs) contain carefully chosen species produce desired microbiome function. Microbial biofilm formation, production secondary metabolites, and ability induce resistance are some traits consider when designing SynComs. Plant-associated not assembled randomly. Ecological theories suggest that these defined phylogenetic organization structured by general community assembly rules. Using machine learning, we can study rules target functions generate phenotypes. Well-structured assemblages more likely lead stable SynCom thrives under environmental stressors as compared classical selection single activities or taxonomy. However, ensuring colonization long-term phenotype stability one challenges overcome SynComs, may change over time horizontal gene transfer retained mutations. Here, explored advances made research regarding health, focusing on bacteria, they most dominant form other members commonly found studies.

Language: Английский

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Applications of synthetic microbial consortia in biological control of mycotoxins and fungi

Current Opinion in Food Science, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 53, P. 101074 - 101074

Published: July 16, 2023

Language: Английский

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Plant growth-promoting bacteria potentiate antifungal and plant-beneficial responses of Trichoderma atroviride by upregulating its effector functions

PLoS ONE, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 19(3), P. e0301139 - e0301139

Published: March 22, 2024

Trichoderma uses different molecules to establish communication during its interactions with other organisms, such as effector proteins. Effectors modulate plant physiology colonize roots or improve ’s mycoparasitic capacity. In the soil, these fungi can relationships growth–promoting bacteria (PGPBs), thus affecting their overall benefits on fungal prey, and possibly, role of The aim this study was determine induction atroviride gene expression coding for proteins interaction PGPBs, Arabidopsis phytopathogen Fusarium brachygibbosum , whether PGPBs potentiates beneficial effects T . During F genes epl1 tatrx2 tacfem1 increased expression, especially consortia bacteria. increased, mainly consortium formed Pseudomonas fluorescens UM270, Bacillus velezensis AF12, B halotolerans AF23. Additionally, by R badensis SER3 stimulated A thaliana PR1:GUS LOX2:GUS SA- JA-mediated defence responses. Finally, better at inhibiting pathogen growth, but UM270 promoting growth. These results showed that biocontrol capacity growth-promoting traits spp. be potentiated stimulating functions.

Language: Английский

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Groundbreaking Technologies and the Biocontrol of Fungal Vascular Plant Pathogens

Journal of Fungi, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 11(1), P. 77 - 77

Published: Jan. 18, 2025

This review delves into innovative technologies to improve the control of vascular fungal plant pathogens. It also briefly summarizes traditional biocontrol approaches manage them, addressing their limitations and emphasizing need develop more sustainable precise solutions. Powerful tools such as next-generation sequencing, meta-omics, microbiome engineering allow for targeted manipulation microbial communities enhance pathogen suppression. Microbiome-based include design synthetic consortia transplant entire or customized soil/plant microbiomes, potentially offering resilient adaptable strategies. Nanotechnology has advanced significantly, providing methods delivery biological agents (BCAs) compounds derived from them through different nanoparticles (NPs), including bacteriogenic, mycogenic, phytogenic, phycogenic, debris-derived ones acting carriers. The use biodegradable polymeric non-polymeric eco-friendly NPs, which enable controlled release antifungal while minimizing environmental impact, is explored. Furthermore, artificial intelligence machine learning can revolutionize crop protection early disease detection, prediction outbreaks, precision in BCA treatments. Other genome editing, RNA interference (RNAi), functional peptides efficacy against pathogenic fungi. Altogether, these provide a comprehensive framework management diseases, redefining modern agriculture.

Language: Английский

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Promotion of the growth and yield of Zea mays by synthetic microbial communities from Jala maize

Frontiers in Microbiology, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 14

Published: May 19, 2023

Plant growth-promoting bacteria (PGPB) are a source of nutrient supply, stimulate plant growth, and even act in the biocontrol phytopathogens. However, these phenotypic traits have rarely been explored culturable from native maize landraces. In this study, synthetic microbial communities (SynCom) were assembled with set PGPB isolated Jala landrace, some them additional abilities for phytopathogenic fungi stimulation plant-induced systemic resistance (ISR). Three SynCom designed considering bacterial strains, including Achromobacter xylosoxidans Z2K8, Burkholderia sp. Z1AL11, Klebsiella variicola R3J3HD7, Kosakonia pseudosacchari Z2WD1, Pantoea ananatis E2HD8, E2AD2, Phytobacter diazotrophicus Z2WL1, Pseudomonas protegens E1BL2, P. E2HL9. growth promotion gnotobiotic greenhouse seedlings assays was performed Conejo landrace; meanwhile, open field tests carried out on hybrid CPL9105W maize. all experimental models, significant observed. assays, roots shoot length increased 4.2 3.0 times, respectively, compared to untreated control. Similarly, sizes weights shoots plants significantly assays. assay maize, yield 11 tons/ha control 16 inoculated 3. addition, incidence rust fungal infections decreased 12.5% 8% treatment All designs promoted 3 formulated A. K. E1BL2 displayed best results promoting their yield, inhibition rust. This study demonstrated biotechnological eco-friendly potential assemblies landraces more sustainable economic agriculture.

Language: Английский

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