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.
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Perspectives and Challenges of Microbial Application for Crop ImprovementSalme Timmusk 1*, Lawrence Behers 2, Julia Muthoni 1, Anthony Muraya 1 and Anne-Charlotte Aronsson 3
According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the estimated world population for 2025 will be nearly 8.5 × 109 inhabitants
The bacteria can accelerate certain microbial processes in the soil that augment the availability of nutrients in a form easy to assimilate by plants
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Salme Timmusk 1*, Lawrence Behers 2, Julia Muthoni 1, Anthony Muraya 1 and Anne-Charlotte Aronsson 3.
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