Tailoring Plant-Associated Microbial Inoculants in Agriculture - A Roadmap for Successful Application.
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ArticleKAUST Department
Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering (BESE) DivisionBioscience Program
Center for Desert Agriculture
DARWIN21, Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia.
Hirt Lab
Plant Science
Date
2020-03-11Online Publication Date
2020-03-11Print Publication Date
2020-06-26Submitted Date
2019-09-12Permanent link to this record
http://hdl.handle.net/10754/662143
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Plants are now recognized as metaorganisms which are composed of a host plant associated with a multitude of microbes that provide the host plant with a variety of essential functions to adapt to the local environment. Recent research showed the remarkable importance and range of microbial partners for enhancing the growth and health of plants. However, plant-microbe holobionts are influenced by many different factors, generating complex interactive systems. In this review, we summarize insights from this emerging field, highlighting the factors that contribute to the recruitment, selection, enrichment and dynamic interactions of plant-associated microbiota. We then propose a roadmap for synthetic community application with the aim to establish sustainable agricultural systems that use microbial communities to enhance the productivity and health of plants independently of chemical fertilizers and pesticides. Considering global warming and climate change, we also suggest that desert plants can serve as a suitable pool of potentially beneficial microbes to maintain plant growth under abiotic stress conditions. Finally, we propose a framework for advancing the field of microbial inoculant application.Citation
Saad, M. M., Eida, A. A., & Hirt, H. (2020). Tailoring Plant-Associated Microbial Inoculants in Agriculture - A Roadmap for Successful Application. Journal of Experimental Botany. doi:10.1093/jxb/eraa111Sponsors
We would like to thank all members of the Hirt lab, and CDA management team for the technical assistance and for their help in many aspects of this work. We would also like to thank Khaled Abd El Gawad and Wiam F. Alsharif for preparing the illustration figure. The authors would like to thanks the reviewers for the great positive input in improving the review article.Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)Journal
Journal of experimental botanyae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1093/jxb/eraa111