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8 Integrative Microbiology Research Centre, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China. 7 Guangdong Innovative Research Team of Sociomicrobiology, College of Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China. 6 State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China. 5 Integrative Microbiology Research Centre, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China. 4 Guangdong Innovative Research Team of Sociomicrobiology, College of Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China. 3 State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China. 2 Guangdong Innovative Research Team of Sociomicrobiology, College of Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China. 1 State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China.WFP The state of food insecurity in the world 2015: Meeting the 2015 international hunger targets: Taking stock of uneven progress. Local food: A source for destination attraction. Nitrous oxide mitigation in UK agriculture. Rees R.M., Baddeley J.A., Bhogal A., Ball B.C., Chadwick D.R., Macleod M., Lilly A., Pappa V.A., Thorman R.E., Watson C.A., et al. Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European parliament and of the council of 21 October 2009 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market and repealing council directives 79/117/EEC and 91/414/EEC. Plant-based meats, human health, and climate change. Van Vliet S., Kronberg S.L., Provenza F.D. We also discuss innovative ideas on how and where to identify efficient new members for the biofertilizer and biocontrol strain family.īacteriophage genome mining microbe–microbe interactions microbiome engineering plant–microbe interactions. In this review, we offer a brief overview of the available tools and consider various techniques and approaches that can produce information on new beneficial traits in biofertilizer and biocontrol strains. However, a thorough understanding of each microbiological tool, microbial communities, and their mechanisms of action must precede the product development.
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What are the prospects of finding solutions to the challenges on existing tools? The inconsistent field performance could be overcome by using combinations of several different types of microbial strains, consisting various members of the full plant microbiome. With the growing global concern about pollution, greenhouse gas accumulation, and increased need for plant-based foods, the demand for biofertilizers and biocontrol agents is expected to grow. Currently we have a selection of strains available as products for agriculture, predominantly based on plant-growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR), soil, epiphytic, and mycorrhizal fungi, each having specific challenges in their production and use, with the main one being inconsistency of field performance. Microbiological tools, biofertilizers, and biocontrol agents, which are bacteria and fungi capable of providing beneficial outcomes in crop plant growth and health, have been developed for several decades.