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ArticleMicroorganisms2021

Identification of Beneficial Microbial Consortia and Bioactive Compounds with Potential as Plant Biostimulants for a Sustainable Agriculture.

Silvia Tabacchioni, Stefania Passato, Patrizia Ambrosino, Liren Huang, Marina Caldara, Cristina Cantale, Jonas Hett, Antonella Del Fiore, Alessia Fiore, Andreas Schlüter and 14 more

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Article in Microorganisms, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

29 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

24 authors.

Silvia TabacchioniDepartment for Sustainability, ENEA, Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, Casaccia Research Center, 00123 Rome, Italy.
Stefania PassatoAGRIGES srl, 82035 San Salvatore Telesino, Italy.
Patrizia AmbrosinoAGRIGES srl, 82035 San Salvatore Telesino, Italy.
Liren HuangCenter for Biotechnology (CeBiTec), Bielefeld University, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany.
Marina CaldaraSITEIA.PARMA, Interdepartmental Centre for Food Safety, Technologies and Innovation for Agri-Food and Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, University of Parma, 43124 Parma, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4875-383X
Cristina CantaleDepartment for Sustainability, ENEA, Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, Casaccia Research Center, 00123 Rome, Italy.
Jonas HettDepartment of Agroecology & Organic Farming, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, 53121 Bonn, Germany.
Antonella Del FioreDepartment for Sustainability, ENEA, Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, Casaccia Research Center, 00123 Rome, Italy.
Alessia FioreDepartment for Sustainability, ENEA, Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, Casaccia Research Center, 00123 Rome, Italy.
Andreas SchlüterCenter for Biotechnology (CeBiTec), Bielefeld University, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-4830-310X
Alexander SczyrbaCenter for Biotechnology (CeBiTec), Bielefeld University, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-4405-3847
Elena MaestriSITEIA.PARMA, Interdepartmental Centre for Food Safety, Technologies and Innovation for Agri-Food and Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, University of Parma, 43124 Parma, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8745-9564
Nelson MarmiroliSITEIA.PARMA, Interdepartmental Centre for Food Safety, Technologies and Innovation for Agri-Food and Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, University of Parma, 43124 Parma, Italy.
Daniel NeuhoffDepartment of Agroecology & Organic Farming, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, 53121 Bonn, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-6358-5446
Joseph NesmeDepartment of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15 Bldg 1, 2200 Copenhagen, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0003-1929-5040
Søren Johannes SørensenDepartment of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15 Bldg 1, 2200 Copenhagen, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0001-6227-9906
Giuseppe ApreaDepartment for Sustainability, ENEA, Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, Casaccia Research Center, 00123 Rome, Italy.
Chiara NobiliDepartment for Sustainability, ENEA, Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, Casaccia Research Center, 00123 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4784-8351
Ombretta PresentiDepartment for Sustainability, ENEA, Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, Casaccia Research Center, 00123 Rome, Italy.
Giusto GiovannettiCentro Colture Sperimentali, CCS-Aosta S.r.l., 11020 Quart, Italy.
Caterina GiovannettiCentro Colture Sperimentali, CCS-Aosta S.r.l., 11020 Quart, Italy.
Anne PihlantoNatural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), Myllytie 1, 31600 Jokioinen, Helsinki, Finland.
Andrea BrunoriDepartment for Sustainability, ENEA, Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, Casaccia Research Center, 00123 Rome, Italy.
Annamaria BevivinoDepartment for Sustainability, ENEA, Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, Casaccia Research Center, 00123 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4277-7048

Funding

Horizon 2020 Framework Programme No. 818431
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A growing body of evidence demonstrates the potential of various microbes to enhance plant productivity in cropping systems although their successful field application may be impaired by several biotic and abiotic constraints. In the present work, we aimed at developing multifunctional synthetic microbial consortia to be used in combination with suitable bioactive compounds for improving crop yield and quality. Plant growth-promoting microorganisms (PGPMs) with different functional attributes were identified by a bottom-up approach. A comprehensive literature survey on PGPMs associated with maize, wheat, potato and tomato, and on commercial formulations, was conducted by examining peer-reviewed scientific publications and results from relevant European projects. Metagenome fragment recruitments on genomes of potential PGPMs represented in databases were also performed to help identify plant growth-promoting (PGP) strains. Following evidence of their ability to coexist, isolated PGPMs were synthetically assembled into three different microbial consortia. Additionally, the effects of bioactive compounds on the growth of individually PGPMs were tested in starvation conditions. The different combination products based on microbial and non-microbial biostimulants (BS) appear worth considering for greenhouse and open field trials to select those potentially adoptable in sustainable agriculture.

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bioactive compoundsdelivery methodsin vitro compatibilitymetagenome fragment recruitmentsmicrobial consortiaplant growth-promoting microorganismsSIMBAsustainable agriculture

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PMID33669534
PMCPMC7922931

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