Padmaperuma, G., Butler, T.O., Shuhaili, F.A.B. et al. (2 more authors) (2019) Microbial consortia : concept and application in fruit crop management. In: Srivastava, A.K. and Hu, C., (eds.) Fruit Crops : Diagnosis and Management of Nutrient Constraints. Elsevier , pp. 353-366. ISBN 9780128187265
Abstract
Microbial consortia thrive in nature, in a range of environments including biofilms, food products, soils, and wastewater. Borrowing the concept from nature, it is possible to characterize, engineer, and manage consortia, which as a strategy are being explored for applications in varied fields, including agriculture. This is still a broadly conceptual ideology that requires further development. Nevertheless, there are several areas of fruit crop management that can benefit from the managed use of microbial consortia, in particular as environmentally sustainable alternatives to chemical usage. Microbial consortia play a vital role in soil management and nutrient mobilization, in disease prevention and plant defense, in management of stress tolerance, in postharvest fruit management, and in overall ecosystem management. In this chapter, we present the concept of managed consortia and discuss the technology and challenges of microbiome engineering in fruit crop management.
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Item Type: | Book Section |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2020 Elsevier. |
Keywords: | Microbiome engineering; Biopesticides; Bioinoculation; Biofertilizers; Biostimulants; Synthetic biology; Synthetic ecology |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Engineering (Sheffield) > Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 10 Feb 2020 12:47 |
Last Modified: | 10 Feb 2020 12:47 |
Published Version: | https://www.elsevier.com/books/fruit-crops/srivast... |
Status: | Published online |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/B978-0-12-818732-6.00025-3 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:156118 |