Crop Microbiome: Breakthrough Technology for Agriculture

Authors

• Bai Yang, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
• Qian Jingmei, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
• Zhou Jianmin, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
• Qian Wei, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100101, China

Keywords

crop microbiome; sustainable agriculture; nutrient use efficiency; disease and pest resistance; industry development

Abstract

Plant microbiomics is an emerging research field that aims to solve scientific problems in plant-microbe interactions and facilitates the development of creative agricultural biotechnology. In recent years, achievements have been made in deciphering the relationships among crop-microbiome-soil, improving nutrition supply and plant development by microbes, and enhancing plant adaptive responses to defend multiple biotic or abiotic stresses. Developed by researchers and successfully applied in the field, microbiome-based biotechnologies have exhibited promising potential in agriculture by decreasing the usage of chemical fertilizers and pesticides, and increasing the crop production. To reach to a sustainable agriculture, China has to reinforce the financial support to the projects of microbiomics and adjust its R & D policy to improve the translational research in the critical area.

First page

260

Last Page

265

Language

Chinese

Publisher

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences

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Recommended Citation

Yang, Bai; Jingmei, Qian; Jianmin, Zhou; and Wei, Qian (2017) "Crop Microbiome: Breakthrough Technology for Agriculture," Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version): Vol. 32 : Iss. 3 , Article 6.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.16418/j.issn.1000-3045.2017.03.006
Available at: https://bulletinofcas.researchcommons.org/journal/vol32/iss3/6