Understanding and utilising soil microbiomes for a more sustainable agriculture / edited by Kari E. Dunfield.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dunfield, Kari E.

Series:

Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science, 2059-6944 ; 151

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agriculture.

Soil science.

Soil Science.

Local Subjects:

Agriculture.

Soil Science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (456 pages)

Edition:

1st ed. 2025.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK : Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Limited : Imprint: Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, 2025.

Summary:

Microbiomes are communities of microorganisms living in soil and other habitats. In recent years, a new wave of research into understanding soil microbiomes has emerged, with stakeholders across the supply chain recognising the fundamental importance of these communities in optimising both crop and soil health. Despite these advancements, many soil microorganisms and their ecological functions remain only partially understood. Understanding and utilising soil microbiomes for a more sustainable agriculture summarises the wealth of recent research in this important area. It reviews advances in techniques for analysing soil microorganisms, the composition and dynamics of soil microbial communities, the ecosystem services they support and how they can be enhanced.

Contents:

Intro

Half Title page

Series Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Part 1 Advances in analysing soil microbiomes

Chapter 1 Advances in soil viromics in understanding viral diversity and function

1 Introduction

2 Evolution and advances in the viromics toolbox in soil ecosystem studies

3 Diversity of soil viruses

4 Comprehensive analysis of environmental factors influencing soil viral communities

5 Functions of soil viruses

6 Conclusion

7 Where to look for further information

8 References

Chapter 2 Advances in metaproteomics for analyzing soil microorganisms

2 Protein analysis by mass spectrometry (MS) and assignment by databases

3 Soil protein extraction techniques

4 Soil studies using metaproteomics and other omics techniques

5 Other challenges in soil metaproteomics: the huge number of expressed proteins and different protein locations in the soil mat

6 Metaproteomics of specific microorganisms inoculated into a model soil

7 Conclusion and future trends

Part 2 Bacteria and fungi in soil

Chapter 3 Emerging roles for soil Bacteroidetes in complex carbon and organic phosphorus cycling

2 Bacteroidetes: the key polysaccharide degraders in soil?

3 Ecology in the terrestrial habitats

4 Carbon and energy acquisition is focused on complex polymers

5 Bacteroidetes possess unique organophosphorus utilisation machinery

6 Emerging role in plant disease suppression

7 Exploring the ecological context of Bacteroidetes carbon and phosphorus cycling

8 Conclusion and future trends

9 Where to look for further information

10 References

Chapter 4 Advances in understanding Actinobacteria in soil1

2 Classification of Actinobacteria

3 Genetics and characteristics of Actinobacteria.

4 Diversity and ecological functions of Actinobacteria

5 Factors affecting Actinobacterial distribution and abundance in soil

6 Interactions within soil microbiomes

7 Implications for optimizing Actinobacterial contribution to soil/crop health and other uses

8 Future trends

9 Conclusion

10 Where to look for further information

11 References

Chapter 5 Fungi: advances in understanding the role of root-associated fungi in soil

1 Introduction: root and rhizosphere mycobiomes

2 Overview of methods for community analyses: studying the mycobiome

3 Case study 1: root and rhizosphere mycobiomes in relation to yield in corn and in corn and winter wheat

4 Case study 2: using fungi isolated from high-yielding soil to improve crop performance in low-yielding soils

5 Detailed methodological considerations in mycobiome analyses

6 Future trends in research

7 Conclusion

8 Where to look for further information

9 References

Part 3 Analysing structure and dynamics of soil microbiomes

Chapter 6 Advances in understanding microbial communities in the rhizosphere

2 Host selection of rhizosphere microbiome community

3 Microbiome variations across diverse root architectures

4 Microbiome communication in rhizosphere

5 Integrative omics and other techniques to understand the rhizosphere

6 Development of designer plant-rhizosphere microbiome combinations

8 Acknowledgements

Chapter 7 Nematodes and their trophic interactions in the soil microbiome

2 Nematodes as key biota in the soil micro-food web

3 Plant parasites and microbiomes

4 Nematodes and food-borne diseases

5 Case study: root parasites shape the microbiome and rhizosphere processes of their host plant

7 Future trends

8 Acknowledgements.

9 Where to look for further information

Chapter 8 Advances in understanding soil microbiomes in ecosystem functions across trophic chains

2 Ecosystems in the One Health concept

3 Impact of abiotic factors on soil microbiomes

4 Impact of agricultural land use on soil microbiomes

5 Microbial communities in ecosystem functioning: plant-soil interaction

6 Soil microbiomes and ecosystem function

7 Systems to study ecosystem services across trophic chains in a controlled environment: mesocosms

8 Conclusion

Part 4 Soil microbiomes and ecosystem services

Chapter 9 Advances in understanding the role of soil microbiomes in carbon cycling in soil

2 Dead soil microbiomes and organic carbon storage

3 Living soil microbiomes and organic carbon cycling

4 Modeling the role of soil microbiomes in soil carbon cycling

5 Case study: Soil microbiomes as an indicator of biological soil health

6 Conclusion and future trends

Chapter 10 Advances in understanding the role of the soil microbiome's effects on nitrogen cycling

2 The rhizosphere

3 The detritusphere

4 Bulk soil

5 Nitrogen cycling and the rhizosphere

6 Nitrogen cycling and the detritusphere

Chapter 11 Advances in understanding and exploiting the role of soil microbiomes in protecting crops against pathogens and pests

2 Protective interactions between plant root exudates and the soil microbiome

3 Biomolecules with a protective function against pathogen and pest attack

4 Microbiome-related defense mechanisms against pathogen and pest attack.

5 Engineering the soil microbiome for improved protection against pathogens and pests

7 Acknowledgments

Chapter 12 Advances in understanding the role of soil microbiomes in promoting crop resilient to drought stress

2 Microbes involved in the mitigation of drought stress

3 Impact of drought stress on soil, plant, and microbes

4 Mechanisms of microbes-mediated drought stress tolerance

5 Conclusion

6 Future trends

7 Challenges to research

8 Author contributions

10 Funding

11 Acknowledgments

12 References

Part 5 Promoting soil microbiomes and their contribution to soil ecosystem services

Chapter 13 Understanding and optimizing the physical properties of soil to promote soil microbiomes

2 The soil physical environment and impact on soil microbiota

3 Microbial distribution related to the soil physical environment

4 Fine spatial-scale microbial interactions and functions

5 Management, macroscale physical properties and the soil microbiome

7 References

Chapter 14 Assessing the impact of inorganic fertilizers on soil microbiomes

2 Direct effects of inorganic fertilizer on the soil microbiome

3 Soil microbiome in the fertosphere

4 Indirect effects of inorganic fertilizer on the soil microbiome

5 Conclusion and future trends

6 Where to look for further information

Chapter 15 Understanding how land-use management affects soil microbiomes

2 Effects of land-use change on soil microbiome composition

3 Effects of land-use change on soil microbiome functions

4 Effects of land recovery on soil microbiome properties

7 References.

Index.

ISBN:

1-80146-475-8

1-80146-476-6

OCLC:

1537944227