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A. terreus is also intensively studied for its biocontrol activity and plant growth-promoting effect. However, this microorganism is also known to infect important crops such as, amongst others, rice, wheat, potato, sugar cane, maize, and soybean. It was suggested, however, that the balance between positive vs. negative effects is dependent on the soil-plant-inoculant dose system. A. terreus has frequently been described as an important human pathogen. Therefore, its safety manipulation in biotechnological processes for the production of itaconic acid and some drugs and its use in soil-plant systems should be carefully assessed. Some suggestions in this direction are discussed, particularly concerning the uses in crop production.</p>", "keywords": ["plant growth promotion", "0301 basic medicine", "2. 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Treatments of citrus fruits with Wickerhamomyces anomalus BS91 have been previously reported as effective measures to reduce the incidence of green mold caused by Penicillium digitatum. On the opposite, the knowledge of the antifungal activity of cultivated cardoon (Cynara cardunculus L. var. altilis DC.) leaf extract, vegetable widespread in some Mediterranean areas, is still very limited. In this study, experimental trials were conducted to evaluate the effectiveness in vitro of leaf aqueous, methanolic and ethanolic extracts of C. cardunculus against seven fungal pathogens responsible for considerable food losses in the postharvest stage. In addition, biocontrol yeast W. anomalus BS91 and the three C. cardunculus extracts were tested in vivo both as a single treatment and in mixture, against Penicillium digitatum on 'Tarocco' oranges and 'Femminello' lemons. The combination of W. anomalus BS91 and leaf ethanolic extract reduced with the highest efficacy the incidence and severity of green mold on orange and lemon fruits with respect to the control, and was more effective than treatment with antagonistic yeast or leaf extracts applied alone. Incidence and severity of citrus decay were more consistently reduced when mixtures were applied 24\u00a0h before the inoculation of the pathogen, thus suggesting the relevance of preventive treatments. The mixtures of antagonistic W. anomalus BS91 and ethanolic leaf extract were more effective in controlling green mold decay on oranges than on lemons. These results indicate that biocontrol agents and leaf extracts, used in appropriate combination, can provide a stronger protection than when used singularly. However, compatibility between microbial antagonist and antimicrobial extract should be preliminary verified.", "keywords": ["0301 basic medicine", "2. 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Chemical control strategies are inadequate due to limited fungicide availability and consumer interest in organic vegetable production. Alternative control strategies, such as biological control agents (BCAs), suppressive compost, and resistance inducers, have been intensively studied to test their ability to reduce pathogen attacks. Research has been recently focused on the influence of BCAs on the rhizosphere microbiota, which plays a critical role in soil suppressiveness. In this work, three strategies of integrated pest management (IPM) were tested against Fol attacks in two fields for two consecutive years: (i) a compost enriched with Trichoderma, (ii) a combination of T. gamsii + T. asperellum, Bacillus amyloliquefaciens and potassium posphite and (iii) a combination of T. polysporum + T. atroviride. The rhizosphere microbiota was characterized by high-throughput sequencing of bacterial and eukaryotic rRNA gene markers. Obtained results indicated IPM strategies statistically reduced disease severity, in both fields and years, from 50 % to 70 % compared to untreated controls. An increased crop yield compared to untreated controls was also observed. Predominant phyla were Proteobacteria, Firmicutes and Actinobacteria for bacteria, and Ascomycota for fungi. However, microbiota populations were not affected by any of the treatments, nor were significant differences observed when the soil microbial community was compared to that of untreated controls. Conversely, large differences were observed when comparing the two fields and years, indicating an important microbial buffering effect triggered by the soil.", "keywords": ["0301 basic medicine", "0303 health sciences", "03 medical and health sciences", "Microbiota; Rhizosphere; Biocontrol agents; Resistance inducers; Seed born pathogen; Fusarium oxysporum f; sp; lactucae"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Bellini, A, Gilardi, G, Idbella, M, Zotti, M, Pugliese, M, Bonanomi, G, Gullino, ML,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://iris.unito.it/bitstream/2318/1891861/2/Bellini%20IRIS%20aperto.pdf"}, {"href": "https://iris.unito.it/bitstream/2318/1891861/8/Bellini%20post%20print_Pugliese.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2022.104678"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Applied%20Soil%20Ecology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.apsoil.2022.104678", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.apsoil.2022.104678", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.apsoil.2022.104678"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2023-02-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1093/femsec/fiaa119", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:18:38Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2020-06-14", "title": "Microbiome approaches provide the key to biologically control postharvest pathogens and storability of fruits and vegetables", "description": "ABSTRACT                <p>Microbes play an important role in plants and interact closely with their host starting from sprouting seeds, continuing during growth and after harvest. The discovery of their importance for plant and postharvest health initiated a biotechnological development of various antagonistic bacteria and fungi for disease control. Nevertheless, their application often showed inconsistent effects. Recently, high-throughput sequencing-based techniques including advanced microscopy reveal fruits and vegetables as holobionts. At harvest, all fruits and vegetables harbor a highly abundant and specific microbiota including beneficial, pathogenic and spoilage microorganisms. Especially, a high microbial diversity and resilient microbial networks were shown to be linked to fruit and vegetable health, while diseased products showed severe dysbiosis. Field and postharvest handling of fruits and vegetables was shown to affect the indigenous microbiome and therefore has a substantial impact on the storability of fruits and vegetables. Microbiome tracking can be implemented as a new tool to evaluate and assess all postharvest processes and contribute to fruit and vegetable health. Here, we summarize current research advancements in the emerging field of postharvest microbiomes and elaborate its importance. The generated knowledge provides profound insights into postharvest microbiome dynamics and sets a new basis for targeted, microbiome-driven and sustainable control strategies.</p>", "keywords": ["0301 basic medicine", "2. Zero hunger", "Fruit microbiome", "0303 health sciences", "High-throughput sequencing", "Bacteria", "Microbiota", "Fungi", "Biocontrol", "15. 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Biocontrol products formulated with atoxigenic (nontoxic) strains of this fungal species are well known as an effective method to reduce this contamination. In the present study, 83 A. flavus isolates from two maize regions of Argentina were characterized and evaluated for their ability to produce or lack of producing mycotoxins in order to select atoxigenic strains to be used as potential biocontrol agents (BCA). All of the isolates were tested for aflatoxin and cyclopiazonic acid (CPA) production in maize kernels and a liquid culture medium. Genetic diversity of the nonaflatoxigenic isolates was evaluated by analysis of vegetative compatibility groups (VCG) and confirmation of deletions in the aflatoxin biosynthesis cluster. Eight atoxigenic isolates were compared for their ability to reduce aflatoxin and CPA contamination in maize kernels in coinoculation tests. The A. flavus population was composed of 32% aflatoxin and CPA producers and 52% CPA producers, and 16% was determined as atoxigenic. All of the aflatoxin producer isolates also produced CPA. Aflatoxin and CPA production was significantly higher in maize kernels than in liquid medium. The 57 nonaflatoxigenic strains formed six VCG, with AM1 and AM5 being the dominant groups, with a frequency of 58 and 35%, respectively. In coinoculation experiments, all of the atoxigenic strains reduced aflatoxin from 54 to 83% and CPA from 60 to 97%. Members of group AM1 showed a greater aflatoxin reduction than members of AM5 (72 versus 66%) but no differences were detected in CPA production. Here, we described for the first time atoxigenic isolates of A. flavus that show promise to be used as BCA in maize crops in Argentina. This innovating biological control approach should be considered, developed further, and used by the maize industry to preserve the quality properties and food safety of maize kernels in Argentina.</p>", "keywords": ["0301 basic medicine", "2. Zero hunger", "Micotoxinas", "0303 health sciences", "Argentina", "Biocontrol", "Genetic Variation", "Mycotoxins", "maize", "Zea mays", "Maize", "03 medical and health sciences", "https://purl.org/becyt/ford/4.5", "Biological Control Agents", "13. 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Biocontrol products formulated with atoxigenic (nontoxic) strains of this fungal species are well known as an effective method to reduce this contamination. In the present study, 83 A. flavus isolates from two maize regions of Argentina were characterized and evaluated for their ability to produce or lack of producing mycotoxins in order to select atoxigenic strains to be used as potential biocontrol agents (BCA). All of the isolates were tested for aflatoxin and cyclopiazonic acid (CPA) production in maize kernels and a liquid culture medium. Genetic diversity of the nonaflatoxigenic isolates was evaluated by analysis of vegetative compatibility groups (VCG) and confirmation of deletions in the aflatoxin biosynthesis cluster. Eight atoxigenic isolates were compared for their ability to reduce aflatoxin and CPA contamination in maize kernels in coinoculation tests. The A. flavus population was composed of 32% aflatoxin and CPA producers and 52% CPA producers, and 16% was determined as atoxigenic. All of the aflatoxin producer isolates also produced CPA. Aflatoxin and CPA production was significantly higher in maize kernels than in liquid medium. The 57 nonaflatoxigenic strains formed six VCG, with AM1 and AM5 being the dominant groups, with a frequency of 58 and 35%, respectively. In coinoculation experiments, all of the atoxigenic strains reduced aflatoxin from 54 to 83% and CPA from 60 to 97%. Members of group AM1 showed a greater aflatoxin reduction than members of AM5 (72 versus 66%) but no differences were detected in CPA production. Here, we described for the first time atoxigenic isolates of A. flavus that show promise to be used as BCA in maize crops in Argentina. This innovating biological control approach should be considered, developed further, and used by the maize industry to preserve the quality properties and food safety of maize kernels in Argentina.</p></article>", "keywords": ["0301 basic medicine", "2. Zero hunger", "Micotoxinas", "0303 health sciences", "Argentina", "Biocontrol", "Genetic Variation", "Mycotoxins", "maize", "Zea mays", "Maize", "03 medical and health sciences", "https://purl.org/becyt/ford/4.5", "Biological Control Agents", "13. 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Most interactions between plant symbiotic and non-symbiotic soil microorganisms and plants occur in the rhizosphere and are sustained through plant exudation/rhizodeposition. Bioaugmentation, i.e., the introduction or amplification of certain plant beneficial microbes (e.g., entomopathogenic fungi) into the rhizosphere, could contribute to controlling insect crop pests and replacing chemical, environmentally unfriendly insecticides. Wireworms, the soil-burrowing larval stages of click beetles (Coleoptera: Elateridae), are major pests of crops including maize, wheat and potatoes, worldwide. Alternative strategies for controlling wireworms are needed because several chemical pesticides used successfully in the past are being phased out because of their ecotoxicity. Therefore, virulence to Agriotes lineatus L. wireworms and plant beneficial traits of entomopathogenic fungi were investigated in a series of laboratory experiments. Tested taxa included environmentally retrieved Metarhizium brunneum Petch. (two strains), M. robertsii Bisch., Rehner & Humber (Hypocreales: Clavicipitaceae), and Beauveria brongniartii (Sacc.) Petch. and commercially formulated B. bassiana (Bals.-Criv.) Vuill. (Cordycipitaceae) and Bacillus thuringiensis Berliner 1915 var. kurstaki. In-house reared larvae were dipped in conidial suspension, and maize and wheat seeds were coated with fungal conidia. Metarhizium brunneum strains 1154 and 1868 significantly increased wireworm mortality. Fungi were significantly more often re-isolated from maize than wheat rhizoplanes in laboratory assays. The strains tested were rarely isolated as endophytes. Metarhizium brunneum strain 1154 stimulated wheat growth, while M. robertsii 1880 stimulated maize growth, whereas M. brunneum 1868 and others did not affect root or shoot length or plant biomass significantly in laboratory settings. Metarhizium brunneum strain 1868, re-isolated most often from maize rhizoplane, caused the highest wireworm mortality. It was further evaluated whether M. brunneum 1868 can protect maize varieties FeroXXY, LG 34.90 and Chapalu from wireworm damage and promote plant growth at field conditions. Plants of all three varieties stemming from seeds treated with conidia of M. brunneum 1868 showed significantly less wireworm damage 3 to 4 weeks after sowing (5- to 6-leaf stage) resulting in a significantly higher initial maize stand. However, only in the variety LG 34.90\u00a0a significant increase of the maize stand was observed at harvest time.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0106 biological sciences", "0301 basic medicine", "plant\u2013microbe interaction", "biological control", "Plant culture", "Plant Science", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "biopesticide", "plant\u2013microbe\u2013insect interaction", "SB1-1110", "12. 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However, despite the enormous research efforts, there is still much to be learnt about the underlying processes that affect the efficacy of biocontrol and biofertilizer products in crop systems. A deeper ecological understanding of complex interactions among introduced beneficial strains and resident microbiota under changing environment is essential (Xu and Jeger, 2020). These complex interactions are greatly influenced by the formulation of beneficial microbial strains (Vassilev and de Oliveira Mendes, 2018) as well as the growing substrate characteristics (Ponzio et al., 2013) and commercial agricultural practices (Malus\u00e1 et al., 2016).", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0106 biological sciences", "agronomic strategies", "Plant culture", "Plant Science", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "soil", "SB1-1110", "plant-associated microbiome", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "biocontrol", "biofertilization"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2021.715676"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Frontiers%20in%20Plant%20Science", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.3389/fpls.2021.715676", "name": "item", "description": "10.3389/fpls.2021.715676", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.3389/fpls.2021.715676"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2021-07-02T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.3390/genes10060424", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:21:21Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2019-06-03", "title": "Effect of Long-Term Farming Practices on Agricultural Soil Microbiome Members Represented by Metagenomically Assembled Genomes (MAGs) and Their Predicted Plant-Beneficial Genes", "description": "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><article><p>To follow the hypothesis that agricultural management practices affect structure and function of the soil microbiome regarding soil health and plant-beneficial traits, high-throughput (HT) metagenome analyses were performed on Chernozem soil samples from a long-term field experiment designated LTE-1 carried out at Bernburg-Strenzfeld (Saxony-Anhalt, Germany). Metagenomic DNA was extracted from soil samples representing the following treatments: (i) plough tillage with standard nitrogen fertilization and use of fungicides and growth regulators, (ii) plough tillage with reduced nitrogen fertilization (50%), (iii) cultivator tillage with standard nitrogen fertilization and use of fungicides and growth regulators, and (iv) cultivator tillage with reduced nitrogen fertilization (50%). Bulk soil (BS), as well as root-affected soil (RS), were considered for all treatments in replicates. HT-sequencing of metagenomic DNA yielded approx. 100 Giga bases (Gb) of sequence information. Taxonomic profiling of soil communities revealed the presence of 70 phyla, whereby Proteobacteria, Actinobacteria, Bacteroidetes, Planctomycetes, Acidobacteria, Thaumarchaeota, Firmicutes, Verrucomicrobia and Chloroflexi feature abundances of more than 1%. Functional microbiome profiling uncovered, i.a., numerous potential plant-beneficial, plant-growth-promoting and biocontrol traits predicted to be involved in nutrient provision, phytohormone synthesis, antagonism against pathogens and signal molecule synthesis relevant in microbe\u2013plant interaction. Neither taxonomic nor functional microbiome profiling based on single-read analyses revealed pronounced differences regarding the farming practices applied. Soil metagenome sequences were assembled and taxonomically binned. The ten most reliable and abundant Metagenomically Assembled Genomes (MAGs) were taxonomically classified and metabolically reconstructed. Importance of the phylum Thaumarchaeota for the analyzed microbiome is corroborated by the fact that the four corresponding MAGs were predicted to oxidize ammonia (nitrification), thus contributing to the cycling of nitrogen, and in addition are most probably able to fix carbon dioxide. Moreover, Thaumarchaeota and several bacterial MAGs also possess genes with predicted functions in plant\u2013growth\u2013promotion. Abundances of certain MAGs (species resolution level) responded to the tillage practice, whereas the factors compartment (BS vs. RS) and nitrogen fertilization only marginally shaped MAG abundance profiles. Hence, soil management regimes promoting plant-beneficial microbiome members are very likely advantageous for the respective agrosystem, its health and carbon sequestration and accordingly may enhance plant productivity. Since Chernozem soils are highly fertile, corresponding microbiome data represent a valuable reference resource for agronomy in general.</p></article>", "keywords": ["0301 basic medicine", "570", "plant\u2013growth\u2013promotion (PGP)", "metagenomically-assembled-genomes (MAGs)", "Article", "03 medical and health sciences", "carbon dioxide fixation", "Ammonia", "metagenomic binning", "Germany", "soil microbiome", "Proteobacteria", "Humans", "biocontrol", "secondary metabolite synthesis", "suppressive soil", "Phylogeny", "Soil Microbiology", "soil microbiome; suppressive soil; biocontrol; plant\u2013growth\u2013promotion (PGP); metagenomic binning; metagenomically-assembled-genomes (MAGs); secondary metabolite synthesis; carbon dioxide fixation; carbohydrate-active enzymes; differentially abundant features (DAFs)", "2. Zero hunger", "Bacteria", "Bacteroidetes", "Agriculture", "differentially abundant features (DAFs)", "15. Life on land", "Archaea", "Actinobacteria", "13. Climate action", "carbohydrate-active enzymes", "Metagenome"]}, "links": [{"href": "http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4425/10/6/424/pdf"}, {"href": "https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4425/10/6/424/pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.3390/genes10060424"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Genes", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.3390/genes10060424", "name": "item", "description": "10.3390/genes10060424", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.3390/genes10060424"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2019-06-03T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.3390/genes10080601", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:21:21Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2019-08-09", "title": "Genetic Potential of the Biocontrol Agent Pseudomonas brassicacearum (Formerly P. trivialis) 3Re2-7 Unraveled by Genome Sequencing and Mining, Comparative Genomics and Transcriptomics", "description": "<p>The genus Pseudomonas comprises many known plant-associated microbes with plant growth promotion and disease suppression properties. Genome-based studies allow the prediction of the underlying mechanisms using genome mining tools and the analysis of the genes unique for a strain by implementing comparative genomics. Here, we provide the genome sequence of the strain Pseudomonas brassicacearum 3Re2-7, formerly known as P. trivialis and P. reactans, elucidate its revised taxonomic classification, experimentally verify the gene predictions by transcriptome sequencing, describe its genetic biocontrol potential and contextualize it to other known Pseudomonas biocontrol agents. The P. brassicacearum 3Re2-7 genome comprises a circular chromosome with a size of 6,738,544 bp and a GC-content of 60.83%. 6267 genes were annotated, of which 6113 were shown to be transcribed in rich medium and/or in the presence of Rhizoctonia solani. Genome mining identified genes related to biocontrol traits such as secondary metabolite and siderophore biosynthesis, plant growth promotion, inorganic phosphate solubilization, biosynthesis of lipo- and exopolysaccharides, exoproteases, volatiles and detoxification. Core genome analysis revealed, that the 3Re2-7 genome exhibits a high collinearity with the representative genome for the species, P. brassicacearum subsp. brassicacearum NFM421. Comparative genomics allowed the identification of 105 specific genes and revealed gene clusters that might encode specialized biocontrol mechanisms of strain 3Re2-7. Moreover, we captured the transcriptome of P. brassicacearum 3Re2-7, confirming the transcription of the predicted biocontrol-related genes. The gene clusters coding for 2,4-diacetylphloroglucinol (phlABCDEFGH) and hydrogen cyanide (hcnABC) were shown to be highly transcribed. Further genes predicted to encode putative alginate production enzymes, a pyrroloquinoline quinone precursor peptide PqqA and a matrixin family metalloprotease were also found to be highly transcribed. With this study, we provide a basis to further characterize the mechanisms for biocontrol in Pseudomonas species, towards a sustainable and safe application of P. brassicacearum biocontrol agents.</p>", "keywords": ["COMPARATIVE GENOMICS", "0301 basic medicine", "570", "Antifungal Agents", "Plant-growth promotion", "Biolog\u00eda", "comparative genomics", "Phloroglucinol", "PLANT-GROWTH PROMOTION", "Article", "Rhizoctonia", "transcriptomics", "03 medical and health sciences", "https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6", "Genome mining", "Hydrogen Cyanide", "Pseudomonas", "genome mining", "RNA SEQUENCING", "TRANSCRIPTOMICS", "biocontrol", "GENOME MINING", "PSEUDOMONASBRASSICACEARUM", "https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1", "Transcriptomics", "0303 health sciences", "Comparative genomics", "Biocontrol", "RNA sequencing", "<i>Pseudomonas brassicacearum</i>", "BIOCONTROL", "Pseudomonas brassicacearum", "Biological Control Agents", "Genes", " Bacterial", "Transcriptome", "plant-growth promotion"]}, "links": [{"href": "http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4425/10/8/601/pdf"}, {"href": "https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4425/10/8/601/pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.3390/genes10080601"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Genes", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.3390/genes10080601", "name": "item", "description": "10.3390/genes10080601", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.3390/genes10080601"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2019-08-09T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.3390/microorganisms11010224", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:21:25Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2023-01-16", "title": "Microbial-Based Products to Control Soil-Borne Pathogens: Methods to Improve Efficacy and to Assess Impacts on Microbiome", "description": "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><article><p>Microbial-based products (either as biopesticide or biofertilizers) have a long history of application, though their use is still limited, mainly due to a perceived low and inconsistent efficacy under field conditions. However, their efficacy has always been compared to chemical products, which have a completely different mechanism of action and production process, following the chemical paradigm of agricultural production. This paradigm has also been applied to regulatory processes, particularly for biopesticides, making the marketing of microbial-based formulations difficult. Increased knowledge about bioinocula behavior after application to the soil and their impact on soil microbiome should foster better exploitation of microbial-based products in a complex environment such as the soil. Moreover, the multifunctional capacity of microbial strains with regard to plant growth promotion and protection should also be considered in this respect. Therefore, the methods utilized for these studies are key to improving the knowledge and understanding of microbial-based product activity and improving their efficacy, which, from farmers\u2019 point of view, is the parameter to assess the usefulness of a treatment. In this review, we are thus addressing aspects related to the production and formulation process, highlighting the methods that can be used to evaluate the functioning and impact of microbial-based products on soil microbiome, as tools supporting their use and marketing.</p></article>", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0301 basic medicine", "analytical methods", "0303 health sciences", "03 medical and health sciences", "phenotypic arrays", "QH301-705.5", "mycorrhiza", "biocontrol", "Review", "Biology (General)", "formulation strategies", "analytical methods; biocontrol; formulation strategies; mycorrhiza; phenotypic arrays"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://iris.cnr.it/bitstream/20.500.14243/453424/1/microorganisms-11-00224.pdf"}, {"href": "https://iris.unito.it/bitstream/2318/1891860/1/microorganisms-11-00224.pdf"}, {"href": "https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2607/11/1/224/pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms11010224"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Microorganisms", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.3390/microorganisms11010224", "name": "item", "description": "10.3390/microorganisms11010224", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.3390/microorganisms11010224"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2023-01-16T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.3390/microorganisms9061254", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:21:26Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2021-06-09", "title": "Fermentation Strategies to Improve Soil Bio-Inoculant Production and Quality", "description": "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><article><p>The application of plant beneficial microorganisms has been widely accepted as an efficient alternative to chemical fertilizers and pesticides. Isolation and selection of efficient microorganisms, their characterization and testing in soil-plant systems are well studied. However, the production stage and formulation of the final products are not in the focus of the research, which affects the achievement of stable and consistent results in the field. Recent analysis of the field of plant beneficial microorganisms suggests a more integrated view on soil inoculants with a special emphasis on the inoculant production process, including fermentation, formulation, processes, and additives. This mini-review describes the different groups of fermentation processes and their characteristics, bearing in mind different factors, both nutritional and operational, which affect the biomass/spores yield and microbial metabolite activity. The characteristics of the final products of fermentation process optimization strategies determine further steps of development of the microbial inoculants. Submerged liquid and solid-state fermentation processes, fed-batch operations, immobilized cell systems, and production of arbuscular mycorrhiza are presented and their advantages and disadvantages are discussed. Recommendations for further development of the fermentation strategies for biofertilizer production are also considered.</p></article>", "keywords": ["0301 basic medicine", "QH301-705.5", "mycorrhiza", "Submerged and solid-state fermentations", "Optimization strategies", "Review", "Biofertilizers", "7. Clean energy", "12. Responsible consumption", "03 medical and health sciences", "submerged and solid-state fermentations", "immobilized cells", "biocontrol", "Biology (General)", "biofertilizers", "2. Zero hunger", "0303 health sciences", "Immobilized cells", "Biocontrol", "15. Life on land", "6. Clean water", "13. Climate action", "8. Economic growth", "Mycorrhiza", "optimization strategies"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms9061254"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Microorganisms", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.3390/microorganisms9061254", "name": "item", "description": "10.3390/microorganisms9061254", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.3390/microorganisms9061254"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2021-06-09T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.5281/zenodo.4462142", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:23:50Z", "type": "Dataset", "title": "ECOBREED WP3 entomopathogenic fungi-wireworm data related to Razinger et al. (2020)", "description": "Raw data related to Figures 1 to 5 and Table 1 plus suplementary raw data of the publication Razinger et al. (2020) Frontiers in Plant Science 11:535005; doi: 10.3389/fpls.2020.535005.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Plant-microbe-insect interaction", "Wireworm", "Biological control", "Plant-microbe interaction", "Rhizosphere", "Sustainable agriculture", "Entomopathogenic fungus", "Biocontrol", "15. 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(2020)", "description": "Raw data related to Figures 1 to 5 and Table 1 plus suplementary raw data of the publication Razinger et al. (2020) Frontiers in Plant Science 11:535005; doi: 10.3389/fpls.2020.535005.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Plant-microbe-insect interaction", "Wireworm", "Biological control", "Plant-microbe interaction", "Rhizosphere", "Sustainable agriculture", "Entomopathogenic fungus", "Biocontrol", "15. Life on land", "Biopesticide", "Plant-microbe-pest interaction", "Agriotes lineatus"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Razinger, Jaka, Praprotnik, Eva, Schroers, Hans-Josef,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4462143"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.5281/zenodo.4462143", "name": "item", "description": "10.5281/zenodo.4462143", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.5281/zenodo.4462143"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2021-01-25T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10481/66123", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:25:17Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2020-10-26", "title": "Aspegillus terreus: From Soil to Industry and Back", "description": "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><article><p>Aspergillus terreus is an important saprophytic filamentous fungus that can be found in soils. Like many other soil microorganisms, A. terreus demonstrates multiple functions and offers various important metabolites, which can be used in different fields of human activity. The first application of A. terreus on an industrial level is the production of itaconic acid, which is now considered as one of the most important bioproducts in the Green Chemistry field. The general schemes for itaconic acid production have been studied, but in this mini-review some lines of future research are presented based on analysis of the published results. A. terreus is also intensively studied for its biocontrol activity and plant growth-promoting effect. However, this microorganism is also known to infect important crops such as, amongst others, rice, wheat, potato, sugar cane, maize, and soybean. It was suggested, however, that the balance between positive vs. negative effects is dependent on the soil-plant-inoculant dose system. A. terreus has frequently been described as an important human pathogen. Therefore, its safety manipulation in biotechnological processes for the production of itaconic acid and some drugs and its use in soil-plant systems should be carefully assessed. Some suggestions in this direction are discussed, particularly concerning the uses in crop production.</p></article>", "keywords": ["plant growth promotion", "0301 basic medicine", "2. Zero hunger", "0303 health sciences", "<i>Aspergillus terreus</i>", "QH301-705.5", "Biocontrol", "Review", "15. Life on land", "Itaconic acid production", "3. Good health", "03 medical and health sciences", "Aspergillus terreus", "pathogenicity", "Plant growth promotion", "Pathogenicity", "biocontrol", "Biology (General)", "itaconic acid production"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2607/8/11/1655/pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10481/66123"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Microorganisms", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10481/66123", "name": "item", "description": "10481/66123", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10481/66123"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2020-10-25T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10481/69831", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:25:17Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2021-06-09", "title": "Fermentation Strategies to Improve Soil Bio-Inoculant Production and Quality", "description": "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><article><p>The application of plant beneficial microorganisms has been widely accepted as an efficient alternative to chemical fertilizers and pesticides. Isolation and selection of efficient microorganisms, their characterization and testing in soil-plant systems are well studied. However, the production stage and formulation of the final products are not in the focus of the research, which affects the achievement of stable and consistent results in the field. Recent analysis of the field of plant beneficial microorganisms suggests a more integrated view on soil inoculants with a special emphasis on the inoculant production process, including fermentation, formulation, processes, and additives. This mini-review describes the different groups of fermentation processes and their characteristics, bearing in mind different factors, both nutritional and operational, which affect the biomass/spores yield and microbial metabolite activity. The characteristics of the final products of fermentation process optimization strategies determine further steps of development of the microbial inoculants. Submerged liquid and solid-state fermentation processes, fed-batch operations, immobilized cell systems, and production of arbuscular mycorrhiza are presented and their advantages and disadvantages are discussed. Recommendations for further development of the fermentation strategies for biofertilizer production are also considered.</p></article>", "keywords": ["0301 basic medicine", "QH301-705.5", "mycorrhiza", "Submerged and solid-state fermentations", "Optimization strategies", "Review", "Biofertilizers", "7. Clean energy", "12. Responsible consumption", "03 medical and health sciences", "submerged and solid-state fermentations", "immobilized cells", "biocontrol", "Biology (General)", "biofertilizers", "2. Zero hunger", "0303 health sciences", "Immobilized cells", "Biocontrol", "15. Life on land", "6. Clean water", "13. Climate action", "8. Economic growth", "Mycorrhiza", "optimization strategies"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2607/9/6/1254/pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10481/69831"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Microorganisms", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10481/69831", "name": "item", "description": "10481/69831", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10481/69831"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2021-06-09T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "11336/255698", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:25:26Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2018-01-31", "title": "Characterization of Argentinian EndemicAspergillus flavusIsolates and Their Potential Use as Biocontrol Agents for Mycotoxins in Maize", "description": "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><article><p>Maize (Zea mays L.) is a highly valuable crop in Argentina, frequently contaminated with the mycotoxins produced by Aspergillus flavus. Biocontrol products formulated with atoxigenic (nontoxic) strains of this fungal species are well known as an effective method to reduce this contamination. In the present study, 83 A. flavus isolates from two maize regions of Argentina were characterized and evaluated for their ability to produce or lack of producing mycotoxins in order to select atoxigenic strains to be used as potential biocontrol agents (BCA). All of the isolates were tested for aflatoxin and cyclopiazonic acid (CPA) production in maize kernels and a liquid culture medium. Genetic diversity of the nonaflatoxigenic isolates was evaluated by analysis of vegetative compatibility groups (VCG) and confirmation of deletions in the aflatoxin biosynthesis cluster. Eight atoxigenic isolates were compared for their ability to reduce aflatoxin and CPA contamination in maize kernels in coinoculation tests. The A. flavus population was composed of 32% aflatoxin and CPA producers and 52% CPA producers, and 16% was determined as atoxigenic. All of the aflatoxin producer isolates also produced CPA. Aflatoxin and CPA production was significantly higher in maize kernels than in liquid medium. The 57 nonaflatoxigenic strains formed six VCG, with AM1 and AM5 being the dominant groups, with a frequency of 58 and 35%, respectively. In coinoculation experiments, all of the atoxigenic strains reduced aflatoxin from 54 to 83% and CPA from 60 to 97%. Members of group AM1 showed a greater aflatoxin reduction than members of AM5 (72 versus 66%) but no differences were detected in CPA production. Here, we described for the first time atoxigenic isolates of A. flavus that show promise to be used as BCA in maize crops in Argentina. This innovating biological control approach should be considered, developed further, and used by the maize industry to preserve the quality properties and food safety of maize kernels in Argentina.</p></article>", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0301 basic medicine", "Micotoxinas", "0303 health sciences", "Argentina", "Biocontrol", "Genetic Variation", "Mycotoxins", "maize", "Zea mays", "Maize", "03 medical and health sciences", "https://purl.org/becyt/ford/4.5", "Biological Control Agents", "13. Climate action", "Aflatoxinas", "Antibiosis", "https://purl.org/becyt/ford/4", "Aspergillus Flavus", "Zea Mays", "Ma\u00edz", "Aspergillus flavus", "Plant Diseases"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/pdf/10.1094/PHYTO-07-17-0255-R"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/11336/255698"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Phytopathology%C2%AE", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "11336/255698", "name": "item", "description": "11336/255698", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/11336/255698"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2018-07-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "11336/151981", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:25:26Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2019-08-09", "title": "Genetic Potential of the Biocontrol Agent Pseudomonas brassicacearum (Formerly P. trivialis) 3Re2-7 Unraveled by Genome Sequencing and Mining, Comparative Genomics and Transcriptomics", "description": "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><article><p>The genus Pseudomonas comprises many known plant-associated microbes with plant growth promotion and disease suppression properties. Genome-based studies allow the prediction of the underlying mechanisms using genome mining tools and the analysis of the genes unique for a strain by implementing comparative genomics. Here, we provide the genome sequence of the strain Pseudomonas brassicacearum 3Re2-7, formerly known as P. trivialis and P. reactans, elucidate its revised taxonomic classification, experimentally verify the gene predictions by transcriptome sequencing, describe its genetic biocontrol potential and contextualize it to other known Pseudomonas biocontrol agents. The P. brassicacearum 3Re2-7 genome comprises a circular chromosome with a size of 6,738,544 bp and a GC-content of 60.83%. 6267 genes were annotated, of which 6113 were shown to be transcribed in rich medium and/or in the presence of Rhizoctonia solani. Genome mining identified genes related to biocontrol traits such as secondary metabolite and siderophore biosynthesis, plant growth promotion, inorganic phosphate solubilization, biosynthesis of lipo- and exopolysaccharides, exoproteases, volatiles and detoxification. Core genome analysis revealed, that the 3Re2-7 genome exhibits a high collinearity with the representative genome for the species, P. brassicacearum subsp. brassicacearum NFM421. Comparative genomics allowed the identification of 105 specific genes and revealed gene clusters that might encode specialized biocontrol mechanisms of strain 3Re2-7. Moreover, we captured the transcriptome of P. brassicacearum 3Re2-7, confirming the transcription of the predicted biocontrol-related genes. The gene clusters coding for 2,4-diacetylphloroglucinol (phlABCDEFGH) and hydrogen cyanide (hcnABC) were shown to be highly transcribed. Further genes predicted to encode putative alginate production enzymes, a pyrroloquinoline quinone precursor peptide PqqA and a matrixin family metalloprotease were also found to be highly transcribed. With this study, we provide a basis to further characterize the mechanisms for biocontrol in Pseudomonas species, towards a sustainable and safe application of P. brassicacearum biocontrol agents.</p></article>", "keywords": ["COMPARATIVE GENOMICS", "0301 basic medicine", "570", "Antifungal Agents", "Plant-growth promotion", "Biolog\u00eda", "comparative genomics", "Phloroglucinol", "PLANT-GROWTH PROMOTION", "Article", "Rhizoctonia", "12. Responsible consumption", "transcriptomics", "03 medical and health sciences", "https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6", "Genome mining", "Hydrogen Cyanide", "Pseudomonas", "genome mining", "RNA SEQUENCING", "TRANSCRIPTOMICS", "biocontrol", "GENOME MINING", "PSEUDOMONASBRASSICACEARUM", "https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1", "Transcriptomics", "2. Zero hunger", "0303 health sciences", "Comparative genomics", "Biocontrol", "RNA sequencing", "<i>Pseudomonas brassicacearum</i>", "3. Good health", "BIOCONTROL", "Pseudomonas brassicacearum", "Biological Control Agents", "Genes", " Bacterial", "Transcriptome", "plant-growth promotion"]}, "links": [{"href": "http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4425/10/8/601/pdf"}, {"href": "https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4425/10/8/601/pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/11336/151981"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Genes", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "11336/151981", "name": "item", "description": "11336/151981", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/11336/151981"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2019-08-09T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "2263/80147", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:26:11Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2020-06-14", "title": "Microbiome approaches provide the key to biologically control postharvest pathogens and storability of fruits and vegetables", "description": "ABSTRACT                <p>Microbes play an important role in plants and interact closely with their host starting from sprouting seeds, continuing during growth and after harvest. The discovery of their importance for plant and postharvest health initiated a biotechnological development of various antagonistic bacteria and fungi for disease control. Nevertheless, their application often showed inconsistent effects. Recently, high-throughput sequencing-based techniques including advanced microscopy reveal fruits and vegetables as holobionts. At harvest, all fruits and vegetables harbor a highly abundant and specific microbiota including beneficial, pathogenic and spoilage microorganisms. Especially, a high microbial diversity and resilient microbial networks were shown to be linked to fruit and vegetable health, while diseased products showed severe dysbiosis. Field and postharvest handling of fruits and vegetables was shown to affect the indigenous microbiome and therefore has a substantial impact on the storability of fruits and vegetables. Microbiome tracking can be implemented as a new tool to evaluate and assess all postharvest processes and contribute to fruit and vegetable health. Here, we summarize current research advancements in the emerging field of postharvest microbiomes and elaborate its importance. The generated knowledge provides profound insights into postharvest microbiome dynamics and sets a new basis for targeted, microbiome-driven and sustainable control strategies.</p", "keywords": ["0301 basic medicine", "2. Zero hunger", "Fruit microbiome", "0303 health sciences", "High-throughput sequencing", "Bacteria", "Microbiota", "Fungi", "Biocontrol", "15. Life on land", "Biopreservation", "Postharvest decay", "03 medical and health sciences", "Fruit", "Vegetables"]}, "links": [{"href": "http://academic.oup.com/femsec/article-pdf/96/7/fiaa119/33453502/fiaa119.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/2263/80147"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/FEMS%20Microbiology%20Ecology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "2263/80147", "name": "item", "description": "2263/80147", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/2263/80147"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2020-06-16T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "2318/2041377", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:26:13Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2024-10-30", "title": "Editorial: The impact of environmentally friendly agricultural practices on soil microbiome", "keywords": ["VOCs; biocontrol; biofertilizer; fungi; plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR)", "biofertilizer", "VOCs", "biocontrol", "fungi", "plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR)", "Microbiology", "QR1-502"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://iris.unito.it/bitstream/2318/2041377/1/fmicb-15-1505220.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/2318/2041377"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Frontiers%20in%20Microbiology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "2318/2041377", "name": "item", "description": "2318/2041377", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/2318/2041377"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2024-10-30T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "2318/1891861", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:26:12Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2022-10-07", "title": "Trichoderma enriched compost, BCAs and potassium phosphite control Fusarium wilt of lettuce without affecting soil microbiome at genus level", "description": "Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lactucae (Fol) is the causal agent of Fusarium wilt of lettuce, one of the most troublesome diseases affecting lettuce worldwide. Chemical control strategies are inadequate due to limited fungicide availability and consumer interest in organic vegetable production. Alternative control strategies, such as biological control agents (BCAs), suppressive compost, and resistance inducers, have been intensively studied to test their ability to reduce pathogen attacks. Research has been recently focused on the influence of BCAs on the rhizosphere microbiota, which plays a critical role in soil suppressiveness. In this work, three strategies of integrated pest management (IPM) were tested against Fol attacks in two fields for two consecutive years: (i) a compost enriched with Trichoderma, (ii) a combination of T. gamsii + T. asperellum, Bacillus amyloliquefaciens and potassium posphite and (iii) a combination of T. polysporum + T. atroviride. The rhizosphere microbiota was characterized by high-throughput sequencing of bacterial and eukaryotic rRNA gene markers. Obtained results indicated IPM strategies statistically reduced disease severity, in both fields and years, from 50 % to 70 % compared to untreated controls. An increased crop yield compared to untreated controls was also observed. Predominant phyla were Proteobacteria, Firmicutes and Actinobacteria for bacteria, and Ascomycota for fungi. However, microbiota populations were not affected by any of the treatments, nor were significant differences observed when the soil microbial community was compared to that of untreated controls. Conversely, large differences were observed when comparing the two fields and years, indicating an important microbial buffering effect triggered by the soil.", "keywords": ["0301 basic medicine", "0303 health sciences", "03 medical and health sciences", "Microbiota; Rhizosphere; Biocontrol agents; Resistance inducers; Seed born pathogen; Fusarium oxysporum f; sp; lactucae"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://iris.unito.it/bitstream/2318/1891861/2/Bellini%20IRIS%20aperto.pdf"}, {"href": "https://iris.unito.it/bitstream/2318/1891861/8/Bellini%20post%20print_Pugliese.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/2318/1891861"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Applied%20Soil%20Ecology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "2318/1891861", "name": "item", "description": "2318/1891861", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/2318/1891861"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2023-02-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "2318/1891860", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:26:12Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2023-01-16", "title": "Microbial-Based Products to Control Soil-Borne Pathogens: Methods to Improve Efficacy and to Assess Impacts on Microbiome", "description": "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><article><p>Microbial-based products (either as biopesticide or biofertilizers) have a long history of application, though their use is still limited, mainly due to a perceived low and inconsistent efficacy under field conditions. However, their efficacy has always been compared to chemical products, which have a completely different mechanism of action and production process, following the chemical paradigm of agricultural production. This paradigm has also been applied to regulatory processes, particularly for biopesticides, making the marketing of microbial-based formulations difficult. Increased knowledge about bioinocula behavior after application to the soil and their impact on soil microbiome should foster better exploitation of microbial-based products in a complex environment such as the soil. Moreover, the multifunctional capacity of microbial strains with regard to plant growth promotion and protection should also be considered in this respect. Therefore, the methods utilized for these studies are key to improving the knowledge and understanding of microbial-based product activity and improving their efficacy, which, from farmers\u2019 point of view, is the parameter to assess the usefulness of a treatment. In this review, we are thus addressing aspects related to the production and formulation process, highlighting the methods that can be used to evaluate the functioning and impact of microbial-based products on soil microbiome, as tools supporting their use and marketing.</p></article>", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0301 basic medicine", "analytical methods", "0303 health sciences", "03 medical and health sciences", "phenotypic arrays", "QH301-705.5", "mycorrhiza", "biocontrol", "Review", "Biology (General)", "formulation strategies", "analytical methods; biocontrol; formulation strategies; mycorrhiza; phenotypic arrays"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://iris.cnr.it/bitstream/20.500.14243/453424/1/microorganisms-11-00224.pdf"}, {"href": "https://iris.unito.it/bitstream/2318/1891860/1/microorganisms-11-00224.pdf"}, {"href": "https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2607/11/1/224/pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/2318/1891860"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Microorganisms", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "2318/1891860", "name": "item", "description": "2318/1891860", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/2318/1891860"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2023-01-16T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "2946862318", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:26:27Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2019-06-03", "title": "Effect of Long-Term Farming Practices on Agricultural Soil Microbiome Members Represented by Metagenomically Assembled Genomes (MAGs) and Their Predicted Plant-Beneficial Genes", "description": "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><article><p>To follow the hypothesis that agricultural management practices affect structure and function of the soil microbiome regarding soil health and plant-beneficial traits, high-throughput (HT) metagenome analyses were performed on Chernozem soil samples from a long-term field experiment designated LTE-1 carried out at Bernburg-Strenzfeld (Saxony-Anhalt, Germany). Metagenomic DNA was extracted from soil samples representing the following treatments: (i) plough tillage with standard nitrogen fertilization and use of fungicides and growth regulators, (ii) plough tillage with reduced nitrogen fertilization (50%), (iii) cultivator tillage with standard nitrogen fertilization and use of fungicides and growth regulators, and (iv) cultivator tillage with reduced nitrogen fertilization (50%). Bulk soil (BS), as well as root-affected soil (RS), were considered for all treatments in replicates. HT-sequencing of metagenomic DNA yielded approx. 100 Giga bases (Gb) of sequence information. Taxonomic profiling of soil communities revealed the presence of 70 phyla, whereby Proteobacteria, Actinobacteria, Bacteroidetes, Planctomycetes, Acidobacteria, Thaumarchaeota, Firmicutes, Verrucomicrobia and Chloroflexi feature abundances of more than 1%. Functional microbiome profiling uncovered, i.a., numerous potential plant-beneficial, plant-growth-promoting and biocontrol traits predicted to be involved in nutrient provision, phytohormone synthesis, antagonism against pathogens and signal molecule synthesis relevant in microbe\u2013plant interaction. Neither taxonomic nor functional microbiome profiling based on single-read analyses revealed pronounced differences regarding the farming practices applied. Soil metagenome sequences were assembled and taxonomically binned. The ten most reliable and abundant Metagenomically Assembled Genomes (MAGs) were taxonomically classified and metabolically reconstructed. Importance of the phylum Thaumarchaeota for the analyzed microbiome is corroborated by the fact that the four corresponding MAGs were predicted to oxidize ammonia (nitrification), thus contributing to the cycling of nitrogen, and in addition are most probably able to fix carbon dioxide. Moreover, Thaumarchaeota and several bacterial MAGs also possess genes with predicted functions in plant\u2013growth\u2013promotion. Abundances of certain MAGs (species resolution level) responded to the tillage practice, whereas the factors compartment (BS vs. RS) and nitrogen fertilization only marginally shaped MAG abundance profiles. Hence, soil management regimes promoting plant-beneficial microbiome members are very likely advantageous for the respective agrosystem, its health and carbon sequestration and accordingly may enhance plant productivity. Since Chernozem soils are highly fertile, corresponding microbiome data represent a valuable reference resource for agronomy in general.</p></article>", "keywords": ["0301 basic medicine", "570", "plant\u2013growth\u2013promotion (PGP)", "metagenomically-assembled-genomes (MAGs)", "Article", "03 medical and health sciences", "carbon dioxide fixation", "Ammonia", "metagenomic binning", "Germany", "soil microbiome", "Proteobacteria", "Humans", "biocontrol", "secondary metabolite synthesis", "suppressive soil", "Phylogeny", "Soil Microbiology", "soil microbiome; suppressive soil; biocontrol; plant\u2013growth\u2013promotion (PGP); metagenomic binning; metagenomically-assembled-genomes (MAGs); secondary metabolite synthesis; carbon dioxide fixation; carbohydrate-active enzymes; differentially abundant features (DAFs)", "2. Zero hunger", "Bacteria", "Bacteroidetes", "Agriculture", "differentially abundant features (DAFs)", "15. Life on land", "Archaea", "Actinobacteria", "13. Climate action", "carbohydrate-active enzymes", "Metagenome"]}, "links": [{"href": "http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4425/10/6/424/pdf"}, {"href": "https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4425/10/6/424/pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/2946862318"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Genes", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "2946862318", "name": "item", "description": "2946862318", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/2946862318"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2019-06-03T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "3085652146", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:26:39Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2020-09-17", "title": "Bioaugmentation of Entomopathogenic Fungi for Sustainable Agriotes Larvae (Wireworms) Management in Maize", "description": "Soil microorganisms influence biotic and abiotic stress tolerance of crops. Most interactions between plant symbiotic and non-symbiotic soil microorganisms and plants occur in the rhizosphere and are sustained through plant exudation/rhizodeposition. Bioaugmentation, i.e., the introduction or amplification of certain plant beneficial microbes (e.g., entomopathogenic fungi) into the rhizosphere, could contribute to controlling insect crop pests and replacing chemical, environmentally unfriendly insecticides. Wireworms, the soil-burrowing larval stages of click beetles (Coleoptera: Elateridae), are major pests of crops including maize, wheat and potatoes, worldwide. Alternative strategies for controlling wireworms are needed because several chemical pesticides used successfully in the past are being phased out because of their ecotoxicity. Therefore, virulence to Agriotes lineatus L. wireworms and plant beneficial traits of entomopathogenic fungi were investigated in a series of laboratory experiments. Tested taxa included environmentally retrieved Metarhizium brunneum Petch. (two strains), M. robertsii Bisch., Rehner & Humber (Hypocreales: Clavicipitaceae), and Beauveria brongniartii (Sacc.) Petch. and commercially formulated B. bassiana (Bals.-Criv.) Vuill. (Cordycipitaceae) and Bacillus thuringiensis Berliner 1915 var. kurstaki. In-house reared larvae were dipped in conidial suspension, and maize and wheat seeds were coated with fungal conidia. Metarhizium brunneum strains 1154 and 1868 significantly increased wireworm mortality. Fungi were significantly more often re-isolated from maize than wheat rhizoplanes in laboratory assays. The strains tested were rarely isolated as endophytes. Metarhizium brunneum strain 1154 stimulated wheat growth, while M. robertsii 1880 stimulated maize growth, whereas M. brunneum 1868 and others did not affect root or shoot length or plant biomass significantly in laboratory settings. Metarhizium brunneum strain 1868, re-isolated most often from maize rhizoplane, caused the highest wireworm mortality. It was further evaluated whether M. brunneum 1868 can protect maize varieties FeroXXY, LG 34.90 and Chapalu from wireworm damage and promote plant growth at field conditions. Plants of all three varieties stemming from seeds treated with conidia of M. brunneum 1868 showed significantly less wireworm damage 3 to 4 weeks after sowing (5- to 6-leaf stage) resulting in a significantly higher initial maize stand. However, only in the variety LG 34.90\u00a0a significant increase of the maize stand was observed at harvest time.", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "0301 basic medicine", "2. Zero hunger", "plant\u2013microbe interaction", "biological control", "Plant culture", "Plant Science", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "biopesticide", "plant\u2013microbe\u2013insect interaction", "SB1-1110", "12. Responsible consumption", "sustainable agriculture", "03 medical and health sciences", "plant-microbe-pest interaction", "13. Climate action", "biocontrol", "rhizosphere"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/3085652146"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Frontiers%20in%20Plant%20Science", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "3085652146", "name": "item", "description": "3085652146", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/3085652146"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2020-09-17T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "3186692429", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:26:49Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2021-07-02", "title": "Editorial: Plant Root Interaction With Associated Microbiomes to Improve Plant Resiliency and Crop Biodiversity", "description": "Plant beneficial microorganisms are now accepted as potential alternatives to chemical fertilizers and pesticides in agriculture. However, despite the enormous research efforts, there is still much to be learnt about the underlying processes that affect the efficacy of biocontrol and biofertilizer products in crop systems. A deeper ecological understanding of complex interactions among introduced beneficial strains and resident microbiota under changing environment is essential (Xu and Jeger, 2020). These complex interactions are greatly influenced by the formulation of beneficial microbial strains (Vassilev and de Oliveira Mendes, 2018) as well as the growing substrate characteristics (Ponzio et al., 2013) and commercial agricultural practices (Malus\u00e1 et al., 2016).", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "2. Zero hunger", "agronomic strategies", "Plant culture", "Plant Science", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "soil", "SB1-1110", "plant-associated microbiome", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "biocontrol", "biofertilization"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/3186692429"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Frontiers%20in%20Plant%20Science", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "3186692429", "name": "item", "description": "3186692429", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/3186692429"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2021-07-02T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "76d9b25afad276a1d60434a5fd3b8fe3", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:28:02Z", "type": "Report", "title": "Exploration of plant small secreted peptides in response to stress : toward new biocontrol solutions", "description": "Open AccessLes petits peptides s\u00e9cr\u00e9t\u00e9s (SSP) des plantes forment un groupe diversifi\u00e9 de mol\u00e9cules, notamment des phytocytokines \u00e0 r\u00f4le hormonal et impliqu\u00e9es dans le d\u00e9veloppement et les r\u00e9ponses aux stress. Cette th\u00e8se explore l\u2019identification et la caract\u00e9risation fonctionnelle des SSP \u00e0 des fins de biocontr\u00f4le chez l\u2019esp\u00e8ce mod\u00e8le Arabidopsis thaliana et Solanum nigrum, une adventice qui prolif\u00e8re dans les parcelles agricoles sur tous les continents. Le premier volet des travaux porte sur le d\u00e9veloppement d\u2019une m\u00e9thode bioinformatique efficace pour reconstituer les familles de SSP \u00e0 partir de donn\u00e9es g\u00e9nomiques et transcriptomiques. Le deuxi\u00e8me volet se concentre sur la caract\u00e9risation d\u2019une nouvelle famille de peptides riches en cyst\u00e9ines chez A. thaliana afin de rechercher des r\u00f4les potentiels dans la d\u00e9fense et/ou le d\u00e9veloppement. Le troisi\u00e8me volet explore le r\u00e9pertoire des SSP de S. nigrum, plus particuli\u00e8rement ceux rapidement surexprim\u00e9s en r\u00e9ponse aux stress oxydatifs et biotiques, afin de trouver des peptides candidats capables d'inhiber de mani\u00e8re sp\u00e9cifique le d\u00e9veloppement de cette adventice en champ. 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Metagenomic DNA was extracted from soil samples representing the following treatments: (i) plough tillage with standard nitrogen fertilization and use of fungicides and growth regulators, (ii) plough tillage with reduced nitrogen fertilization (50%), (iii) cultivator tillage with standard nitrogen fertilization and use of fungicides and growth regulators, and (iv) cultivator tillage with reduced nitrogen fertilization (50%). Bulk soil (BS), as well as root-affected soil (RS), were considered for all treatments in replicates. HT-sequencing of metagenomic DNA yielded approx. 100 Giga bases (Gb) of sequence information. Taxonomic profiling of soil communities revealed the presence of 70 phyla, whereby Proteobacteria, Actinobacteria, Bacteroidetes, Planctomycetes, Acidobacteria, Thaumarchaeota, Firmicutes, Verrucomicrobia and Chloroflexi feature abundances of more than 1%. Functional microbiome profiling uncovered, i.a., numerous potential plant-beneficial, plant-growth-promoting and biocontrol traits predicted to be involved in nutrient provision, phytohormone synthesis, antagonism against pathogens and signal molecule synthesis relevant in microbe\u2013plant interaction. Neither taxonomic nor functional microbiome profiling based on single-read analyses revealed pronounced differences regarding the farming practices applied. Soil metagenome sequences were assembled and taxonomically binned. The ten most reliable and abundant Metagenomically Assembled Genomes (MAGs) were taxonomically classified and metabolically reconstructed. Importance of the phylum Thaumarchaeota for the analyzed microbiome is corroborated by the fact that the four corresponding MAGs were predicted to oxidize ammonia (nitrification), thus contributing to the cycling of nitrogen, and in addition are most probably able to fix carbon dioxide. Moreover, Thaumarchaeota and several bacterial MAGs also possess genes with predicted functions in plant\u2013growth\u2013promotion. Abundances of certain MAGs (species resolution level) responded to the tillage practice, whereas the factors compartment (BS vs. RS) and nitrogen fertilization only marginally shaped MAG abundance profiles. Hence, soil management regimes promoting plant-beneficial microbiome members are very likely advantageous for the respective agrosystem, its health and carbon sequestration and accordingly may enhance plant productivity. 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