Organic Amendments, Beneficial Microbes, and Soil Microbiota: Toward a Unified Framework for Disease Suppression.

Giuliano Bonanomi, Matteo Lorito, Francesco Vinale, Sheridan L Woo

Journal: Annual review of phytopathology 2019;56():1-20

PMID: 29768137

Abstract

Organic amendments (OAs) and soilborne biocontrol agents or beneficial microbes (BMs) have been extensively studied and applied worldwide in most agriculturally important plant species. However, poor integration of research and technical approaches has limited the development of effective disease management practices based on the combination of these two bio-based strategies. Insights into the importance of the plant-associated microbiome for crop productivity, which can be modified or modulated by introducing OAs and/or BMs, are providing novel opportunities to achieve the goal of long-term disease control. This review discusses novel ways of functionally characterizing OAs and how they may be used to promote the effect of added biocontrol agents and/or beneficial soil microbiota to support natural suppressiveness of plant pathogens.

Address: Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, 80055 Portici (NA), Italy; email: [email protected].; Task Force on Microbiome Studies, University of Naples Federico II, 80131 Napoli (NA), Italy.; Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, 80055 Portici (NA), Italy; email: [email protected].; Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection, National Research Council (IPSP-CNR), 80055 Portici (NA), Italy.; Task Force on Microbiome Studies, University of Naples Federico II, 80131 Napoli (NA), Italy.; Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, 80055 Portici (NA), Italy; email: [email protected].; Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection, National Research Council (IPSP-CNR), 80055 Portici (NA), Italy.; Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection, National Research Council (IPSP-CNR), 80055 Portici (NA), Italy.; Department of Pharmacy, University of Naples Federico II, 80131 Napoli (NA), Italy.; Task Force on Microbiome Studies, University of Naples Federico II, 80131 Napoli (NA), Italy.

DOI: 10.1146/annurev-phyto-080615-100046

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MeSH Terms: Crop Production, Microbiota, Organic Agriculture, Plant Diseases, Soil Microbiology