Beneficial Microbes for Agriculture
[2023-02-05 05:00:36]
Microorganisms include fungi, bacteria and viruses. Farmers and farmers generally consider microorganisms to be harmful pests to their crops and animals (and themselves), but many microorganisms are beneficial. Soil microorganisms (bacteria and fungi) are essential for decomposition of organic matter and collection of old plant material. Several soil bacteria and fungi are associated with plant roots and provide important nutrients such as nitrogen or phosphorus. Fungi form colonies on the top of plants and can offer a number of advantages including drought tolerance, heat resistance, resistance to insects and resistance to plant diseases.
Virus is almost always considered the cause of illness. This is because diseases are studied. We are searching for wild plant viruses in the High Grassland Nature Reserve in the northeastern part of Oklahoma. About half of the plants have viruses, but most seem to be completely sick. The virus seems to live on the plant without harm.
Recently we emphasized several plants infecting the virus by not watering them. This is part of another experiment, but surprisingly, all plants infected with the virus are more resistant to drought. These plants contain 10 different species and we use 4 different viruses. In all cases, virus-infected plants function better under drought stress
Droughtless rice without water for 6 days. The right plant is infected with brom mosaic virus; the plant on the left is "healthy" (ie no virus)
Also, it turned out that the virus is also useful for more complicated relationships. In the Yellowstone National Park, the soil temperature in the geothermal area is very high, but in these places some plants can grow well at 115 ° F soil temperature. One plant that allows calories is a spa panic glass. A few years ago, other researchers discovered that the plants are colonized by fungi. Without fungi, plants can not withstand heat. We further discovered the virus in the fungus. When we can treat the fungus of that virus, it still can colonize plants, but it no longer confers heat tolerance. When the virus was reintroduced, the heat resistance was restored
There may be many viruses that will benefit their hosts, perhaps not harming their hosts. I hope to find a new way to promote agricultural development.
Beneficial microorganisms have long been used in agriculture. Farmers have added nitrogen-fixing bacteria to their bean crops and symbiotic fungi called fungal roots, which are fungi that help plants obtain nutrients for 10 years. However, many older products contain undefined mixtures of microorganisms and broadly insist on how they promote plant growth. They gained a great deal of reputation for agricultural snake oil. And this history makes it difficult for persuading farmers to adopt the next generation of beneficial microbial technology.
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