Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL), Department of Crop Sciences, Ackerstrasse 113, Frick, Switzerland.
University of Basel, Department of Environmental Sciencesrtment of Environmental Sciences, Bernoullistrasse 32, Basel, Switzerland.
FEMS Microbiol Ecol. 2020 Oct 1;96(10). doi: 10.1093/femsec/fiaa177.
The miCROPe 2019 symposium, which took place from 2 to 5 December 2019 in Vienna, Austria, has unified researchers and industry from around the world to discuss opportunities, challenges and needs of microbe-assisted crop production. There is broad consensus that microorganisms-with their abilities to alleviate biotic and abiotic stresses and to improve plant nutrition-offer countless opportunities to enhance plant productivity and to ameliorate agricultural sustainability. However, microbe-assisted cultivation approaches face challenges that need to be addressed before a breakthrough of such technologies can be expected. Following up on the miCROPe symposium and a linked satellite workshop on breeding for beneficial plant-microbe interactions, we carved out research priorities towards successful implementation of microbiome knowledge for modern agriculture. These include (i) to solve context dependency for microbial inoculation approaches and (ii) to identify the genetic determinants to allow breeding for beneficial plant-microbiome interactions. With the combination of emerging third generation sequencing technologies and new causal research approaches, we now stand at the crossroad of utilising microbe-assisted crop production as a reliable and sustainable agronomic practice.
2019 年 12 月 2 日至 5 日，在奥地利维也纳举行的 miCROPe 2019 研讨会将来自世界各地的研究人员和行业聚集在一起，共同探讨微生物辅助作物生产的机遇、挑战和需求。人们普遍认为，微生物具有缓解生物和非生物胁迫以及改善植物营养的能力，为提高植物生产力和改善农业可持续性提供了无数机会。然而，微生物辅助种植方法面临着一些挑战，需要在这些技术取得突破之前加以解决。继 miCROPe 研讨会和一个关于有益植物-微生物相互作用的育种的卫星研讨会之后，我们制定了研究重点，以成功实施微生物组知识应用于现代农业。这些重点包括：（i）解决微生物接种方法的背景依赖性问题，（ii）确定遗传决定因素，以实现有益的植物-微生物组相互作用的育种。随着第三代测序技术和新的因果研究方法的出现，我们现在正处于将微生物辅助作物生产作为一种可靠和可持续的农业实践加以利用的十字路口。
