Dynamic interplay between nano-enabled agrochemicals and the plant-associated microbiome

Temoor Ahmed; Muhammad Noman; Jorge L Gardea-Torresdey; Jason C White; Bin Li

doi:10.1016/j.tplants.2023.06.001

Dynamic interplay between nano-enabled agrochemicals and the plant-associated microbiome

Trends Plant Sci. 2023 Nov;28(11):1310-1325. doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.2023.06.001. Epub 2023 Jul 13.

Authors

Temoor Ahmed¹, Muhammad Noman², Jorge L Gardea-Torresdey³, Jason C White⁴, Bin Li⁵

Affiliations

¹ State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology and Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China; Xianghu Laboratory, Hangzhou 311231, China.
² State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology and Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
³ Environmental Science and Engineering PhD Program, The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX 79968, USA.
⁴ The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven, CT 06504, USA. Electronic address: Jason.White@ct.gov.
⁵ State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology and Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China. Electronic address: libin0571@zju.edu.cn.

PMID: 37453924
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2023.06.001

Abstract

The plant-associated microbiome is known to be a critical component for crop growth, nutrient acquisition, resistance to pathogens, and abiotic stress tolerance. Conventional approaches have been attempted to manipulate the plant-soil microbiome to improve plant performance; however, several issues have arisen, such as collateral negative impacts on microbiota composition. The lack of reliability and robustness of conventional techniques warrants efforts to develop novel alternative strategies. Nano-enabled approaches have emerged as promising platforms for enhancing agricultural sustainability and global food security. Specifically, the use of engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) as nanoscale agrochemicals has great potential to modulate the plant-associated microbiome. We review the dynamic interplay between nano-agrochemicals and the plant-associated microbiome for the safe development and use of nano-enabled microbiome engineering.

Keywords: agriculture sustainability; microbiome engineering; nano-agrochemicals; stress resilience.

Publication types

Review