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Use of Acidophilic or Acidotolerant Actinobacteria for Sustainable Agricultural Production in Acidic Soils

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Abstract

The quest for increasing agricultural production for the burgeoning human population had been effective with the use of nitrogen-based fertilizers. However, its prolong use and occurrence of acid rain resulted in dropping the soil pH below 5.0, whose environmental conditions considerably decreased the beneficial effects of soil neutrophilic bacteria while increasing the abundance of pathogenic fungi. Furthermore, the use of pesticide and synthetic fertilizers had adverse effect on human health and environment. An alternative method will therefore rely on minor groups of bacteria that can sustain its growth under extreme condition. And particularly for designing products to be applied in acidic soil, acidophilic and/or acidotolerant Actinobacteria having antifungal and/or plant growth-promoting activities had tremendous potential for developments as novel biocontrol and/or biofertilizer products. As Actinobacteria can survive under many adverse environment conditions by forming spores, they can be promising bio-agents for sustainable agricultural production. Actinobacteria may help in the degradation of organic matter into humus and release of nitrogen, carbon, and ammonia, in turn supplying the nutrients to agricultural crops in acidic soil. Release of ammonia due to decomposition of chitin by chitinase-producing Actinobacteria may raise the pH of soils, paving a way for other neutrophilic plant growth-promoting bacteria.

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Authors acknowledge the grant from the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India, given to the Advanced Level State Biotech Hub (BT/04/NE/2009). KT thanks Phungmila Vashum for critical review and proofreading.

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Tamreihao, K., Salam, N., Ningthoujam, D.S. (2018). Use of Acidophilic or Acidotolerant Actinobacteria for Sustainable Agricultural Production in Acidic Soils. In: Egamberdieva, D., Birkeland, NK., Panosyan, H., Li, WJ. (eds) Extremophiles in Eurasian Ecosystems: Ecology, Diversity, and Applications. Microorganisms for Sustainability, vol 8. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0329-6_17

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