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Management of Soil-Microorganism: Interphase for Sustainable Soil Fertility Management and Enhanced Food Security

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Rapid decline in soil fertility is a crux challenge facing soil sustainability and food security across the globe. Microbial biotechnology has proven to be a veritable tool in proffering solutions to soil infertility challenges, hence it is herein perceived and explicated as a viable tool to boost soil fertility in Africa. This review brings into light the inseparable romance between soil and microorganisms, as means provided by nature to maintain soil fertility. Some microorganisms are involved in soil formation, geochemical cycles, organic matter decomposition, humification, redox reactions, soil pH changes and reactions, reclamations and bioremediations, all as means of maintaining soil fertility. In microbial biotechnology application in soil, soil beneficial microorganisms are manipulated, stimulated and engineered into soil inoculants, and soil-plant associations that enhance soil nutrient availability. Thus, these beneficial microorganisms are nitrogen fixers, phosphate and micronutrient solubilizers, and bioremediators for polluted fields. Genomic sequence and expression of traits techniques provide insight into linking microbial communities with known structural characteristics to specific functional diversity. This offers unprecedented and innovative approach in the development of ‘microbe-based strategies’ for the management of cultivated soils as well as incorporation of same in predictive ecological models for climate change impacts particularly in Africa.

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UIM received research support from the North-West University postdoctoral scheme. And is thus acknowledged. Also, the funding provided by the ‘Alexander von Humboldt Foundation’ to OCB through the ‘Humboldt Research Fellowship for Postdoctoral Researchers’ programme is acknowledged.

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Uzoh, I.M., Okebalama, C.B., Igwe, C.A., Babalola, O.O. (2021). Management of Soil-Microorganism: Interphase for Sustainable Soil Fertility Management and Enhanced Food Security. In: Babalola, O.O. (eds) Food Security and Safety . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50672-8_25

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