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Fluorescent Pseudomonas: A Natural Resource from Soil to Enhance Crop Growth and Health

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Microbial Models: From Environmental to Industrial Sustainability

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Fluorescent Pseudomonas had always played an important role in the development of biopesticides and biofertilizers since the concern for more sustainable agricultural production systems exists. They produce a distinctive soluble yellowish-green siderophore called pyoverdin, show an excellent root-colonizing ability, and exert a wide battery of mechanisms to promote plant growth, either directly by facilitating nutrient acquisition or synthesizing phytohormones or indirectly by biological control of plant pathogens. Fluorescent Pseudomonas have been applied successfully to control plant pathogens on different pathosystems due to their ability of producing secondary metabolites such as antibiotics, induction of systemic resistance in the host plant, and/or competition for niches and nutrients. They are very suitable for developing market inoculants, as they are abundant in soil and roots, can use a variety of carbon sources, have a high growth rate, can be introduced into the rhizosphere by seed bacterization, and are amenable to genetic manipulation. However, compared to the volume of research that has been performed with these bacteria, few strains have been successfully developed into commercial products for plant biocontrol and biostimulation. Some drawbacks for their field application need to be overcome, as variations observed in field performance, and the constraints found during registration of market products, due to some opportunistic human pathogenic Pseudomonas that have been reported. The development of suitable formulations for bacterial delivery, genetic modification of promising strains, and coinoculation with other plant growth-promoting microorganisms are discussed as potential ways of strengthening the use of Pseudomonas spp. in agricultural systems.

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Yanes, M.L., Bajsa, N. (2016). Fluorescent Pseudomonas: A Natural Resource from Soil to Enhance Crop Growth and Health. In: Castro-Sowinski, S. (eds) Microbial Models: From Environmental to Industrial Sustainability. Microorganisms for Sustainability, vol 1. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-2555-6_15

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