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Futuristic Approaches in Biofertilizer Industry Through Metabolomics, Proteomes, and Gene Editing

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Agriculture is crucial to the economic growth of any nation. Modern agricultural practises and several types of fertilizers are used on a large scale to increase agricultural product production. Regular and routine use of chemical-based fertilizers causes ecological damage and disturbances, as well as numerous health risks for humans and domestic animals. Thus, there will be a significant transition from the use of chemical-based pesticides to the use of biofertilizers produced by the microbial community associated with plants in modern agricultural practises. These will play a vital role in conjunction with multiple cultivars by supplying a variety of nutrients, thereby boosting crop production. These biofertilizers not only possess the best possible plant growth-promoting traits but also have massive potential to enhance crop yield. Modern biofertilizers are designed to provide cultivars with a variety of beneficial traits, including increased nutrient availability, modulation of plant hormones, amelioration of stresses (both biotic and abiotic), and resistance to phytopathogens. To design the next generation of biofertilizers that can have broad-spectrum applications on diverse cultivar varieties, it is necessary to improve the microbial communities that can be classified as either plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) or plant growth-promoting fungi (PGPF). The utilization of microbial consortia and the use of outstanding organisms like extremophiles and microalgae will demand a better understanding of their genetic composition and metabolism in association with plants. Today, customized biofertilizers are in high demand because they are comprised of a novel microbial community designed to thrive in the diverse conditions of agricultural fields. This distinguishes them from traditional biofertilizers in terms of numerous advantageous characteristics such as bioremediation, superior plant interactions that contribute to stable physiology, and the degradation of numerous pesticides. On the other hand, the application of biofertilizers in different soils of diverse cultivars has had limited success and is yet to be explored more, as these PGPR and PGPF can be expelled by the additional flexible microbiome of the soil. Consequently, diverse strategies must be adopted to facilitate effective interactions of the novel microbiome with the soil, rhizospheric environment, phytomicrobiome association, and detoxification of pollutants that reduce crop yield. This chapter emphasizes the concepts of novel molecular biology techniques that can be used to understand the metagenomics, metaproteomics, and metabolomics of the wide variety of microbiomes. This chapter addresses the latest developments in phytomicrobiome engineering and synthetic biology for developing the next generation of biofertilizers.

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  1. Department of Biotechnology, UIBT, Chandigarh University, Mohali, Punjab, India

    Jagadeesh Chandra Bose, Jyoti Sarwan, Jasjeet Narang, Komal Mittal & Heenu Sharma

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    Sukhminderjit Kaur

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  3. ICAR-National Bureau of Agriculturally Important Microorganisms, NBAIM, Maunath Bhanjan, India

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  4. Department of Microbiology, Punjab Agariculture University, Ludhiana, Punjab, India

    Gurvinder Singh Kocher

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Bose, J.C., Sarwan, J., Narang, J., Mittal, K., Sharma, H. (2023). Futuristic Approaches in Biofertilizer Industry Through Metabolomics, Proteomes, and Gene Editing. In: Kaur, S., Dwibedi, V., Sahu, P.K., Kocher, G.S. (eds) Metabolomics, Proteomes and Gene Editing Approaches in Biofertilizer Industry . Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-3561-1_15

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