Soil Microbiome: A Treasure Trove for Soil Health Sustainability under Changing Climate

Aanisa Manzoor Shah, Inayat Mustafa Khan, Tajamul Islam Shah, Shabir Ahmed Bangroo, Nayar Afaq Kirmani, Shaista Nazir, Abdul Raouf Malik, Aziz Mujtaba Aezum, Yasir Hanif Mir, Aatira Hilal and Asim Biswas ()
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Aanisa Manzoor Shah: Division of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology-Kashmir, Wadura 193201, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Inayat Mustafa Khan: Division of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology-Kashmir, Wadura 193201, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Tajamul Islam Shah: Division of Soil Science, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology-Kashmir, Shalimar 190025, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Shabir Ahmed Bangroo: Division of Soil Science, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology-Kashmir, Shalimar 190025, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Nayar Afaq Kirmani: Division of Soil Science, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology-Kashmir, Shalimar 190025, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Shaista Nazir: Division of Soil Science, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology-Kashmir, Shalimar 190025, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Abdul Raouf Malik: Division of Fruit Science, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology-Kashmir, Shalimar 190025, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Aziz Mujtaba Aezum: Division of Soil Science, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology-Kashmir, Shalimar 190025, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Yasir Hanif Mir: Division of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology-Kashmir, Wadura 193201, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Aatira Hilal: Division of Soil Science, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology-Kashmir, Shalimar 190025, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Asim Biswas: School of Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Road East, Guelph, ON N1G2W1, Canada

Land, 2022, vol. 11, issue 11, 1-20

Abstract: Climate change imprints on soil are projected primarily through the changes in soil moisture and surge in soil temperature and CO 2 levels in response to climate change and is anticipated to have varying impacts on soil characteristics and processes that are instrumental in the restoration of soil fertility as well as productivity. Climate change encompasses a major concern of sharing its impact on the stability and functionality of soil microbiome and is characterized by one or more chief stability metrics encircling resistance, resilience, and functional redundancy. Nevertheless, the explorations over the past years have unveiled the potential of microbial interventions in the regeneration of soils or assurance of perked-up resilience to crops. The strategies involved therein encompass harnessing the native capability of soil microbes for carbon sequestration, phyto-stimulation, bio fertilization, rhizo-mediation, biocontrol of plant pathogens, enzyme-mediated breakdown, antibiosis, prompting of anti-oxidative defense mechanism, exudation of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and induced systemic resistance (ISR) response in the host plant. However, the short storage and shelf-life of microbe-based formulations stay a significant constraint and rigorous efforts are necessary to appraise their additive impact on crop growth under changing climate scenarios.

Keywords: climate change; soil health; soil microbiome; agricultural sustainability; soil ecosystem (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q2 Q24 Q28 Q5 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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