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Agricultural practices involving the excessive use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides pose major risks to the environment and to human health. The development and adoption of sustainable ecofriendly agricultural management to preserve and enhance the physical, chemical, and biological properties of soils and improve agroecosystem functions is a challenge for both scientists and farmers. The Special Issue entitled “Sustainable Agricultural Practices—Impact on Soil Quality and Plant Health” is a collection of 10 original contributions addressing the state of the art of sustainable agriculture and its positive impact on soil quality. The content of this Special Issue covers a wide range of topics, including the use of beneficial soil microbes, intercropping, organic farming and its effects on soil bacteria and nutrient stocks, application of plant-based nematicides and zeolite amendments, sustainability in CH4 emissions, and the effect of irrigation, fertilization, and environmental conditions as well as land suitability on crop production.

natural substances --- nematicidal --- root-knot nematodes --- oregano --- soil amendments --- basic substances --- PCA --- land capability --- crop suitability --- GIS --- NWCE --- Egypt --- microbial inoculants --- soil enzyme activities --- soil microbes --- 16S rRNA --- planting pattern --- soil chemical properties --- soil microbial community --- genotype × environment interaction --- maize --- yield --- soil amelioration --- resource use efficiency --- water conservation --- nutrient retention --- heavy metal toxicity --- Cucumis melo L. --- chemical composition --- cultivar --- drip irrigation --- fruit quality --- long term field experiment --- sustainable crop production --- nutrient balances --- legume nutrition --- drained peat --- greenhouse gas --- global warming --- organic soil --- pineapple --- water table --- AMF --- enzyme activity --- microbial communities --- PGPR --- plant growth --- PLFAs --- n/a

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Numerous studies have demonstrated that the plant microbiome is highly relevant for the growth and fitness of plants. Plants in ecosystems and agroecosystems can recruit a wide variety of microorganisms, including beneficial microbes which are being studied and applied as biostimulators to improve nutrition and tolerance of plants and as biocontrol of phytopathogens. In this context, this Book contains a selection of articles describing diverse ecological and biotechnological aspects of microbiomes in native and agronomic plants (e.g., pepper, potato, rice and lettuce) created by researchers from Italy, China, Korea, Egypt, Oman, Germany, the USA, and Chile.

Research & information: general --- Biology, life sciences --- bioprospecting --- inoculants --- plant growth-promoting bacteria --- plant microbiome --- plant–microbe interactions --- plant microbiota --- cultivation-dependent of plant microbiota --- plant broth-based culture media --- “in-situ-similis” culturing strategy --- vegan nutrition --- clover bacterial endophytes --- co-occurrence network --- fungal community --- fungal functional role --- plastic shed cultivation --- rhizosphere --- rhizosphere microbiome --- shotgun metagenomic sequencing --- partial least squares (PLS) regression analysis --- rice --- recombinant inbred lines --- root and shoot biomass --- heading and physiological maturity stage --- Codonopsis tangshen --- continuous cropping --- 454 pyrosequencing --- bacterial community --- bacterial structure --- soil chemical properties --- Streptomyces biocontrol agent --- cucumber --- microbial community composition --- microbial function --- Cadophora spp. --- corm rot --- dark septate endophytes --- functional guild --- internal transcribed spacer --- Talaromyces spp. --- aquaponics --- metabarcoding --- bacterial communities --- carbohydrases --- phytases --- endosymbiont --- microbial diversity --- fig and fig wasp --- Ficus hirta --- interaction --- alpha and beta diversity --- diversity --- metagenomics --- Streptomyces spp. spatial location --- variety --- volcanoes --- Andean Altiplano --- wild rice --- microbial community --- rhizosphere microorganism --- plant growth promoting --- extreme environments --- Atacama Desert --- 2,4-diacetylphloroglucinol --- biocontroller

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Numerous studies have demonstrated that the plant microbiome is highly relevant for the growth and fitness of plants. Plants in ecosystems and agroecosystems can recruit a wide variety of microorganisms, including beneficial microbes which are being studied and applied as biostimulators to improve nutrition and tolerance of plants and as biocontrol of phytopathogens. In this context, this Book contains a selection of articles describing diverse ecological and biotechnological aspects of microbiomes in native and agronomic plants (e.g., pepper, potato, rice and lettuce) created by researchers from Italy, China, Korea, Egypt, Oman, Germany, the USA, and Chile.

Research & information: general --- Biology, life sciences --- bioprospecting --- inoculants --- plant growth-promoting bacteria --- plant microbiome --- plant–microbe interactions --- plant microbiota --- cultivation-dependent of plant microbiota --- plant broth-based culture media --- “in-situ-similis” culturing strategy --- vegan nutrition --- clover bacterial endophytes --- co-occurrence network --- fungal community --- fungal functional role --- plastic shed cultivation --- rhizosphere --- rhizosphere microbiome --- shotgun metagenomic sequencing --- partial least squares (PLS) regression analysis --- rice --- recombinant inbred lines --- root and shoot biomass --- heading and physiological maturity stage --- Codonopsis tangshen --- continuous cropping --- 454 pyrosequencing --- bacterial community --- bacterial structure --- soil chemical properties --- Streptomyces biocontrol agent --- cucumber --- microbial community composition --- microbial function --- Cadophora spp. --- corm rot --- dark septate endophytes --- functional guild --- internal transcribed spacer --- Talaromyces spp. --- aquaponics --- metabarcoding --- bacterial communities --- carbohydrases --- phytases --- endosymbiont --- microbial diversity --- fig and fig wasp --- Ficus hirta --- interaction --- alpha and beta diversity --- diversity --- metagenomics --- Streptomyces spp. spatial location --- variety --- volcanoes --- Andean Altiplano --- wild rice --- microbial community --- rhizosphere microorganism --- plant growth promoting --- extreme environments --- Atacama Desert --- 2,4-diacetylphloroglucinol --- biocontroller --- bioprospecting --- inoculants --- plant growth-promoting bacteria --- plant microbiome --- plant–microbe interactions --- plant microbiota --- cultivation-dependent of plant microbiota --- plant broth-based culture media --- “in-situ-similis” culturing strategy --- vegan nutrition --- clover bacterial endophytes --- co-occurrence network --- fungal community --- fungal functional role --- plastic shed cultivation --- rhizosphere --- rhizosphere microbiome --- shotgun metagenomic sequencing --- partial least squares (PLS) regression analysis --- rice --- recombinant inbred lines --- root and shoot biomass --- heading and physiological maturity stage --- Codonopsis tangshen --- continuous cropping --- 454 pyrosequencing --- bacterial community --- bacterial structure --- soil chemical properties --- Streptomyces biocontrol agent --- cucumber --- microbial community composition --- microbial function --- Cadophora spp. --- corm rot --- dark septate endophytes --- functional guild --- internal transcribed spacer --- Talaromyces spp. --- aquaponics --- metabarcoding --- bacterial communities --- carbohydrases --- phytases --- endosymbiont --- microbial diversity --- fig and fig wasp --- Ficus hirta --- interaction --- alpha and beta diversity --- diversity --- metagenomics --- Streptomyces spp. spatial location --- variety --- volcanoes --- Andean Altiplano --- wild rice --- microbial community --- rhizosphere microorganism --- plant growth promoting --- extreme environments --- Atacama Desert --- 2,4-diacetylphloroglucinol --- biocontroller