Chapter 14
Microbiome Genomics and Functional Traits for Agricultural Sustainability
Amy Novinscak,
Antoine Zboralski,
Roxane Roquigny,
Martin Filion,
Amy Novinscak
Université de Moncton, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
Search for more papers by this authorAntoine Zboralski
Université de Moncton, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
Search for more papers by this authorRoxane Roquigny
Université de Moncton, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
Search for more papers by this authorMartin Filion
Université de Moncton, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
Search for more papers by this authorAmy Novinscak,
Antoine Zboralski,
Roxane Roquigny,
Martin Filion,
Amy Novinscak
Université de Moncton, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
Search for more papers by this authorAntoine Zboralski
Université de Moncton, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
Search for more papers by this authorRoxane Roquigny
Université de Moncton, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
Search for more papers by this authorMartin Filion
Université de Moncton, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
Search for more papers by this authorBook Editor(s):Alok Kumar Srivastava,
Prem Lal Kashyap,
Madhumita Srivastava,
Alok Kumar Srivastava
ICAR-National Bureau of Agriculturally Important Microorganisms (NBAIM), Kushmaur, Mau, Uttar Pradesh, India
Search for more papers by this authorPrem Lal Kashyap
ICAR-Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research (IIWBR), Karnal, Haryana, India
Search for more papers by this authorMadhumita Srivastava
Sunbeam College for Women, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
Search for more papers by this authorFirst published: 16 November 2020
Summary
A sustainable approach to agriculture is required to meet the ever increasing demands in food supply caused by the growth of the human population. One area of interest in sustainable agriculture is the use of microorganisms’ abilities to increase plant yields. The use of metagenomics approaches have been crucial to understand the composition and the function of the plant microbiome. This chapter focuses on known microbiome gene-function links involved in: production/improved availability of plant nutrients; and plant disease suppression leading to improved plant growth. Genome sequencing of strain collections might provide a better screening tool for sets of plant growth promoting traits that could be readily detected in genomes. Future research should thus focus on further characterizing microbiome metagenomes, metatranscriptomes, metaproteomes, and community-scale metabolomes. This information will allow the construction of a holistic scheme of the microbiome functions in relation to its metagenome.
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