The XIX SEFIN Congress and 2nd Spanish-Portuguese Congress on Beneficial Plant-Microorganism Interactions (BeMiPlant)

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Dear Colleagues,

Pluricellular organisms rely on interactions with a variety of microorganisms for their livelihood and survival. In plants, a wide range of microorganisms—like diazotrophic bacteria, mycorrhizal fungi, plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR), and leaf and seed endophytes—play crucial roles in promoting growth through various beneficial processes. These effects include supplying essential forms of nitrogen and phosphorus, facilitating water uptake, producing plant hormones, increasing environmental stress tolerance, and protecting against phytopathogens. The benefits of such associations are evident not only in natural environments, where they aid in the restoration of degraded lands, but also in agricultural systems, where they can significantly enhance crop yields, thereby reducing the necessity for expensive and environmentally harmful agrochemicals. The Frankia– and rhizobium–legume nitrogen fixing symbioses and the association of mycorrhizal fungi with most land plants are among the most well-characterized, beneficial plant–microbe associations. However, additional fungal and bacterial members of plant microbiomes are gaining recognition for their plant growth improvements and are starting to steal the spotlight.

This Topic will include original research articles covering physiology, biochemistry, genetics, genomics, evolution, and agricultural applications of plant beneficial microorganisms and of their host partners and it is open to researchers who participated in the XIX SEFIN Congress and 2nd Spanish-Portuguese Congress on Beneficial Plant-Microorganism Interactions (BeMiPlant).

Prof. Dr. Jose Maria Vinardell González
Prof. Dr. Beatriz Ramos Solano
Prof. Dr. Juan Sanjuán
Dr. Isabel V. Castro
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Participating Journals

Journal Name	Impact Factor	CiteScore	Launched Year	First Decision (median)	APC
Agronomy agronomy	3.3	6.2	2011	15.5 Days	CHF 2600	Submit
Applied Microbiology applmicrobiol	-	-	2021	16.3 Days	CHF 1000	Submit
International Journal of Molecular Sciences ijms	4.9	8.1	2000	18.1 Days	CHF 2900	Submit
Microorganisms microorganisms	4.1	7.4	2013	13.4 Days	CHF 2700	Submit
Plants plants	4.0	6.5	2012	18.2 Days	CHF 2700	Submit

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A Novel Enterococcus-Based Nanofertilizer Promotes Seedling Growth and Vigor in Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

by Salma Batool, Maryam Safdar, Saira Naseem, Abdul Sami, Rahman Shah Zaib Saleem, Estíbaliz Larrainzar and Izzah Shahid

Plants 2024, 13(20), 2875; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13202875 - 14 Oct 2024

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Excessive use of chemical fertilizers poses significant environmental and health concerns. Microbial-based biofertilizers are increasingly being promoted as safe alternatives. However, they have limitations such as gaining farmers’ trust, the need for technical expertise, and the variable performance of microbes in the field. [...] Read more.

Excessive use of chemical fertilizers poses significant environmental and health concerns. Microbial-based biofertilizers are increasingly being promoted as safe alternatives. However, they have limitations such as gaining farmers’ trust, the need for technical expertise, and the variable performance of microbes in the field. The development of nanobiofertilizers as agro-stimulants and agro-protective agents for climate-smart and sustainable agriculture could overcome these limitations. In the present study, auxin-producing Enterococcus sp. SR9, based on its plant growth-promoting traits, was selected for the microbe-assisted synthesis of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs). These microbial-nanoparticles SR9AgNPs were characterized using UV/Vis spectrophotometry, scanning electron microscopy, and a size analyzer. To test the efficacy of SR9AgNPs compared to treatment with the SR9 isolate alone, the germination rates of cucumber (Cucumis sativus), tomato (Solanum lycopersicum), and wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) seeds were analyzed. The data revealed that seeds simultaneously treated with SR9AgNPs and SR9 showed better germination rates than untreated control plants. In the case of vigor, wheat showed the most positive response to the nanoparticle treatment, with a higher vigor index than the other crops analyzed. The toxicity assessment of SR9AgNPs demonstrated no apparent toxicity at a concentration of 100 ppm, resulting in the highest germination and biomass gain in wheat seedlings. This work represents the first step in the characterization of microbial-assisted SR9AgNPs and encourages future studies to extend these conclusions to other relevant crops under field conditions. Full article

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