Engineering multigenerational host-modulated microbiota against soilborne pathogens in response to global climate change

Paola Durán, Gonzalo Tortella, Michael J. Sadowsky, Sharon Viscardi, Patricio Javier Barra, Maria de la Luz Mora

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Abstract

Crop migration caused by climatic events has favored the emergence of new soilborne diseases, resulting in the colonization of new niches (emerging infectious diseases, EIDs). Soilborne pathogens are extremely persistent in the environment. This is in large part due to their ability to reside in the soil for a long time, even without a host plant, using survival several strategies. In this regard, disease-suppressive soils, characterized by a low disease incidence due to the presence of antagonist microorganisms, can be an excellent opportunity for the study mechanisms of soil-induced immunity, which can be applied in the development of a new generation of bioinoculants. Therefore, here we review the main effects of climate change on crops and pathogens, as well as the potential use of soil-suppressive microbiota as a natural source of biocontrol agents. Based on results of previous studies, we also propose a strategy for the optimization of microbiota assemblages, selected using a host-mediated approach. This process involves an increase in and prevalence of specific taxa during the transition from a conducive to a suppressive soil. This strategy could be used as a model to engineer microbiota assemblages for pathogen suppression, as well as for the reduction of abiotic stresses created due to global climate change.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number865
JournalBiology
Volume10
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2021

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This research was funded by the ANID-FONDECYT (regular project number 1201196, 1181050; Initiation 11200377), INACH (number RT06-17).

Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.

Keywords

  • Biocontrol
  • Engineering microbiome
  • Food security
  • Suppressive soils
  • Sustainability

PubMed: MeSH publication types

  • Journal Article
  • Review

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