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Effect of microbial plant biostimulants on fruit and vegetable quality: current research lines and future perspectives

Fruit and vegetables hold a prominent place in dietary guidance worldwide and, following the increasing awareness of the importance of their consumption for health, their demand has been on the rise. Fruit and vegetable production needs to be reconsidered so that it can be productive and, meantime,...

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Autores principales: Melini, Francesca, Melini, Valentina, Luziatelli, Francesca, Abou Jaoudé, Renée, Ficca, Anna Grazia, Ruzzi, Maurizio
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10602749/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37900743
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2023.1251544
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author Melini, Francesca
Melini, Valentina
Luziatelli, Francesca
Abou Jaoudé, Renée
Ficca, Anna Grazia
Ruzzi, Maurizio
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Melini, Valentina
Luziatelli, Francesca
Abou Jaoudé, Renée
Ficca, Anna Grazia
Ruzzi, Maurizio
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description Fruit and vegetables hold a prominent place in dietary guidance worldwide and, following the increasing awareness of the importance of their consumption for health, their demand has been on the rise. Fruit and vegetable production needs to be reconsidered so that it can be productive and, meantime, sustainable, resilient, and can deliver healthy and nutritious diets. Microbial plant biostimulants (PBs) are a possible approach to pursuing global food security and agricultural sustainability, and their application emerged as a promising alternative or substitute to the use of agrochemicals (e.g., more efficient use of mineral and organic fertilizers or less demand and more efficient use of pesticides in integrated production systems) and as a new frontier of investigation. To the best of our knowledge, no comprehensive reviews are currently available on the effects that microbial plant biostimulants’ application can have specifically on each horticultural crop. This study thus aimed to provide a state-of-the-art overview of the effects that PBs can have on the morpho-anatomical, biochemical, physiological, and functional traits of the most studied crops. It emerged that most experiments occurred under greenhouse conditions; only a few field trials were carried out. Tomato, lettuce, and basil crops have been primarily treated with Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF), while plant grow-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) metabolites were used for crops, such as strawberries and cucumbers. The literature review also pointed out that crop response to PBs is never univocal. Complex mechanisms related to the PB type, the strain, and the crop botanical family, occur.
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spelling pubmed-106027492023-10-27 Effect of microbial plant biostimulants on fruit and vegetable quality: current research lines and future perspectives Melini, Francesca Melini, Valentina Luziatelli, Francesca Abou Jaoudé, Renée Ficca, Anna Grazia Ruzzi, Maurizio Front Plant Sci Plant Science Fruit and vegetables hold a prominent place in dietary guidance worldwide and, following the increasing awareness of the importance of their consumption for health, their demand has been on the rise. Fruit and vegetable production needs to be reconsidered so that it can be productive and, meantime, sustainable, resilient, and can deliver healthy and nutritious diets. Microbial plant biostimulants (PBs) are a possible approach to pursuing global food security and agricultural sustainability, and their application emerged as a promising alternative or substitute to the use of agrochemicals (e.g., more efficient use of mineral and organic fertilizers or less demand and more efficient use of pesticides in integrated production systems) and as a new frontier of investigation. To the best of our knowledge, no comprehensive reviews are currently available on the effects that microbial plant biostimulants’ application can have specifically on each horticultural crop. This study thus aimed to provide a state-of-the-art overview of the effects that PBs can have on the morpho-anatomical, biochemical, physiological, and functional traits of the most studied crops. It emerged that most experiments occurred under greenhouse conditions; only a few field trials were carried out. Tomato, lettuce, and basil crops have been primarily treated with Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF), while plant grow-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) metabolites were used for crops, such as strawberries and cucumbers. The literature review also pointed out that crop response to PBs is never univocal. Complex mechanisms related to the PB type, the strain, and the crop botanical family, occur. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-10-12 /pmc/articles/PMC10602749/ /pubmed/37900743 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2023.1251544 Text en Copyright © 2023 Melini, Melini, Luziatelli, Abou Jaoudé, Ficca and Ruzzi https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Abou Jaoudé, Renée
Ficca, Anna Grazia
Ruzzi, Maurizio
Effect of microbial plant biostimulants on fruit and vegetable quality: current research lines and future perspectives
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title_full Effect of microbial plant biostimulants on fruit and vegetable quality: current research lines and future perspectives
title_fullStr Effect of microbial plant biostimulants on fruit and vegetable quality: current research lines and future perspectives
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title_short Effect of microbial plant biostimulants on fruit and vegetable quality: current research lines and future perspectives
title_sort effect of microbial plant biostimulants on fruit and vegetable quality: current research lines and future perspectives
topic Plant Science
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10602749/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2023.1251544
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