Exploiting crop genotype-specific root-soil interactions to enhance agronomic efficiency
Challenges of soil degradation and changing climate pose major threats to food security in many parts of the world, and new approaches are required to close yield and nutrition gaps through enhanced agronomic efficiency. Combined use of mineral fertilizers, organic inputs, improved germplasm and ada...
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| author | Elizabeth M. Baggs Jill E. Cairns Blessing Mhlanga César Daniel Petroli Jordan Chamberlin Hannes Karwat Victor Kommerell Christian Thierfelder Eric Paterson Manje S. Gowda |
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| description | Challenges of soil degradation and changing climate pose major threats to food security in many parts of the world, and new approaches are required to close yield and nutrition gaps through enhanced agronomic efficiency. Combined use of mineral fertilizers, organic inputs, improved germplasm and adaptation of these practices to local contexts through improved agronomy can promote efficiency whilst building stocks of soil organic matter (SOM). Within this framework, recent attention has turned to the nature of plant-soil interactions to increase response to mineral fertilizer inputs through utilisation of nutrients from SOM that are replenished through management. This utilisation has been shown in barley and maize to vary with genotype and to be related to root physiological traits associated with rhizodeposition. The identification of candidate genes associated with rhizodeposition takes this a step closer towards the possibility of breeding for sustainability. Here we discuss this potential and feasibility in the context of maize cropping systems, and explore the potential for a combined approach that optimises utilisation of SOM nutrients together with enhanced biological nitrification inhibition to further improve agronomic efficiency. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-edc735a07e664a098d642fb571c2c50d2023-03-30T08:03:00ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Soil Science2673-86192023-03-01310.3389/fsoil.2023.11256041125604Exploiting crop genotype-specific root-soil interactions to enhance agronomic efficiencyElizabeth M. Baggs0Jill E. Cairns1Blessing Mhlanga2César Daniel Petroli3Jordan Chamberlin4Hannes Karwat5Victor Kommerell6Christian Thierfelder7Eric Paterson8Manje S. Gowda9Global Academy of Agriculture and Food Systems, University of Edinburgh, Midlothian, United KingdomGlobal Maize Program, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Harare, ZimbabweSustainable Agrifood Systems, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Harare, ZimbabweGenetic Resources Program, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), México-Veracruz, Texcoco, MexicoSustainable Agrifood Systems, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Nairobi, KenyaGlobal Wheat Program, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), México-Veracruz, Texcoco, MexicoDonor Relations, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), México-Veracruz, Texcoco, MexicoSustainable Agrifood Systems, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Harare, ZimbabweEcological Sciences, The James Hutton Institute, Aberdeen, United KingdomGlobal Maize Program, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Nairobi, KenyaChallenges of soil degradation and changing climate pose major threats to food security in many parts of the world, and new approaches are required to close yield and nutrition gaps through enhanced agronomic efficiency. Combined use of mineral fertilizers, organic inputs, improved germplasm and adaptation of these practices to local contexts through improved agronomy can promote efficiency whilst building stocks of soil organic matter (SOM). Within this framework, recent attention has turned to the nature of plant-soil interactions to increase response to mineral fertilizer inputs through utilisation of nutrients from SOM that are replenished through management. This utilisation has been shown in barley and maize to vary with genotype and to be related to root physiological traits associated with rhizodeposition. The identification of candidate genes associated with rhizodeposition takes this a step closer towards the possibility of breeding for sustainability. Here we discuss this potential and feasibility in the context of maize cropping systems, and explore the potential for a combined approach that optimises utilisation of SOM nutrients together with enhanced biological nitrification inhibition to further improve agronomic efficiency.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsoil.2023.1125604/fullrhizodepositionbiological nitrification inhibitionmaize breedingroot traitsplant-soil interactionssub-Saharan Africa |
| spellingShingle | Elizabeth M. Baggs Jill E. Cairns Blessing Mhlanga César Daniel Petroli Jordan Chamberlin Hannes Karwat Victor Kommerell Christian Thierfelder Eric Paterson Manje S. Gowda Exploiting crop genotype-specific root-soil interactions to enhance agronomic efficiency Frontiers in Soil Science rhizodeposition biological nitrification inhibition maize breeding root traits plant-soil interactions sub-Saharan Africa |
| title | Exploiting crop genotype-specific root-soil interactions to enhance agronomic efficiency |
| title_full | Exploiting crop genotype-specific root-soil interactions to enhance agronomic efficiency |
| title_fullStr | Exploiting crop genotype-specific root-soil interactions to enhance agronomic efficiency |
| title_full_unstemmed | Exploiting crop genotype-specific root-soil interactions to enhance agronomic efficiency |
| title_short | Exploiting crop genotype-specific root-soil interactions to enhance agronomic efficiency |
| title_sort | exploiting crop genotype specific root soil interactions to enhance agronomic efficiency |
| topic | rhizodeposition biological nitrification inhibition maize breeding root traits plant-soil interactions sub-Saharan Africa |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsoil.2023.1125604/full |
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