AGROALNEXT REPABIO Project: Sustainable strategies to improve crop resistance to pathogens through the use of fungal biostimulants
- Type Project
- Scope Autonómico
- Autonomous community Navarra, Comunidad Foral de
- Main source of financing NextGenerationEU
- Project website Web del Proyecto
Description
This project aims to advance the search for sustainable strategies that contribute to increasing crop yields in a sustainable and environmentally friendly way within the context of climate change.
Description of activities
Despite their health benefits, the use of live microorganisms as dietary supplements presents certain limitations, such as the potential for virulence gene transfer, difficulty in maintaining viability and production stability, and the development of antibiotic resistance, among others. Therefore, it is essential to expand the knowledge and development of postbiotic components derived from probiotics. Furthermore, as an alternative to the use of live cells, the use of paraprobiotics—dead or inactive microorganisms or fragments of their cells with beneficial health properties—has been suggested.
Contextual description
The effects of climate change are favoring the spread of increasingly destructive pathogens that threaten the survival of crops of agronomic interest. Currently, chemical products are being used to control these pathogens and improve crop yield and productivity. However, it has been observed that these products, in the long term, damage the environment and can have detrimental effects on human health. This situation poses a growing threat to food security, and the global challenge in the coming years will be to guarantee food security in a sustainable and environmentally friendly way. Therefore, the search for new strategies to improve pathogen resistance, increase crop yields, and reduce the environmental impact of agrochemicals is a priority. One of the most promising strategies for achieving more sustainable crops is the use of biostimulants based on beneficial microorganisms.
Results
Preventive application of Alternaria alternata fungicide improves the plant's systemic resistance to potential infections by the nematode M. incognita and increases yield. Treatment with Penicillium aurantiogriseum fungicide has biocidal potential as it reduces the growth of the fungus B. cinerea and improves the fruit's systemic resistance post-harvest.
Contact information
- Coordinator/entity name: Abdellatif Bahaji
- Mailing address: Not available
- Email coordinator/entity: abdellatif.bahaji@csic.es
- Phone: Not available
Coordinators
- IDAB CSIC
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