Practical applications of soil microbiota to improve ecosystem restoration: current knowledge and future directions

SD Peddle, RJ Hodgson, RJ Borrett… - Biological …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Soil microbiota are important components of healthy ecosystems. Greater consideration of
soil microbiota in the restoration of biodiverse, functional, and resilient ecosystems is …

Opportunities and challenges for microbiomics in ecosystem restoration

JM Robinson, R Hodgson, SL Krauss… - Trends in Ecology & …, 2023 - cell.com
Microbiomics is the science of characterizing microbial community structure, function, and
dynamics. It has great potential to advance our understanding of plant–soil–microbe …

Assessing the efficacy of extruded seed pellets and microbial amendments for native revegetation

M Alfonzetti, SG Tetu, CH Mills… - Restoration …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Worldwide, there is a strong need for new, innovative, large‐scale approaches to restoring
diverse native vegetation. Seed‐based revegetation, while often employed, can suffer from …

From microbes to microbiomes: Applications for plant health and sustainable agriculture

GA Beattie, KL Bayliss, DA Jacobson… - …, 2024 - Am Phytopath Society
Plant− microbe interaction research has had a transformative trajectory, from individual
microbial isolate studies to comprehensive analyses of plant microbiomes within the broader …

A global review on arid zone restoration: approaches and challenges

J Stapleton, S Bates, M Lewis, SR Turner… - Restoration …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Arid environments have become degraded in recent times through human activity
highlighting the need for restoration works to reverse this trend. One of the most common …

Optimising early childhood educational settings for health using nature-based solutions: the microbiome aspect

JM Robinson, A Barrable - Education Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Early childhood is a time of rapid physiological, cognitive, and social development, affected
by various environmental factors. The physical environment, including the environmental …

Inoculating native microorganisms improved soil function and altered the microbial composition of a degraded soil

FA Dadzie, AT Moles, TE Erickson… - Restoration …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Restoration managers inoculate microorganisms to enhance soil function and improve
restoration success, but the efficacy of these inoculations in real‐world conditions is still …

Characterizing effects of microbial biostimulants and whole-soil inoculums for native plant revegetation

M Alfonzetti, S Doleac, CH Mills, RV Gallagher, S Tetu - Microorganisms, 2022 - mdpi.com
Soil microbes play important roles in plant health and ecosystem functioning, however, they
can often be disturbed or depleted in degraded lands. During seed-based revegetation of …

Endophytic bacterial communities in ungerminated and germinated seeds of commercial vegetables

JJ Acuña, J Hu, NG Inostroza, T Valenzuela, P Perez… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Chile is a prominent seed exporter globally, but the seed microbiome of vegetables (46% of
seeds) and its role in the early stages of plant growth have remained largely unexplored …

Carbon‐based pelleting, soil rip** and herbicide application can be used to overcome plant recruitment barriers in Grey Stinkwood (Jacksonia furcellata)

VS Brown, TE Erickson, RJ Hobbs… - Ecological …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Seed‐based restoration efforts frequently experience limited success due to competition
from invasive plant species and poor soil conditions. We aimed to alleviate these plant …