Pablo Quiros Fernández, is responsible for projects in Fertinagro Biotech, and will be in charge of giving the presentation "Use of metagenomics in suppressive soils", within the framework of the First Microbiome Forum, which will deal with the lines of research developed to try to understand how indigenous microbiomes can reduce the diseases that affect them soils, even in the presence of the pathogen, and try to promote the development of these protective autochthonous microorganisms.
The soil microbiota: suppressive soils
The soil represents a favorable habitat for the development of a great diversity of microorganisms. The set of all of them is known as the microbiota of a certain soil. This microbiota conditions such essential factors as fertility, stability, nutrient cycles... and in short, the proper functioning of the soil ecosystem.
Suppressive soils are those in which the natural microbiota of the same prevents the development of a certain phytopathogen, or the disease associated with it. The main biotic characteristics of natural or induced suppressive soils are the high rate of actinomycetes and a high potential for metabolism and cometabolism of living agents necessary for high productivity of farmland. These soils are usually rich in fungi, Bacillus, Pseudomonas, Streptomyces and yeasts, producing protective elements against fungus, bacteriosis, virus diseases or harmful insects.
Advances in the use of indigenous microbiomes
Recent advances in metagenomics and microorganism sequencing have provided us with new tools to re-examine and further characterize the nature of these soils.
Rather than over-applying potential biocontrol agents, our research in suppressive soils is focused on trying to understand how indigenous microbiomes can reduce disease, even in the presence of the pathogen, and trying to enhance the growth of these indigenous microorganisms in the soil. protectors.
R&D Department of Fertinagro Biotech
Fertinagro Biotech is a company dedicated to the production and marketing of plant nutrients, developer of innovative solutions.
Currently, its R+D+i department collaborates with top-level national scientific entities such as CITA, IBMCP, CEBAS, CIRCE or AULA DEI under the Challenges- Collaboration 2017 call for the development of five projects: “Fertiligency”, “Foliars” , “ABOD”, “Seedcoat Bio” and “Surplus vegetables”.
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