Phosphorus dynamics and sustainable agriculture: The role of microbial solubilization and innovations in nutrient management
Phosphorus (P) is an essential element for plant growth, playing a crucial role in various metabolic processes. Despite its importance, phosphorus availability in soils is often restricted due to its tendency to form insoluble complexes, limiting plant uptake. The increasing demand for phosphorus in...
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| description | Phosphorus (P) is an essential element for plant growth, playing a crucial role in various metabolic processes. Despite its importance, phosphorus availability in soils is often restricted due to its tendency to form insoluble complexes, limiting plant uptake. The increasing demand for phosphorus in agriculture, combined with limited global reserves of phosphate rock, has created challenges for sustainable plant production. Additionally, the overuse of chemical phosphorus fertilizers has resulted in environmental degradation, such as eutrophication of water bodies. Increasing agronomic phosphorus (P) efficiency is crucial because of population growth and increased food demand. Hence, microorganisms involved in the P cycle are a promising biotechnological strategy that has gained global interest in recent decades. Microorganisms' solubilization of phosphate rock (PR) is an environmentally sustainable alternative to chemical processing for producing phosphate fertilizers. Phosphorus-solubilizing microorganisms (PSMs), including bacteria and fungi, and their enzymatic processes offer an eco-friendly and sustainable alternative to chemical inputs by converting insoluble phosphorus into forms readily available for plant uptake. Integrating PSMs into agricultural systems presents a promising strategy to reduce dependence on chemical fertilizers, enhance soil health, and contribute to the transition toward more sustainable and resilient agricultural practices. It can be an alternative that reduces the loss of phosphorus in the environment, especially the eutrophication of aquatic systems. This paper explores the challenges of phosphorus availability in agriculture and the potential of microbial phosphorus solubilization as a sustainable alternative to conventional practices. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-1a661b270f4e4aeaa7fe2d02e5db3f362025-08-20T02:35:44ZengElsevierCurrent Research in Microbial Sciences2666-51742025-01-01810032610.1016/j.crmicr.2024.100326Phosphorus dynamics and sustainable agriculture: The role of microbial solubilization and innovations in nutrient managementJosé Abraham García-Berumen0Juan Armando Flores de la Torre1Sergio de los Santos-Villalobos2Alejandro Espinoza-Canales3Francisco Guadalupe Echavarría-Cháirez4Héctor Gutiérrez-Bañuelos5Unidad Académica de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas, Zacatecas, MexicoUnidad Académica de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas, Carretera Guadalajara km 6 Ejido la Escondida, 98060, Zacatecas, Zacatecas, MexicoDepartamento de Ciencias Agronómicas y Veterinarias, Instituto Tecnológico de Sonora, Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, MexicoUnidad Académica de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas, Zacatecas, MexicoCampo Experimental Zacatecas. Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agricolas y Pecuarias (INIFAP), Km. 24.5 Carretera Zacatecas-Fresnillo, 98500, Calera de Víctor Rosales, Zacatecas, MéxicoUnidad Académica de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas, Zacatecas, Mexico; Corresponding author.Phosphorus (P) is an essential element for plant growth, playing a crucial role in various metabolic processes. Despite its importance, phosphorus availability in soils is often restricted due to its tendency to form insoluble complexes, limiting plant uptake. The increasing demand for phosphorus in agriculture, combined with limited global reserves of phosphate rock, has created challenges for sustainable plant production. Additionally, the overuse of chemical phosphorus fertilizers has resulted in environmental degradation, such as eutrophication of water bodies. Increasing agronomic phosphorus (P) efficiency is crucial because of population growth and increased food demand. Hence, microorganisms involved in the P cycle are a promising biotechnological strategy that has gained global interest in recent decades. Microorganisms' solubilization of phosphate rock (PR) is an environmentally sustainable alternative to chemical processing for producing phosphate fertilizers. Phosphorus-solubilizing microorganisms (PSMs), including bacteria and fungi, and their enzymatic processes offer an eco-friendly and sustainable alternative to chemical inputs by converting insoluble phosphorus into forms readily available for plant uptake. Integrating PSMs into agricultural systems presents a promising strategy to reduce dependence on chemical fertilizers, enhance soil health, and contribute to the transition toward more sustainable and resilient agricultural practices. It can be an alternative that reduces the loss of phosphorus in the environment, especially the eutrophication of aquatic systems. This paper explores the challenges of phosphorus availability in agriculture and the potential of microbial phosphorus solubilization as a sustainable alternative to conventional practices.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666517424001093PhosphorusPhosphate rockPhosphorus-solubilizing microorganismsSustainable agriculture |
| spellingShingle | José Abraham García-Berumen Juan Armando Flores de la Torre Sergio de los Santos-Villalobos Alejandro Espinoza-Canales Francisco Guadalupe Echavarría-Cháirez Héctor Gutiérrez-Bañuelos Phosphorus dynamics and sustainable agriculture: The role of microbial solubilization and innovations in nutrient management Current Research in Microbial Sciences Phosphorus Phosphate rock Phosphorus-solubilizing microorganisms Sustainable agriculture |
| title | Phosphorus dynamics and sustainable agriculture: The role of microbial solubilization and innovations in nutrient management |
| title_full | Phosphorus dynamics and sustainable agriculture: The role of microbial solubilization and innovations in nutrient management |
| title_fullStr | Phosphorus dynamics and sustainable agriculture: The role of microbial solubilization and innovations in nutrient management |
| title_full_unstemmed | Phosphorus dynamics and sustainable agriculture: The role of microbial solubilization and innovations in nutrient management |
| title_short | Phosphorus dynamics and sustainable agriculture: The role of microbial solubilization and innovations in nutrient management |
| title_sort | phosphorus dynamics and sustainable agriculture the role of microbial solubilization and innovations in nutrient management |
| topic | Phosphorus Phosphate rock Phosphorus-solubilizing microorganisms Sustainable agriculture |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666517424001093 |
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