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    Soil Diseases Suppressiveness Conferred by Organic Farming, Practices and Microbial Metabolites
    (Taylor and Francis Ltd., 2023-05-08T00:00:00) Yadav, Radheshyam; Beniwal, Rahul; Ramakrishna, Wusirika
    A major obstacle to the creation of efficient biobased disease management practices continues to be the poor integration of traditional agricultural practices and cutting-edge technical approaches. The present review will expand the understanding of organic amendments and metabolites-mediated microbial community metabolism and their mechanistic aspects in disease-suppressive soil (DSS). Organic amendments have been shown to promote the biocontrol potential of resident soil microbiota. Organic amendments positively affect the labile carbon, cation exchange content (CEC) and microbial enzymatic activity. DSS is considered a rich source of beneficial soil microbial community that produces a plethora of antibacterial metabolites. Multiple gene clusters associated with known metabolites offer mechanistic insights associated with disease-suppressive phenotypes. Organic amended soil has higher abundance of chemotaxis genes. Several strains of Bacillus and Pseudomonas produce key metabolites, phenazines, 2,4-diacetylphloroglucinol, pyoluteorin, pyrrolnitrin, cyclic lipopeptides and volatile organic compounds in DSS. High-resolution metagenomics combined with bioinformatics tools would be instrumental in the identification of biomarkers associated with suppressive soils. The integration of traditional and genomic approaches can be employed to infer the untapped potential of resident soil microbiomes. � 2023 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
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    Multifarious Effects of Arsenic on Plants and Strategies for Mitigation
    (MDPI, 2023-02-09T00:00:00) Beniwal, Rahul; Yadav, Radheshyam; Ramakrishna, Wusirika
    Arsenic contamination in soil and water is a major problem worldwide. Inorganic arsenic is widely present as arsenate and arsenite. Arsenic is transferred to crops through the soil and irrigation water. It is reported to reduce crop production in plants and can cause a wide array of diseases in humans, including different types of cancers, premature delivery, stillbirth, and spontaneous abortion. Arsenic methyltransferase (AS3MT) in the human body converts inorganic arsenic into monomethylarsonic acid and dimethylarsinic acid, which are later excreted from the body. Arsenic transfer from the soil to grains of rice involves different transporters such as Lsi1, Lsi2, and Lsi6. These transporters are also required for the transfer of silicate, which makes them important for the plant. Different mitigation strategies have been used to mitigate arsenic from crops, such as plant growth-promoting bacteria, fungi, and nanoparticles, as well as using different plant genotypes and plant extracts. Different factors such as nitric oxide, Fe, and jasmonate also affect the response of a plant to the oxidative stress caused by arsenic. This review highlights the various effects of arsenic on plants with respect to their biochemical, molecular, and physiological aspects and the employment of classical and innovative methods for their mitigation. The current review is expected to initiate further research to improve As remediation to mitigate the effect of heavy metal pollution on the environment. � 2023 by the authors.