Microbial partnerships and molecular mechanisms in plant stress physiology for climate-resilient and sustainable farming
Temesgen Assefa Gelaw, Awoke Yihun Dagnaw, Beimnet Abegaz, Destaw Mullualem, Teshome Geremew Biru, Brahim Oubaha, Ivica Dimkić, Fantaw Yimer, Neeti Sanan-Mishra · 2026
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Temesgen Assefa Gelaw and eight co-authors review how microbes help crops survive a changing climate, in this 2026 paper. Heat, drought, salt, and pests press farms worldwide, and yields suffer. Plants, though, host partner microbes on roots and leaves that can buffer stress, a resource farming has barely tapped.
The review explains the partnership's machinery: microbes make plant hormones, tame damaging oxygen species, and switch on plant immune defenses. Roots leak sugars and signals that feed and steer their partners, and microbes talk back with their own signals. New gene-scale tools now reveal candidate genes for hardier crops. The authors look ahead to designed microbe mixes, built with AI and synthetic biology, that could keep yields up while easing chemical use and guarding soil health.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Temesgen Assefa Gelaw, Awoke Yihun Dagnaw, Beimnet Abegaz, Destaw Mullualem, Teshome Geremew Biru, Brahim Oubaha, Ivica Dimkić, Fantaw Yimer, Neeti Sanan-Mishra |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 88 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |