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Bioprospecting cold-adapted plant growth promoting microorganisms from mountain environments

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Mountain soils are challenging environments for all kinds of living things, including plants and microorganisms. Many cold-adapted microorganisms colonizing these extreme soils play important roles as promoters of plant growth and development; for that reason, they are called collectively plant growth-promoting microorganisms (PGPM). Even though there is seldom doubt concerning the usefulness of PGPM to develop eco-friendly bioinoculants, including biofertilizers and biocontrollers, a series of aspects need to be addressed in order to make this technology field-applicable. Among these aspects, the ecological and rhizosphere competences of PGPM are of paramount importance, particularly when considering the development of bioinoculants, well suited for the intensification of mountainous agricultural production. Studies on native, cold-adapted PGPM conducted in the Indian Himalayan region (IHR) and the Tropical Andes (TA) lead nowadays the research in this field. Noticeably, some common themes are emerging. For instance, soils in these mountain environments are colonized by many cold-adapted PGPM able to mobilize soil nutrients and to inhibit growth of plant pathogens. Studies aimed at deeply characterizing the abilities of such PGPM is likely to substantially contribute towards a better crop productivity in mountainous environments. The present review focuses on the importance of this microbial resource to improve crop productivity in IHR and TA. We also present a number of successful examples, which emphasize the effectiveness of some bioinoculants—developed from naturally occurring PGPM—when applied in the field.

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Acknowledgments

This review emerged on the basis of the case studies conducted by the authors in various mountain locations at GB Pant National Institute of Himalayan Environment & Sustainable Development (India), and at Universidad de Los Andes (Venezuela) and Universidad de Cuenca (Ecuador). Present and former directors of GBPNIHESD (India) and Universidad de Los Andes (Venezuela), are gratefully acknowledged for their support. Dr. DS Rawat is thanked for verifying the IHR map. LAY acknowledges Proyecto Prometeo of the National Secretary of Science, Technology, and Innovation of Ecuador (SENESCYT).

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AP acknowledges the Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Department of Biotechnology, and Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, Govt. of India and Uttarakhand State Council for Science and Technology, Govt. of Uttarakhand for financial support.

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  1. Centre for Environmental Assessment and Climate Change, G.B. Pant National Institute of Himalayan Environment and Sustainable Development, Kosi-Katarmal, Almora, Uttarakhand, 263643, India

    Anita Pandey

  2. Unidad de Salud y Bienestar, Universidad Católica de Cuenca, Av. Las Américas y Humboldt, Cuenca, Ecuador

    Luis Andrés Yarzábal

  3. Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Los Andes, Av. Alberto Carnevalli, Mérida, Venezuela

    Luis Andrés Yarzábal

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Pandey, A., Yarzábal, L.A. Bioprospecting cold-adapted plant growth promoting microorganisms from mountain environments. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 103, 643–657 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-018-9515-2

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