Abstract:
Inoculation and co-inoculation of crops with beneficial microorganisms have multifaceted benefits such as enhancing nutrition, productivity and quality of agricultural products. Farmers are increasingly suffering due to climate change, soil degradation and high fertilizer prices. Therefore, proper fertilization management is essential to satisfy plant nutrition correctly without affecting nutrients and/or soil fertility. In this sense, balanced plant nutrition will provide greater productivity and quality of agricultural products, such as agronomic biofortification. Thinking about the sustainability of the agroecosystem, research that seeks to increase the efficiency of mineral fertilizers, especially nitrogen and phosphate fertilizers, is extremely important. Therefore, for this, the most sustainable and intelligent solution is the inoculation or co-inoculation of cultivated plants with plant growth-promoting bacteria, nitrogen-fixing bacteria and microorganisms that solubilize phosphate and other nutrients. These multiple mechanisms of action of microorganisms combined can increase the nutrient absorption and nutrient use efficiency, productivity and quality of agricultural products in tropical soils, enabling food security within the climate change scenario.

Bio:
Associate Professor at Department of Plant Protection, Rural Engineering and Soils (DEFERS), São Paulo State University (UNESP). He has a background in plant nutrition, soil fertility, plant fertilization, fertilizers with improved efficiency, and plant growth-promoting bacteria. He was chairman of the Permanent Research Commission (CPP) and is the Professor responsible for the Plant Nutrition laboratory at UNESP – Campus of Ilha Solteira. He held a short internship as a Visiting Professor at the Plant Nutrition Group, ETH Zürich, Switzerland. Associate member of the Brazilian Association of Scientific Editors (ABEC) and the Research Data Alliance (RDA). He was president of the Permanent Research Committee (CPP) and is full member of the Commission I DT - Innovation and Technological Development of FEIS - UNESP. Leader of the research group; Plant nutrition with efficient management and its importance in the soil, production process and sustainability of the agroecosystem. He has several international research collaborations. He supervised more than 100 students (Undergraduate and Postgraduate) and participated in more than 380 scientific research committees (Doctorate, Master and graduates).
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