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Metagenomics: A Tool for Exploring Key Microbiome With the Potentials for Improving Sustainable Agriculture

Blessing Chidinma Nwachukwu, Olubukola Oluranti Babalola

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems

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This review explores metagenomic techniques for studying plant root-associated microbiota and microbial ecology, highlighting their role in understanding and improving crop yields in rural and urban agriculture. Metagenomics, a non-culture approach, enables the identification of unculturable microorganisms and their functional traits. A detailed understanding of these organisms and their interactions can facilitate improved plant growth and sustainable crop production.