Use of PGPR to Improve productivity of agronomic and forest plant species.
Study of rhizosphere soil microbial communities under natural conditions and their behaviour after perturbation with pollutants or biological agents.
Study of plant defensive mechanisms to biotic and abiotic stresses. Physiological responses to biofertilizers.
Improvement of plant’s nutritional values and development of new molecules from natural sources with pharmaceutical values (bioactives).
Metagenomics of the rhizosphere: Genetic characterization of microbial communities, deeper understanding of the activities and chemical signaling involved in plant-microbe interaction, and discovery of new genes of biotechnology interest.
Management of plant/microorganism systems for recovery and or detoxification of degraded soils.
