Endophytic Biostimulants for Smart Agriculture: Burkholderia seminalis 869T2 Benefits Heading Leafy Vegetables In-Field Management in Taiwan

Heading leafy vegetables (HLVs) are essential horticultural crops that feed many people worldwide. An increasing global population demands more cropping systems, leading to stresses such as fertilizer overuse and soil salination, decreasing in crop productivity agricultural sustainability. Hence, developing those eco-friendly farming strategies could simultaneously reduce usage increase harvest is urgent for agriculture. endophytic bacterium Burkholderia seminalis 869T2 with pyrroloquinoline quinone (PQQ) producing ability were applied biostimulant vegetable seedlings under greenhouse or field conditions. Two globally important HLVs, cabbage head lettuce, preliminarily tested, further examinations in-field during two different seasons carried out develop an biostimulants (EBs)-assisted lettuce production system. In this study, we confirmed B. versatile EBs which significantly promote plant growth enhance the qualities of by harvested weight, size nutrient composition. Nevertheless, was accelerated weeks, together higher product 50% fertilizing cost savings per hectare. Our study provides EBs-assisted management decrease costs product’s value. The results highlight importance bacteria deserve investigation due their enigmatic symbiotic relationships hosts potential agro-industry.