Transdisciplinary Collaborations for Advancing Sustainable and Resilient Agricultural Systems

作者：Vesna Bacheva, Imani Madison, Mathew Baldwin, Justin N. Baker, Mark A. Beilstein, Douglas F. Call, Jessica A. Deaver, Kirill Efimenko, Jan Genzer, Khara Grieger, April Z. Gu, Mehmet Mert İlman, Jen Liu, Sijin Li, Brooke K. Mayer, Anand Kumar Mishra, Juan C. Nino, Gloire Rubambiza, Phoebe Sengers, Robert D. Shepherd, Jesse Woodson, Hakim Weatherspoon, Margaret H. Frank, Jacob L. Jones, Rosangela Sozzani, Abraham D. Stroock · 发表于：Global Change Biology · 年份：2025 · DOI：10.1111/gcb.70142 · 被引用次数：16 · 研究领域：Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism、Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal、Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment

Feeding the growing human population sustainably amidst climate change is one of the most important challenges in the 21st century. Current practices often lead to the overuse of agronomic inputs, such as synthetic fertilizers and water, resulting in environmental contamination and diminishing returns on crop productivity. The complexity of agricultural systems, involving plant-environment interactions and human management, presents significant scientific and technical challenges for developing sustainable practices. Addressing these challenges necessitates transdisciplinary research, involving intense collaboration among fields such as plant science, engineering, computer science, and social sciences. Five case studies are presented here demonstrating successful transdisciplinary approaches toward more sustainable water and fertilizer use. These case studies span multiple scales. By leveraging whole-plant signaling, reporter plants can transform our understanding of plant communication and enable efficient application of water and fertilizers. The use of new fertilizer technologies could increase the availability of phosphorus in the soil. To accelerate advancements in breeding new cultivars, robotic technologies for high-throughput plant screening in different environments at a population scale are discussed. At the ecosystem scale, phosphorus recovery from aquatic systems and methods to minimize phosphorus leaching are described. Finally, as agricultural outputs affect all...