The green revolution successfully increased agricultural output in the early 1960s by relying
primarily on three pillars: plant breeding, irrigation, and chemical fertilization. Today, the …

Agriculture needs to develop novel strategies and practices to meet the increasing global
food demand, in an ecological and economical sustainable framework. The plant …

Engineering the plant microbiome with beneficial endophytic bacteria can improve the
growth, health, and productivity of the holobiont. Here, we administered two beneficial …

Microbial communities associated with plants growing in harsh conditions, including salinity
and water deficiency, have developed adaptive features which permit them to grow and …

Endophytes represent microorganisms that reside within plant tissues, without typically
causing adverse effects to the plants, for a substantial part of their life cycle, and are …

Background The microbiome plays a fundamental role in plant health and performance. Soil
serves as a reservoir of microbial diversity where plants attract microorganisms via root …

Synthetic microbial community has widely concerned in the fields of agriculture, food and
environment over the past few years. However, there is little consensus on the method to …

For the safe use of microbiome-based solutions in agriculture, the genome sequencing of
strains composing the inoculum is mandatory to avoid the spread of virulence and multidrug …

In the understanding of the molecular interaction between plants and their microbiome, a
key point is to identify simplified models of the microbiome including relevant bacterial and …

Rhizobia are a polyphyletic group of soil bacteria, belonging to alpha-and
betaproteobacteria classes, able to colonize the rhizosphere and endosphere of plants and …