Agricultural intensification has substantially reduced soil biodiversity as well as
agroecosystem functions and services. Sustainable agroecosystems that increase crop …

Plants serve as host to numerous microorganisms. The members of these microbial
communities interact among each other and with the plant, and there is increasing evidence …

Host genetics has recently been shown to be a driver of plant microbiome composition.
However, identifying the underlying genetic loci controlling microbial selection remains …

Sustainable food production, among other non-intensive production systems, involves the
important interactions of myriads of plant growth-promoting microorganisms, plant, soil, soil …

Continuous crop** of the same crop leads to soil degradation and a decline in crop
production, and these impacts could be mitigated through rotation crop**. Although crop …

Canola is one of the most economically important crops in Canada, and the root and
rhizosphere microbiomes of a canola plant likely impact its growth and nutrient uptake. The …

Abstract Background Cabbage Fusarium wilt (CFW) is a devastating disease caused by the
soil-borne fungus Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. conglutinans (Foc). One of the optimal …

Plant roots establish interactions with several beneficial soil microorganisms including
arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF). In addition to promoting plant nutrition and growth, AMF …

Cereal plants form complex networks with their associated microbiome in the soil
environment. A complex system including variations of numerous parameters of soil …

The development of dwarf wheat cultivars combined with high levels of agrochemical inputs
during the green revolution resulted in high yielding crop** systems. However, changes in …