Reducing pesticide use has become a goal shared by several European countries and a
major issue in public policies due to the negative impacts of pesticides on the environment …

Healthy plants host diverse but taxonomically structured communities of microorganisms, the
plant microbiota, that colonize every accessible plant tissue. Plant-associated microbiomes …

Plant microbiomes are essential to host health and productivity but the ecological processes
that govern crop microbiome assembly are not fully known. Here we examined bacterial …

The rhizosphere microbiome plays critical roles in plant growth and provides promising
solutions for sustainable agriculture. While the rhizosphere microbiome frequently fluctuates …

Ecosystems provide multiple services to humans. However, agricultural systems are usually
evaluated on their productivity and economic performance, and a systematic and …

Background Plants live with diverse microbial communities which profoundly affect multiple
facets of host performance, but if and how host development impacts the assembly, functions …

The root bacterial microbiome is important for the general health of the plant. Additionally, it
can enhance tolerance to abiotic stresses, exemplified by plant species found in extreme …

Plants form complex interaction networks with diverse microbiomes in the environment, and
the intricate interplay between plants and their associated microbiomes can greatly …

Substantial efforts to characterize the structural and functional diversity of soil, plant and
insect-associated microbial communities have illuminated the complex interacting domains …

Plants have evolved with a plethora of microorganisms having important roles for plant
growth and health. A considerable amount of information is now available on the structure …