Plant–microbe symbioses span a continuum from pathogenic to mutualistic, with functional
consequences for both organisms in the symbiosis. In order to increase sustainable food …

Interactions between trees and microorganisms are tremendously complex and the
multispecies networks resulting from these associations have consequences for plant …

Background Microorganisms serve important functions within numerous eukaryotic host
organisms. An understanding of the variation in the plant niche-level microbiome, from …

Plant microbiome research highlights the importance of indigenous microbial communities
for host phenotypes such as growth and health. It aims to discover the molecular basis by …

Almost all higher organisms, including plants, insects, and mammals, are colonized by
complex microbial communities and harbor a microbiome. Emerging studies with plants …

The integral role of microbial communities in plant growth and health is now widely
recognized, and, increasingly, the constituents of the microbiome are being defined. While …

The use of genetically tractable plant–microbe pairs has driven research in plant immunity
and mutualistic symbiosis. Clear functional readouts for the outcomes of symbiosis or …

Highlights•Soil characteristics and stress events are main drivers for plant–microbiota
interactions in natural ecosystems.•Host phylogeny fine-tunes the composition of the …

Plant-associated microorganisms have been shown to critically affect host physiology and
performance, suggesting that evolution and ecology of plants and animals can only be …

Since the colonization of land by ancestral plant lineages 450 million years ago, plants and
their associated microbes have been interacting with each other, forming an assemblage of …