Microorganisms colonizing the plant rhizosphere provide a number of beneficial functions
for their host. Although an increasing number of investigations clarified the great functional …

Harnessing plant‐associated microbiomes offers an invaluable strategy to help agricultural
production become more sustainable while also meeting growing demands for food, feed …

INTRODUCTION Specialized metabolism is a feature of plant evolution and adaption. Plant-
specialized metabolites have ecological functions, mediating interactions between plants …

Plant health is strongly impacted by beneficial and pathogenic plant microbes, which are
themselves structured by resource inputs. Organic fertilizer inputs may thus offer a means of …

In an era of ecosystem degradation and climate change, maximizing microbial functions in
agroecosystems has become a prerequisite for the future of global agriculture. However …

The vegetables supply chain of intensive farming systems has gained huge relevance due
to environmental pollution, residual toxicity towards microorganisms and humans …

Disease suppressive soils typically develop after a disease outbreak due to the subsequent
assembly of protective microbiota in the rhizosphere. The role of the plant immune system in …

Plant roots nurture a tremendous diversity of microbes via exudation of photosynthetically
fixed carbon sources. In turn, probiotic members of the root microbiome promote plant …

At different stages throughout their life cycle, plants often encounter several pathogenic
microbes that challenge plant growth and development. The sophisticated innate plant …

A healthy soil acts as a dynamic living system that delivers multiple ecosystem services,
such as sustaining water quality and plant productivity, controlling soil nutrient recycling …