Plant-associated microbiota can extend plant immune system function, improve nutrient
acquisition and availability, and alleviate abiotic stresses. Thus, naturally beneficial …

Advances in high throughput omics techniques provide avenues to decipher plant
microbiomes. However, there is limited information on how integrated informatics can help …

Plants are associated with diverse bacteria in nature. Some bacteria are pathogens that
decrease plant fitness, and others are beneficial bacteria that promote plant growth and …

Ingestion of the cycad toxins β-methylamino-L-alanine (BMAA) and azoxyglycosides is
harmful to diverse organisms. However, some insects are specialized to feed on toxin-rich …

In the rhizosphere, plants and microbes communicate chemically, especially under
environmental stress. Over millions of years, plants and their microbiome have coevolved …

Plants have coevolved together with the microbes that surround them and this assemblage
of host and microbes functions as a discrete ecological unit called a holobiont. This review …

Iron (Fe) is an essential mineral nutrient for virtually all life on Earth. It serves as an important
redox catalyst for many cellular processes steering growth, development, and survival …

Plant roots release phytochemicals into the soil environment to influence nutrient availability
and uptake. Arabidopsis thaliana roots release phenylpropanoid coumarins in response to …

Background and aims Considering the plant microbiota, temporal changes are expected
depending on plant development stages and environmental pressures because of …

Wildfires affect soils in multiple ways, leading to numerous challenges for colonizing
microorganisms. Although it is thought that fire-adapted microorganisms lie at the forefront of …