Plants benefit from associations with a diverse community of root-colonizing microbes.
Deciphering the mechanisms underpinning these beneficial services are of interest for …

The factors that contribute to the composition of the root microbiome and, in turn, affect plant
fitness are not well understood. Recent work has highlighted a major contribution of the soil …

Secondary metabolites are important facilitators of plant–microbe interactions in the
rhizosphere, contributing to communication, competition, and nutrient acquisition. However …

Plant pathogenic bacteria cause high crop and economic losses to human societies,–.
Infections by such pathogens are challenging to control as they often arise through complex …

Maintaining microbiome structure is critical for the health of both plants and animals. By re-
screening a collection of Arabidopsis mutants affecting root immunity and hormone …

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 …

Plant productivity is limited by the scarcity of the essential micronutrient iron particularly in
alkaline soils. The root secretion of phenolics has long been recognized as a component of …

Plants shape their rhizosphere microbiome by secreting root exudates into the soil
environment. Recently, root-exuded coumarins were identified as novel players in plant …

Increasing the iron content of plant products and iron assimilability represents a major issue
for human nutrition and health. This is also a major challenge because iron is not readily …

Iron is one of the most abundant elements in soils, but its low phytoavailability at high pH
restricts plant communities on alkaline soils to taxa that have evolved efficient strategies to …