Trophic interactions between predatory protists and pathogen-suppressive bacteria impact plant health

S Guo, C Tao, A Jousset, W Xiong, Z Wang… - The ISME …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Bio-organic fertilizers stimulate indigenous soil Pseudomonas populations to enhance plant disease suppression

C Tao, R Li, W Xiong, Z Shen, S Liu, B Wang, Y Ruan… - Microbiome, 2020 - Springer
Background Plant diseases caused by fungal pathogen result in a substantial economic
impact on the global food and fruit industry. Application of organic fertilizers supplemented …

[HTML][HTML] Rhizosphere protists are key determinants of plant health

W Xiong, Y Song, K Yang, Y Gu, Z Wei, GA Kowalchuk… - Microbiome, 2020 - Springer
Background Plant health is intimately influenced by the rhizosphere microbiome, a complex
assembly of organisms that changes markedly across plant growth. However, most …

[HTML][HTML] Deciphering Underlying Drivers of Disease Suppressiveness Against Pathogenic Fusarium oxysporum

Y Ou, CR Penton, S Geisen, Z Shen, Y Sun… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Soil-borne diseases, especially those caused by fungal pathogens, lead to profound annual
yield losses. One key example for such a disease is Fusarium wilt disease in banana. In …

Plant pathogen resistance is mediated by recruitment of specific rhizosphere fungi

S Liu, C Tao, L Zhang, Z Wang, W Xiong… - The ISME …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Beneficial interactions between plants and rhizosphere microorganisms are key
determinants of plant health with the potential to enhance the sustainability of agricultural …

[HTML][HTML] Protists as main indicators and determinants of plant performance

S Guo, W Xiong, X Hang, Z Gao, Z Jiao, H Liu, Y Mo… - Microbiome, 2021 - Springer
Background Microbiomes play vital roles in plant health and performance, and the
development of plant beneficial microbiomes can be steered by organic fertilizer inputs …

Additive fungal interactions drive biocontrol of Fusarium wilt disease

C Tao, Z Wang, S Liu, N Lv, X Deng, W Xiong… - New …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Host‐associated fungi can help protect plants from pathogens, and empirical evidence
suggests that such microorganisms can be manipulated by introducing probiotic to increase …

Bio-fertilizer application induces soil suppressiveness against Fusarium wilt disease by reshaping the soil microbiome

W Xiong, S Guo, A Jousset, Q Zhao, H Wu, R Li… - Soil Biology and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Fusarium wilt disease is a growing problem in agriculture systems. Application of bio-
fertilizers containing beneficial microbes represents a promising disease control strategy …

[HTML][HTML] Members of Gammaproteobacteria as indicator species of healthy banana plants on Fusarium wilt-infested fields in Central America

M Köberl, M Dita, A Martinuz, C Staver, G Berg - Scientific Reports, 2017 - nature.com
Culminating in the 1950's, bananas, the world's most extensive perennial monoculture,
suffered one of the most devastating disease epidemics in history. In Latin America and the …

Banana Fusarium Wilt Disease Incidence Is Influenced by Shifts of Soil Microbial Communities Under Different Monoculture Spans

Z Shen, CR Penton, N Lv, C Xue, X Yuan, Y Ruan… - Microbial ecology, 2018 - Springer
The continuous cropping of banana in the same field may result in a serious soil-borne
Fusarium wilt disease and a severe yield decline, a phenomenon known as soil sickness …