Plant-associated microorganisms fulfill important functions for plant growth and health.
Direct plant growth promotion by microbes is based on improved nutrient acquisition and …

Coordinated interactions between plants and microbes have supreme importance for
improving plant growth as well as maintaining proper soil conditions. Rhizosphere …

One major challenge for the twenty-first century will be the production of sufficient food—the
United Nations Population Fund estimates that the global human population may well reach …

Similar to the human gut are plants and in particular plant roots tightly associated with
complex microbial communities. Microbiomes of both, gut and plants, are known for their …

Plant growth-promoting microorganisms (PGPMs) constitute the microbes that are intricately
associated with the plant system and may consist of rhizospheric bacteria, fungi, mycorrhiza …

Highlights•Soil microbiomes induce reproducible plant phenotypes.•Large collections of
plant-associated microbes are available for research.•Plant growth promoting microbial …

In subsistence agricultural systems, crop yields are directly dependent on the inherent soil
fertility and on microbial processes that govern the mineralization and mobilization of …

Microbial control agents serve as alternatives to synthetic pesticides for the management of
insect pests and plant pathogens. Naturally occurring microorganisms such as bacteria …

To address food security, agricultural yields must increase to match the growing human
population in the near future. There is now a strong push to develop low-input and more …

The host-microbe interaction established through natural evolution in plants sets the basis of
plant growth and productivity benefits from a single microbe or a consortium. Select algal …