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

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 …

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

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 …

Coumarins are a family of plant-derived secondary metabolites that are produced via the
phenylpropanoid pathway. In the past decade, coumarins have emerged as iron-mobilizing …

Soil-dwelling microbes are the principal inoculum for the root microbiota, but our
understanding of microbe–microbe interactions in microbiota establishment remains …

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 …

Iron is an essential micronutrient for plants and associated microorganisms. Iron nutrition of
these organisms relies on the soil supply. However, bioavailability of iron in cultivated soils …

Roots of land plants grow through soil, one of the most microbially rich and diverse
environments on earth (1). A long history of work has revealed that plant roots interact with …

The role of microbes in sustaining agricultural plant growth has great potential
consequences for human prosperity. Yet we have an incomplete understanding of the basic …