Efforts to boost crop yield and meet global food demands while striving to reach
sustainability goals are hindered by the increasingly severe impacts of abiotic stress, such …

Plant-associated microbial communities contribute to host fitness, and perturbations in the
plant microbiome can have a major impact on plant health. Drought has recently been …

Drought is a major threat to crop productivity and causes decreased plant growth, poor
yields, and crop failure. Nevertheless, the frequency of droughts is expected to increase in …

Root endophytes have been shown to have important roles in determining host fitness under
periods of drought stress, and yet the effect of drought on the broader root endosphere …

Microbial symbioses can mitigate drought stress in crops but harnessing these beneficial
interactions will require an in-depth understanding of root microbiome responses to drought …

Drought stress is a major obstacle to crop productivity, and the severity and frequency of
drought are expected to increase in the coming century. Certain root-associated bacteria …

Root-associated bacterial communities play a vital role in maintaining health of the plant
host. These communities exist in complex relationships, where composition and abundance …

Across plants and animals, host-associated microbial communities play fundamental roles in
host nutrition, development, and immunity. The factors that shape host–microbiome …

Drought is a major abiotic stress limiting agricultural productivity. Previous field-level
experiments have demonstrated that drought decreases microbiome diversity in the root and …

Plant roots support complex microbial communities that can influence plant growth, nutrition,
and health. While extensive characterizations of the composition and spatial …