Engineering host microbiome for crop improvement and sustainable agriculture

S Kaul, M Choudhary, S Gupta, MK Dhar - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Dynamic consortium of microbial communities (bacteria, fungi, protists, viruses, and
nematodes) colonizing multiple tissue types and coevolving conclusively with the host plant …

The microbial connection to sustainable agriculture

K Nadarajah, NSN Abdul Rahman - Plants, 2023 - mdpi.com
Microorganisms are an important element in modeling sustainable agriculture. Their role in
soil fertility and health is crucial in maintaining plants' growth, development, and yield …

Complex eco‐evolutionary responses of a foundational coastal marsh plant to global change

ML Vahsen, HS Kleiner, H Kodak, JL Summers… - New …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Predicting the fate of coastal marshes requires understanding how plants respond to rapid
environmental change. Environmental change can elicit shifts in trait variation attributable to …

The joint effect of host plant genetic diversity and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities on restoration success

T Aavik, S Träger, M Zobel, O Honnay… - Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Drastic loss in the area and quality of natural and semi‐natural habitats over the last
hundred years has placed biodiversity and related ecosystem functions under substantial …

Microbial mediation of salinity stress response varies by plant genotype and provenance over time

CY Lumibao, L Torres Martínez… - Molecular …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Although it is becoming widely appreciated that microbes can enhance plant tolerance to
environmental stress, the nature of microbial mediation of exposure responses is not well …

Plant and soil drivers of whole-plant microbiomes: variation in switchgrass fungi from coastal to mountain sites

MR Lee, CV Hawkes - Phytobiomes Journal, 2021 - Am Phytopath Society
Plant-associated microbial diversity is regulated by dispersal from local and regional
species pools, as well as filtering by the environment and plant host. However, few studies …

Soil mycobiome dissimilarity, independent of fungal guild, is associated with increased probability of plant coexistence

JA Collings, EJ Cook, CA Delevich… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Major theories regarding microbe‐mediated plant community dynamics assume that plant
species cultivate distinct microbial communities. However, few studies empirically assess …

Divergent Assembly Processes of Phyllosphere and Rhizosphere Microbial Communities Along Environmental Gradient

Y Li, J Wang, J Pan, R Zhang, B Zhou… - Plant, Cell & …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
The underlying assembly processes of surface microbial communities are crucial for host
plants and ecosystem functions. However, the relative importance of stochastic and …

Intraspecific variation in landform engineering across a restored salt marsh shoreline

BM Bernik, CY Lumibao, S Zengel… - Evolutionary …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Ecosystem engineers that modify landforms can be valuable tools for restoring habitat, but
their use has frequently resulted in unanticipated outcomes. Departures from expectations …

Pathways for understanding blue carbon microbiomes with amplicon sequencing

V Hurtado-McCormick, SM Trevathan-Tackett… - Microorganisms, 2022 - mdpi.com
The capacity of Blue Carbon Ecosystems to act as carbon sinks is strongly influenced by the
metabolism of soil-associated microbes, which ultimately determine how much carbon is …