Healthy plants host diverse but taxonomically structured communities of microorganisms, the
plant microbiota, that colonize every accessible plant tissue. Plant-associated microbiomes …

The term “microbial control” has been used to describe the use of microbial pathogens
(bacteria, viruses, or fungi) or entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs) to control various insect …

Soil eukaryotes play a crucial role in maintaining ecosystem functions and services, yet the
factors driving their diversity and distribution remain poorly understood. While many studies …

Despite glyphosate's wide use for weed control in agriculture, questions remain about the
herbicide's effect on soil microbial communities. The existing scientific literature contains …

The stabilization of soil organic carbon (SOC) promoted by conservation agriculture (CA)
depends on soil aggregation. Aggregation protects SOC and creates heterogeneous …

Microscopic organisms are the dominant and most diverse organisms on Earth. Nematodes,
as part of this microscopic diversity, are by far the most abundant animals and their diversity …

The analysis of nematode community composition by high throughput sequencing (HTS)
has attracted much attention because of its advantage for throughput, high resolution and …

Belowground arthropod communities are diverse and our ability to characterize them
remains logistically difficult and time consuming. Molecular metabarcoding techniques are …

DNA barcoding approaches have greatly increased our understanding of biodiversity on the
planet, and metabarcoding is widely used for classifying members of the phylum Nematoda …

Biomonitoring approaches and investigations of many ecological questions require
assessments of the biodiversity of a given habitat. Small organisms, ranging from …