Engineering the crop microbiota through host genetics

C Escudero-Martinez, D Bulgarelli - Annual Review of …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
The microbiota populating the plant–soil continuum defines an untapped resource for
sustainable crop production. The host plant is a driver for the taxonomic composition and …

Ecological realism and rigor in the study of plant-plant allelopathic interactions

JD Weidenhamer, D Cipollini, K Morris, S Gurusinghe… - Plant and Soil, 2023 - Springer
Progress in understanding allelopathic interactions among plants has long been hampered
by the complexity of the many direct and indirect interactions involved. Plant processes and …

Endophytic bacterium Bacillus aryabhattai induces novel transcriptomic changes to stimulate plant growth

H Xu, J Gao, R Portieles, L Du, X Gao… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
In nature, plants interact with a wide range of microorganisms, and most of these
microorganisms could induce growth through the activation of important molecular …

Bridging ecological processes to diversity formation and functional profiles in belowground bacterial communities

B Chen, Z Peng, S Chen, Y Liu, J Qi, H Pan… - Soil Biology and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Revealing the generation and maintenance of biodiversity is a central goal in ecology, but
how dispersal, selection, and regional taxon pool size shape soil microbial communities is …

Identifying plant genes shaping microbiota composition in the barley rhizosphere

C Escudero-Martinez, M Coulter… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
A prerequisite to exploiting soil microbes for sustainable crop production is the identification
of the plant genes shaping microbiota composition in the rhizosphere, the interface between …

Functional Interpretation of Cross-Talking Pathways with Emphasis on Amino Acid Metabolism in Rhizosphere Microbiome of the Wild Plant Moringa oleifera

MA Tashkandi, RS Jalal, L Baz, MY Refai, A Shami… - Agriculture, 2022 - mdpi.com
The functional processes and mutual benefits of the wild plant Moringa oleifera and its
rhizosphere microbiome were studied via metagenomic whole-genome shotgun sequencing …

The interplay between nitrogenated allelochemicals, mineral nutrition and metabolic profile in barley roots

M Maver, F Trevisan, B Miras-Moreno, L Lucini… - Plant and Soil, 2022 - Springer
Aims The alkaloid hordenine is one of the major allelochemicals involved in the allelopathic
ability of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.), whose biosynthesis and accumulation is preferentially …

Linking regional species pool size to dispersal–selection relationships in soil fungal communities across terrestrial ecosystems

B Chen, H Pan, X Song, Y Yao, J Qi… - Global Ecology and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Revealing the role of regional species pool size in community assembly rules is
essential for extending the species‐pool framework to large‐scale community ecology, and …

Application of plant specialized metabolites to modulate soil microbiota

A Sugiyama - Plant Biotechnology, 2023 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Plant specialized metabolites (PSMs) are considerably diverse compounds with multifaceted
roles in the adaptation of plants to various abiotic and biotic stresses. PSMs are frequently …

Defining composition and function of the rhizosphere microbiota of barley genotypes exposed to growth-limiting nitrogen supplies

R Alegria Terrazas, S Robertson-Albertyn, AM Corral… - Msystems, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
The microbiota populating the rhizosphere, the interface between roots and soil, can
modulate plant growth, development, and health. These microbial communities are not …