Soil protists: a fertile frontier in soil biology research

S Geisen, EAD Mitchell, S Adl… - FEMS microbiology …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Protists include all eukaryotes except plants, fungi and animals. They are an essential, yet
often forgotten, component of the soil microbiome. Method developments have now …

The seed microbiome: origins, interactions, and impacts

EB Nelson - Plant and Soil, 2018 - Springer
Background The development and dispersal of seeds as well as their transition to seedlings
represent perhaps the most critical stages of a plant's life cycle. The endophytic and …

Dilution of specialist pathogens drives productivity benefits from diversity in plant mixtures

G Wang, HM Burrill, LY Podzikowski… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Productivity benefits from diversity can arise when compatible pathogen hosts are buffered
by unrelated neighbors, diluting pathogen impacts. However, the generality of pathogen …

Abiotic and biotic factors affecting crop seed germination and seedling emergence: a conceptual framework

JR Lamichhane, P Debaeke, C Steinberg, MP You… - Plant and soil, 2018 - Springer
Background Global agriculture is undergoing a phase of agroecological transition. This
transition will be characterized by adoption of agroecological cropping practices and by an …

Integrated management of important soybean pathogens of the United States in changing climate

MG Roth, RW Webster, DS Mueller… - Journal of Integrated …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Soybean (Glycine max L.) is a major crop grown in the United States but is susceptible to
many diseases that cause significant yield losses each year. Consistent threats exist across …

Oomycete species associated with soybean seedlings in North America—Part I: Identification and pathogenicity characterization

J Alejandro Rojas, JL Jacobs, S Napieralski… - …, 2017 - Am Phytopath Society
Oomycete pathogens are commonly associated with soybean root rot and have been
estimated to reduce soybean yields in the United States by 1.5 million tons on an annual …

Biological seed treatments promote crop establishment and yield: a global meta-analysis

JR Lamichhane, DC Corrales, E Soltani - Agronomy for Sustainable …, 2022 - Springer
Seeds are a vector of genetic progress and, as such, they play a significant role in the
sustainability of the agri-food system. The current global seed market is worth USD 60 billion …

Protists are an integral part of the Arabidopsis thaliana microbiome

M Sapp, S Ploch, AM Fiore‐Donno… - Environmental …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Although protists occupy a vast range of habitats and are known to interact with plants
among other things via disease suppression, competition or growth stimulation, their …

Analysis of soybean germination, emergence, and prediction of a possible northward establishment of the crop under climate change

JR Lamichhane, J Constantin, C Schoving… - European Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.) has the potential to improve sustainability of
agricultural production systems. A higher focus on this crop is needed to re-launch its …

Root pathogen diversity and composition varies with climate in undisturbed grasslands, but less so in anthropogenically disturbed grasslands

CS Delavaux, JL Schemanski, GL House… - The ISME …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Soil-borne pathogens structure plant communities, shaping their diversity, and through these
effects may mediate plant responses to climate change and disturbance. Little is known …