Since the colonization of land by ancestral plant lineages 450 million years ago, plants and
their associated microbes have been interacting with each other, forming an assemblage of …

Phyllosphere or aerial surface of plants represents the globally largest and peculiar
microbial habitat that inhabits diverse and rich communities of bacteria, fungi, viruses …

The plant microbiomes play important role in plant growth promotion and soil fertility for
sustainable agriculture. Plant and soil are valuable natural resource harbouring hotspots of …

Global change is a defining feature of the Anthropocene, the current human-dominated
epoch, and poses imminent threats to ecosystem dynamics and services such as plant …

The leaves of plants are colonized by various microorganisms. In comparison to the
rhizosphere, less is known about the characteristics and ecological functions of …

Improving our understanding of species ranges under rapid climate change requires
application of our knowledge of the tolerance and adaptive capacity of populations to …

The surface of plant leaves, or the phyllosphere, harbors hyperdiverse microbial
communities. These communities mediate foliar functional traits, influence plant fitness, and …

Basidiomycota is one of the major phyla in the fungal tree of life. The outline of
Basidiomycota provides essential taxonomic information for researchers and workers in …

Air pollution is air contaminated by anthropogenic or naturally occurring substances in high
concentrations for a prolonged time, resulting in adverse effects on human comfort and …

Particulate matter (PM) pollution poses a significant risk to many ecosystems; as sessile
organisms, plants are at particular risk from PM pollution since they cannot move away from …