Crop allelopathy for sustainable weed management in agroecosystems: Knowing the present with a view to the future

A Scavo, G Mauromicale - Agronomy, 2021 - mdpi.com
In the face of yield losses caused by weeds, especially in low-input agricultural systems, and
environmental pollution due to the excessive use of synthetic herbicides, sustainable weed …

Domestication of crop metabolomes: desired and unintended consequences

S Alseekh, F Scossa, W Wen, J Luo, J Yan… - Trends in Plant …, 2021 - cell.com
The majority of the crops and vegetables of today were domesticated from their wild
progenitors within the past 12 000 years. Considerable research effort has been expended …

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 …

Differential impact of plant secondary metabolites on the soil microbiota

V Schütz, K Frindte, J Cui, P Zhang… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Plant metabolites can shape the microbial community composition in the soil. Two indole
metabolites, benzoxazolinone (BOA) and gramine, produced by different Gramineae …

A New Fluorescence Detection Method for Tryptophan-and Tyrosine-Derived Allelopathic Compounds in Barley and Lupin

S Leite Dias, A Garibay-Hernández, FL Brendel… - Plants, 2023 - mdpi.com
Barley (Hordeum vulgare) is one of the most widely cultivated crops for feedstock and beer
production, whereas lupins (Lupinus spp.) are grown as fodder and their seeds are a source …

A metabolomics approach and chemometric tools for differentiation of barley cultivars and biomarker discovery

CY Hamany Djande, LA Piater, PA Steenkamp… - Metabolites, 2021 - mdpi.com
One of the ultimate goals of plant breeding is the development of new crop cultivars capable
of withstanding increasing environmental stresses, to sustain the constantly growing …

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 …

Applications of the indole-alkaloid gramine modulate the assembly of individual members of the barley rhizosphere microbiota

M Maver, C Escudero-Martinez, J Abbott, J Morris… - PeerJ, 2021 - peerj.com
Microbial communities proliferating at the root-soil interface, collectively referred to as the
rhizosphere microbiota, represent an untapped beneficial resource for plant growth …

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 …