The discipline of plant pathology has an expanding remit requiring a multi-faceted,
interdisciplinary approach to capture the complexity of interactions for any given disease …

In the past, breeding for incorporation of insect pest resistance or tolerance into cultivars for
use in integrated pest management schemes in oilseed rape/canola (Brassica napus) …

Holobiont bacterial community assembly processes are an essential element to
understanding the plant microbiome. To elucidate these processes, leaf, root, and …

Aims Phyllosphere bacteria play critical roles in plant growth promotion, disease
suppression and global nutrient cycling but remain understudied. Methods In this project, we …

Fungal endophytic communities in needles of field-grown Pinus flexilis previously inferred to
carry major gene resistance (R) to white pine blister rust (WPBR) or to lack it (S) were …

The rhizosphere microbiome is considered to play a key role in determining crop health.
However, current understanding of the factors which shape assembly and composition of the …

One important ecological question regarding the use of plant resistance genes against
fungal pathogens concerns whether and how such resistance genes may modify pathogenic …

Microbiome management is a promising way to suppress verticillium wilt, a severe disease
in Brassica caused by Verticillium longisporum. In order to improve current biocontrol …

The effects of different types of additional fertilizations (a compound fertilizer and Chiyoda-
kasei) on the root-associated microbes of napa cabbage grown in an Andosol field were …

Understanding the microbiome and factors governing its structure under field conditions is
essential to optimize the microbiome for improved crop productivity. The purpose of my …