The seed microbiome: Origins, interactions, and impacts

• Published in: Plant and soil Vol. 422; no. 1/2; pp. 7 - 34
• Main Author: Nelson, Eric B.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer 01.01.2018; Springer International Publishing; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Agricultural ecosystems; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Developmental stages; Dispersion; Ecological effects; Ecology; Ecosystems; Endophytes; epiphytes; Farming systems; Health; Life cycle engineering; Life cycles; Life Sciences; MARSCHNER REVIEW; microbiome; Microbiomes; Microbiota; Microbiota (Symbiotic organisms); Microorganisms; Organic farming; Phyllosphere; Plant ecology; plant health; Plant Physiology; Plant Sciences; Pollinators; Productivity; Rhizosphere; Seed dispersal; Seedlings; Seeds; soil; Soil dynamics; Soil Science & Conservation; Canada; Panama; Seed microbiota; Seed epiphytes; Seedling recruitment; Seed-borne; Seed endophytes; Seed bank; Seed germination; Spermosphere

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 epiphytic microbial interactions that take place in, on, and around seeds during these stages of the plant's lif...