Understanding and exploiting plant beneficial microbes

• Published in: Current opinion in plant biology Vol. 38; no. C; pp. 155 - 163
• Main Authors: Finkel, Omri M, Castrillo, Gabriel, Herrera Paredes, Sur, Salas González, Isai, Dangl, Jeffery L
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.08.2017; Elsevier
• Subjects: BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; beneficial microorganisms; crop yield; disease resistance; functional diversity; genetic resources; growth promotion; microbiome; Microbiota - physiology; phenotype; Phylogeny; plant growth; Plants - metabolism; Plants - microbiology; Soil Microbiology; sustainable agriculture

•Soil microbiomes induce reproducible plant phenotypes.•Large collections of plant-associated microbes are available for research.•Plant growth promoting microbial inoculants can persist in soil for weeks.•Co-regulation of immune system function and nutritional stress responses exists.•Deployment of...