The aboveground parts of terrestrial plants are colonized by a variety of microbes that
collectively constitute the phyllosphere microbiota. Decades of pioneering work using …

Substantial efforts to characterize the structural and functional diversity of soil, plant and
insect-associated microbial communities have illuminated the complex interacting domains …

Flowers at times host abundant and specialized communities of bacteria and fungi that
influence floral phenotypes and interactions with pollinators. Ecological processes drive …

Recent research demonstrates that the number of virulent phytopathogenic fungi continually
grows, which leads to significant economic losses worldwide. Various procedures are …

Background Plants in nature interact with other species, among which are mutualistic
microorganisms that affect plant health. The co-existence of microbial symbionts with the …

Streptomyces is a drought-tolerant bacterial genus in soils, which forms close associations
with plants to provide host resilience to drought stress. Here we synthesize the emerging …

Ensuring food security in an environmentally sustainable way is a global challenge. To
achieve this agriculture productivity requires increasing by 70% under increasingly harsh …

Ongoing and extensive use of pesticides negatively impact the environment and human
health. Microbe-based remediation bears importance as it is an eco-friendly and cost …

Anthropogenic nitrogen inputs lead to a high ammonium (NH4+)/nitrate (NO3−) ratio in the
soil, which restricts hyphal spreading of soil fungi. Access of symbiotic fungi to roots is a …

Highlights•Benefits to plant and insect hosts stem from Streptomyces metabolic capabilities.•
Streptomyces spores can be dispersed by insects, arthropods, and other microbes.• …