Healthy plants host diverse but taxonomically structured communities of microorganisms, the
plant microbiota, that colonize every accessible plant tissue. Plant-associated microbiomes …

While the positive relationship between plant biodiversity and ecosystem functioning (BEF)
is well established, the extent to which this is mediated via belowground microbial …

Microorganisms have a pivotal role in the functioning of ecosystems. Recent studies have
shown that microbial communities harbour keystone taxa, which drive community …

Since the colonization of land by ancestral plant lineages 450 million years ago, plants and
their associated microbes have been interacting with each other, forming an assemblage of …

Across plants and animals, host-associated microbial communities play fundamental roles in
host nutrition, development, and immunity. The factors that shape host–microbiome …

Microorganisms colonizing plant surfaces and internal tissues provide a number of life-
support functions for their host. Despite increasing recognition of the vast functional …

The host‐associated core microbiome was originally coined to refer to common groups of
microbes or genes that were likely to be particularly important for host biological function …

Protists include all eukaryotes except plants, fungi and animals. They are an essential, yet
often forgotten, component of the soil microbiome. Method developments have now …

While horticulture tools and methods have been extensively developed to improve the
management of crops, systems to harness the rhizosphere microbiome to benefit plant crops …

Agricultural ecosystems are facing increasing environmental changes. Revealing ecological
stability of belowground organisms is key to developing management strategies that …