Soils suppressive to soilborne pathogens have been identified worldwide for almost 60
years and attributed mainly to suppressive or antagonistic microorganisms. Rather than …

In agro-ecosystems worldwide, some of the most important and devastating diseases are
caused by soil-borne necrotrophic fungal pathogens, against which crop plants generally …

Soil-dwelling microbes are the principal inoculum for the root microbiota, but our
understanding of microbe–microbe interactions in microbiota establishment remains …

Pseudomonas fluorescens strains that produce the polyketide antibiotic 2, 4-
diacetylphloroglucinol (2, 4-DAPG) are among the most effective rhizobacteria that suppress …

Bacteria of the genus Pseudomonas occupy diverse environments. The Pseudomonas
fluorescens group is particularly well-known for its plant-beneficial properties including …

Plant-beneficial Pseudomonas spp. aggressively colonize the rhizosphere and produce
numerous secondary metabolites, such as 2, 4-diacetylphloroglucinol (DAPG). DAPG is a …

Rhizosphere biology is approaching a century of investigations wherein growth-promoting
rhizomicroorganisms (PGPR) have attracted special attention for their ability to enhance …

CRISPR-Cas9 functional genomic screens uncover gene targets linked to various
phenotypes for metabolic engineering with remarkable efficiency. However, these genome …

The unicellular alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii and the bacterium Pseudomonas
protegens serve as a model to study the interactions between photosynthetic and …

Plants have coevolved together with the microbes that surround them and this assemblage
of host and microbes functions as a discrete ecological unit called a holobiont. This review …