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Toward Comprehensive Plant Microbiome Research
Authors: Kari Saikkonen, Riitta Nissinen, Marjo Helander
Publisher: FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
Publication year: 2020
Journal: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Journal name in source: FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
Journal acronym: FRONT ECOL EVOL
Article number: ARTN 61
Volume: 8
Number of pages: 7
ISSN: 2296-701X
eISSN: 2296-701X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2020.00061
Self-archived copy’s web address: https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/47009171
Abstract
Microbes have driven eco-evolutionary adaptations organizing biodiversity from the origin of life. They are ubiquitous and abundant, facilitating the biochemical processes that make Earth habitable and shape ecosystem structures, functions, and services. Recent studies reveal that commensalistic and beneficial microbes associated with wild and domesticated plants may aid in establishing sustainable agriculture for a changing climate. However, developing microbe-based biotechnologies and ecosystem services requires a thorough understanding of the diversity and complexity of microbial interactions with each other and with higher organisms. We discuss the hot and blind spots in contemporary research on plant microbiomes, and how the latest molecular biological techniques and empirical eco-evolutionary approaches could elevate our perception of microbe-plant interactions through multidisciplinary studies.
Microbes have driven eco-evolutionary adaptations organizing biodiversity from the origin of life. They are ubiquitous and abundant, facilitating the biochemical processes that make Earth habitable and shape ecosystem structures, functions, and services. Recent studies reveal that commensalistic and beneficial microbes associated with wild and domesticated plants may aid in establishing sustainable agriculture for a changing climate. However, developing microbe-based biotechnologies and ecosystem services requires a thorough understanding of the diversity and complexity of microbial interactions with each other and with higher organisms. We discuss the hot and blind spots in contemporary research on plant microbiomes, and how the latest molecular biological techniques and empirical eco-evolutionary approaches could elevate our perception of microbe-plant interactions through multidisciplinary studies.
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