Functional capacities drive recruitment of bacteria into plant root microbiota.

Experimental evolution of root-associated microbial communities

Microbial communities associated with plants are dynamic ecosystems whose structure and functions influence host health and fitness. While the ecological roles and beneficial function of plant microbiomes are increasingly well understood, the evolutionary dynamics that shape them over time remain unclear. Experimental...

Plant specialized metabolites recruit functionally redundant and cooperative bacterial communities in wild plant leaves

widespread plant-fungal-bacterial symbiosis promotes plant biodiversity,

Ecological Filtering by Tuber Compartments Shapes Stable Core Microbiomes That Underpin Potato Plant Growth Across Environments.

Harnessing plant microbiomes for sustainable agriculture requires understanding not only whether they can boost crop performance, but also how ecological processes govern their assembly, stability, and functional contributions across environments. While we previously showed that seed tuber microbiomes can predict potat...

Dynamic Assembly and Multifunctional Roles of Plant Endophytic Microbiomes

Healthy host plants harbor taxonomically structured and diverse endophytic microbial communities that establish sophisticated symbiotic crosstalk with their hosts. These endophytic microbiomes confer multiple beneficial traits, including growth promotion, nutrient acquisition, and enhanced resistance to biotic and abio...

Synthetic microbial communities for plant growth promotion and soil-borne disease suppression: design principles, mechanisms, and translational challenges

Declining soil health and soil-borne diseases threaten sustainable crop production, while single-strain inoculants often perform inconsistently in the field due to poor establishment, limited persistence, and narrow functional capacity within resident microbiomes. Synthetic microbial communities (SynComs), assembled fr...