Lareen, Andrew, Burton, Frances and Schäfer, Patrick (2016) Plant root-microbe communication in shaping root microbiomes. Plant Molecular Biology, 90 (6). pp. 575-587. doi:10.1007/s11103-015-0417-8

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Abstract

A growing body of research is highlighting the impacts root-associated microbial communities can have on plant health and development. These impacts can include changes in yield quantity and quality, timing of key developmental stages and tolerance of biotic and abiotic stresses. With such a range of effects it is clear that understanding the factors that contribute to a plant-beneficial root microbiome may prove advantageous. Increasing demands for food by a growing human population increases the importance and urgency of understanding how microbiomes may be exploited to increase crop yields and reduce losses caused by disease. In addition, climate change effects may require novel approaches to overcoming abiotic stresses such as drought and salinity as well as new emerging diseases. This review discusses current knowledge on the formation and maintenance of root-associated microbial communities and plant–microbe interactions with a particular emphasis on the effect of microbe–microbe interactions on the shape of microbial communities at the root surface. Further, we discuss the potential for root microbiome modification to benefit agriculture and food production.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	S Agriculture > SB Plant culture
Divisions:	Faculty of Science > Life Sciences (2010- )
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Rhizosphere, Roots (Botany) -- Ecology, Soil ecology, Plant-microbe relationships
Journal or Publication Title:	Plant Molecular Biology
Publisher:	Springer
ISSN:	0167-4412
Official Date:	April 2016
Dates:	Date Event April 2016 Published 4 January 2016 Available 1 December 2015 Accepted 18 May 2015 Submitted
Date of first compliant deposit:	12 February 2016
Volume:	90
Number:	6
Page Range:	pp. 575-587
DOI:	10.1007/s11103-015-0417-8
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Open Access
Funder:	Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
Grant number:	BB/M017982/1

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