In recent years, many aspects of a scientists’ everyday work have increasingly taken on political dimensions. Seemingly technical decisions became choices with social and ethical consequences: The …

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Soil microbiomes harbour diverse genetic resources that underpin their capacity to provide crucial ecosystem services (for example, nutrient cycling). Here the authors map global hotspots of soil micr...

Plant disease resistance is increasingly recognized as an emergent property of the plant holobiont, shaped not only by host genotype and pathogen virulence but also by the composition and function of ...

Applying biochar with fertilisers significantly reduced N and P leaching. NO3−, NH4+, and PO43− leaching decreased by 13.2%, 1.5%, and 16.5%, respectively. Applying biochar with fertilisers did not a...

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Defined microbial communities (also known as synthetic communities) are showing promising results for plant health but are lacking an efficient lab to field transition. This is the due to limited know...

Multi-marker metabarcoding (16S rRNA, 18S rRNA, ITS2) of the fog-dependent grit crust in the Atacama Desert reveals a community structured by lichen symbioses rather than typical soil-derived microbi...

In this project, you will investigate the biogeography of above- and belowground fungi associated with several Scalesia species. We aim to develop an integrated view of diversity and distribution of t...

Compositional and functional readjustments of the rhizobacterial community in avocado induced by Phytophthora root rot.

In this Review, Rillig explores the diversity of fungi in the soil ecosystem, their ecological interactions and diverse ecological roles in terrestrial ecosystems as well as anthropogenic factors that...

Soil is a critical ecological contributor to plant and animal health. In this issue of Cell Host & Microbe, Xiong et al. use global metagenomic data to show that human pathogens linked to diseases lik...

A global study of 1602 soil samples identifies dominant bacterial plant pathogens and reveals microbial traits, soil carbon and climate that promote natural suppression, while climate change may incre...