Bahram, Mohammad
- Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- Aarhus University
- University of Tartu
Abstract
Microbes are ubiquitously found across plant surfaces and even within their cells, forming the plant microbiome. Many of these microbes contribute to the functioning of the host and consequently affect its fitness. Therefore, in many contexts, including microbiome effects enables a better understanding of the phenotype of the plant rather than considering the genome alone. Changes in the microbiome composition are also associated with changes in the functioning of the host, and there has been considerable focus on how environmental vari-ables regulate plant microbiomes. More recently, studies suggest that the host genome also preconditions the microbiome to the environment of the plant, and the microbiome is therefore subject to evolutionary forces. Here, we outline how plant microbiomes are governed by both environmental variables and evo-lutionary processes and how they can regulate plant health together.
Published in
Trends in Microbiology
2025, volume: 33, number: 4, pages: 447-458
Publisher: CELL PRESS
SLU Authors
UKÄ Subject classification
Microbiology
Publication identifier
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tim.2024.11.011
Permanent link to this page (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/141803