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SUBMITTER: Geddes BA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6668481 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Geddes Barney A BA Paramasivan Ponraj P Joffrin Amelie A Thompson Amber L AL Christensen Kirsten K Jorrin Beatriz B Brett Paul P Conway Stuart J SJ Oldroyd Giles E D GED Poole Philip S PS
Nature communications 20190731 1
The root microbiota is critical for agricultural yield, with growth-promoting bacteria able to solubilise phosphate, produce plant growth hormones, antagonise pathogens and fix N<sub>2</sub>. Plants control the microorganisms in their immediate environment and this is at least in part through direct selection, the immune system, and interactions with other microorganisms. Considering the importance of the root microbiota for crop yields it is attractive to artificially regulate this environment ...[more]