Summary
The plant microbiome can promote plant health and productivity through a multitude of mechanisms. Our understanding of plant-microbiome interaction relies on descriptive natural surveys and experiments performed under simplified laboratory environments. While reductionist approaches are essential to understand mechanisms of plant-microbiome interactions, they risk missing emergent community properties seen in nature. To bridge the gap between basic research and real-world deployment of the microbiome for translational application, one has to consider functional association as well as ecologic principles governing interspecies and interkingdom interactions. In this review, we discuss the beneficial potential of plant microbiomes to enhance plant growth, nutrition, stress tolerance, pathogen
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