The Role of Soil Microorganisms in Plant Mineral Nutrition—Current Knowledge and Future Directions

In their natural environment, plants are part of a rich ecosystem including numerous and diverse microorganisms in the soil. It has been long recognized that some of these microbes, such as mycorrhizal fungi or nitrogen fixing symbiotic bacteria, play important roles in plant performance by improving mineral nutrition. However, the full range of microbes associated with plants and their potential to replace synthetic agricultural inputs has only recently started to be uncovered. In the last few years, a great progress has been made in the knowledge on composition of rhizospheric microbiomes and their dynamics. There is clear evidence that plants shape microbiome structures, most probably by root exudates, and…

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  Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft

  Award: EXC 1028
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  H2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

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