Plant–Microbe Dynamics as a Nature-Based Solution for Sustainable Agriculture

The plant endomicrobiome: Structure and strategies to produce stress resilient future crop

“…Plant domestication has led to the selection and cultivation of specific plant varieties with desirable traits ( Singh et al, 2020 ; Trivedi et al, 2022 ). Today, domesticated plants are a fundamental part of crop agriculture and provide majority of world's food supply and security ( Vimal et al, 2023a ). This manmade crop evolution resulted in reduction of crop genetic diversity within cultivated crops and offers a pool of genetic erosion.…”

“…This manmade crop evolution resulted in reduction of crop genetic diversity within cultivated crops and offers a pool of genetic erosion. Host genotype play versatile role in microbiota recruitment and functional dynamics ( Canarini et al, 2021 ; Tiwari and Bae, 2023 ; Vimal et al, 2023a ). However, in the past years, it is shown that the plant has specific microbial community organization that makes it clearly distinguishable from microbial assemblages that are connected to other life forms ( Chouhan et al, 2021 ).…”

“…Plants facilitate and recruit optimal variety of drivers, taxonomically structured communities of microorganisms as bacteria, fungi, protists, nematodes and viruses and develop plant microbiome ( Tiwari and Bae, 2023 ; Vimal et al, 2023a , 2024 ). The term “plant microbiome” broadly refers to the microbial communities that inhabit every plant part and accessible tissues, specially phyllosphere microbiome (air-plant interface), endosphere microbiome (plant internal tissues), and rhizosphere microbiome (soil-root interface) (Trivedi et al, 2020; Chouhan et al, 2021 ).…”

“…Plant-microbe interactions have been documented for at least 407 million years ( Hardoim et al, 2015 ). Over the past 25 years, advances in modern genome sequencing technologies have indeed revealed that virtually all non-sterile plants colonized by a diverse microbiome ( Qian et al, 2021 ; Vimal et al, 2023a ). This discovery has significantly influenced our perception of the role of microbes in plant health and productivity, both in agricultural and natural ecosystems ( Vimal et al, 2017 ; Copeland and Schulze-Lefert, 2020 ; French et al, 2021 ).…”

“…1 ) using VOS viewer software (“VOS viewer version 1.6.20” 2023). Plant endo-microbiome engineering with potential microbiota and in-depth knowledge on endo-microbiome recruitment, functional niche development, nutrient mobilization, bioactive molecules synthesis, stress phytohormones signalling, community architecture, immunity interplay and long-distance communications have the potential to enhance agricultural productivity ( Singh et al, 2020 ; Vimal et al, 2023a ).

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