Feature Papers in Plant Microbe Interactions

Dear Colleagues,

Enormous progress has been made in elucidating the complex interactions of plants with their associated microbes since the groundbreaking e-book about the basic “Principles of Plant-Microbe-Interactions” (DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-08575-3) by Ben Lugtenberg from Leiden University, the Netherlands, was published. Nearly ten years later, we need to consider the plant holobiont as a whole in which beneficial and pathogenic microbes, together with other soil organisms, positively and negatively affect plant growth and vice versa.

This holistic view makes conducting research at the “cutting edge” of several disciplines such as microbiology, biochemistry, genomics, plant physiology and pathology especially challenging but very attractive. Contributions to the following topics are of special interest and highly welcome:

• Deeper understanding of the tripartite interactions between plants and their associated beneficial and pathogenic microbes;
• Selection, engineering, and effects of single strains and synthetic communities (SynCom) on plant health and growth, as well as their effect on the composition of the plant microbiome;
• Mitigating abiotic and biotic plant stress response under changing environmental conditions by selected and/or engineered microbes.

In addition, contributions regarding other aspects of plant–microbe interactions including authoritative review articles are also welcome.

Prof. Dr. Rainer Borriss
Collection Editor

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