Beschreibung
Plant microbiomes are key components for ecosystem health in all terrestrial ecosystems including agriculture.The plant microbiota, which consist of bacteria, archaea, protists and fungi, is vertically transmitted by seeds
and replenished horizontally from soil. All plants are holobionts and form a functional unit with its microbiome. Plant diversification and co-evolution shaped the plant microbiome and designed their specific composition and functional interplay including natural biocontrol of pathogens. Human activities in the Anthropocene, and especially intense agriculture, are linked to a significant shift of diversity and evenness of the plant
microbiota. This shift is characterized by a decrease of host specificity and symbionts, and an increase of rstrategic microbes, pathogens, and hypermutators. Findings from plant microbiome research over the past 20
years clearly call for management of the microbiome and joint attention to the crop holobiont. Plant microbiomes can be managed either directly by applying (i) microbiome transplants, (ii) microbes with beneficial
properties, or (iii) microbiota-active metabolites, or indirectly by changing environmental conditions in a way
that microbiomes also shift their structure and function from dysbiosis into a healthy state. Examples for the
different strategies for plant protection will be presented, and risk associated with the technology will be discussed. Beyond, the plant microbiome is connected across systems and crucial for human and planetary health
issues as well. This will be discussed in frame of the biodiversity crisis and the planetary boundary concept
| Zeitraum | 18 Sept. 2023 → 20 Sept. 2023 |
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| Ereignistitel | XXVIII National Congress Italian Phytopathological Society: SIPaV 2023 |
| Veranstaltungstyp | Konferenz |
| Ort | Neapel, ItalienAuf Karte anzeigen |
| Bekanntheitsgrad | National |