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Techniques for understanding and modifying microbial activity in the phytobiome to suppress disease/promote plant disease resistance

Code: 9781835454534
Publication date: 07/08/2025
Extent: 26 pages

Contributions by: Angela Records, Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research, USA

Chapter synopsis:

This chapter provides an overview of techniques for understanding and modifying phytobiome microbial activity toward plant disease control. It reviews traditional and advanced techniques for analyzing microbial communities, including molecular, culture-based and microscopic approaches, and it explores strategies to exploit microbial activity through biological control and manipulate activity through phytobiome engineering. The chapter discusses constraints to these methods and identifies future directions that will increasingly translate phytobiome knowledge to field application.



DOI: 10.19103/AS.2024.0142.01
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Table of contents
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Techniques for analyzing microbial communities
  • 3 Biological control: exploiting microbial activity to suppress plant disease/promote disease resistance
  • 4 Phytobiome engineering: manipulating microbial activity to suppress plant disease/promote disease resistance
  • 5 Conclusion and future trends
  • 6 References

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