The importance of the microbiome of the plant holobiont

New Phytologist

Volumn 206, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1196-1206

  Vandenkoornhuyse, Philippe ^a   Quaiser, Achim ^a   Duhamel, Marie ^a,b   Le Van, Amandine ^a   Dufresne, Alexis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Core microbiome; Evolution; Holobiont; Interactions; Microbiota; Plant microbiome; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL THEORY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; FITNESS; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

EVOLUTION; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; PLANT;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; MICROBIOTA; PLANTS;

EID: 84928929908     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.13312     Document Type: Review

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