ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2026
High bacterial diversity drives the suppression of a soilborne plant disease.
Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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- Ecological Management of Crown Gall-Affected Soils: Pathogen Reservoirs, Disease-Suppressive Microbiomes, and Helper Consortia.Microorganisms · 2026Review
- Species-Specific Pathogens Drive Distinct Structural and Inter-Kingdom Dynamics in the Mulberry Leaf Microbiome.Microorganisms · 2026Article
- Soil as a Battlefield and a Reservoir: Linking Soil Components to the Epidemiology of Soilborne Plant Diseases.Microbial ecology · 2026Review
- Harnessing plant microbiomes to enhance crop resilience and restore war-affected soils in Ukraine.Frontiers in plant science · 2026Review
- Synthetic microbial communities for plant growth promotion and soil-borne disease suppression: design principles, mechanisms, and translational challenges.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Review
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Abstract
The rhizosphere microbiome plays a crucial role in the resistance to soilborne plant diseases. However, the principles needed to explain and predict which microbiota will be effective against soilborne pathogens are still lacking due to the complexity of the soil microbial community. We hypothesized that, independent of particular microbial strains, a high diversity is associated with, or increases the probability of, effective suppression. We tested this hypothesis by demonstrating that random combinations of rhizosphere microbial isolates, with the same bacterial diversity, had an equal impact on suppressing root diseases. The incidence of root rot was significantly reduced when soil bacterial diversity was high. We further investigated how high-diversity bacterial communities suppress root rot by constructing synthetic bacterial communities (SynComs). The results suggest that high bacterial diversity suppresses pathogens through mechanisms potentially including nutrient competition and the formation of physical barriers on the root surface. Our study highlights that high bacterial diversity is beneficial for suppressing soilborne plant diseases, offering a nonchemical and sustainable approach for crop disease management.
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