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. 2013 Jun;29(2):136-43.
doi: 10.5423/PPJ.SI.07.2012.0111.

Induced systemic resistance and the rhizosphere microbiome

Peter A H M Bakker  1 , Rogier F Doornbos  1 , Christos Zamioudis  1 , Roeland L Berendsen  1 , Corné M J Pieterse  2
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Induced systemic resistance and the rhizosphere microbiome

Peter A H M Bakker et al. Plant Pathol J. 2013 Jun.

Abstract

Microbial communities that are associated with plant roots are highly diverse and harbor tens of thousands of species. This so-called microbiome controls plant health through several mechanisms including the suppression of infectious diseases, which is especially prominent in disease suppressive soils. The mechanisms implicated in disease suppression include competition for nutrients, antibiosis, and induced systemic resistance (ISR). For many biological control agents ISR has been recognized as the mechanism that at least partly explains disease suppression. Implications of ISR on recruitment and functioning of the rhizosphere microbiome are discussed.

Keywords: Pseudomonas spp; disease suppressive soils; plant pathogens.

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