The foliar microbiome

Josep Peñuelas; Jaume Terradas

doi:10.1016/j.tplants.2013.12.007

The foliar microbiome

Trends Plant Sci. 2014 May;19(5):278-80. doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.2013.12.007. Epub 2014 Jan 15.

Authors

Josep Peñuelas¹, Jaume Terradas²

Affiliations

¹ National Research Council (CSIC), Global Ecology Unit CREAF-CSIC-UAB, Cerdanyola del Vallès 08193, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain; CREAF, Cerdanyola del Vallès 08193, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Electronic address: josep.penuelas@uab.cat.
² CREAF, Cerdanyola del Vallès 08193, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain; Departament de Biologia Animal, Vegetal, i Ecologia, Universitat Autònoma Barcelona, Cerdanyola del Vallès 08193, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

PMID: 24439491
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2013.12.007

Abstract

Proficient performance in plants is strongly associated with distinct microbial communities that live in and on their organs. We comment here on the current knowledge of the composition of the foliar microbiome, highlight its importance for plants, ecosystemic functioning, and crop yields, and propose tools and experiments to overcome the current knowledge gap.

Keywords: bacteria; foliar microbiome; fungi; microbiota; phyllosphere.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Biomass
Crops, Agricultural
Ecology
Microbiota*
Plant Development
Plant Leaves / microbiology*
Plant Physiological Phenomena
Plants / microbiology*
Systems Biology*