A growing body of research is highlighting the impacts root-associated microbial communities can have on plant health and development. These impacts can include changes in yield quantity and quality, timing of key developmental stages and tolerance of biotic and abiotic stresses. With such a range of effects it is clear that understanding the factors that contribute to a plant-beneficial root microbiome may prove advantageous. Increasing demands for food by a growing human population increases the importance and urgency of understanding how microbiomes may be exploited to increase crop yields and reduce losses caused by disease. In addition, climate change effects may require novel approaches to overcoming abiotic stresses such as drought and salinity as well as new emerging diseases. This review discusses current knowledge on the formation and maintenance of root-associated microbial communities and plant-microbe interactions with a particular emphasis on the effect of microbe-microbe interactions on the shape of microbial communities at the root surface. Further, we discuss the potential for root microbiome modification to benefit agriculture and food production.

中文翻译：

---

植物根系微生物通讯在塑造根系微生物组中的作用。

越来越多的研究强调了与根相关的微生物群落对植物健康和发育的影响。这些影响可能包括产量和质量的变化、关键发育阶段的时间以及生物和非生物胁迫的耐受性。有了这样一系列的影响，很明显了解有助于植物有益根微生物组的因素可能被证明是有利的。不断增长的人口对食物的需求不断增加，这增加了了解如何利用微生物组来增加作物产量和减少疾病造成的损失的重要性和紧迫性。此外，气候变化的影响可能需要新的方法来克服干旱和盐分等非生物胁迫以及新出现的疾病。这篇综述讨论了当前关于根相关微生物群落的形成和维持以及植物-微生物相互作用的知识，特别强调了微生物-微生物相互作用对根表面微生物群落形状的影响。此外，我们讨论了根系微生物组修饰以造福农业和粮食生产的潜力。