Plant-fungal interactions are widespread in nature, and their multiple benefits for plant growth and health have been amply demonstrated. Endophytic and epiphytic fungi can significantly increase plant resilience, improving plant nutrition, stress tolerance and defence. Although some of these interactions have been known for decades, the relevance of the plant mycobiome within the plant microbiome has been largely underestimated. Our limited knowledge of fungal biology and their interactions with plants in the broader phytobiome context has hampered the development of optimal biotechnological applications in agrosystems and natural ecosystems. Exciting recent technical and knowledge advances in the context of molecular and systems biology open a plethora of opportunities for developing this field of research.

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挖掘植物菌群在农业中的应用潜力。

植物-真菌相互作用在自然界中广泛存在，它们对植物生长和健康的多重益处已得到充分证明。内生真菌和附生真菌可以显着提高植物恢复力，改善植物营养、抗逆性和防御能力。尽管其中一些相互作用已为人们所知数十年，但植物微生物组中植物真菌组的相关性在很大程度上被低估了。我们对真菌生物学及其在更广泛的植物群落环境中与植物的相互作用的了解有限，这阻碍了农业系统和自然生态系统中最佳生物技术应用的发展。在分子和系统生物学的背景下，最近令人兴奋的技术和知识进步为发展这一研究领域提供了大量机会。