Biotechnology Bulletin ›› 2020, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (9): 3-13.doi: 10.13560/j.cnki.biotech.bull.1985.2020-0978

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Plant-Microbiome Interactions:An Eco-Evolutionary Perspective

CHENG Sai-sai, GONG Xin, XUE Wen-feng, WAN Bing-bing, LIU Man-qiang, HU Feng   

  1. 1. Soil Ecology Lab,College of Resources and Environmental Sciences,Nanjing Agricultural University,Nanjing 210095;
    2. Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Organic Solid Waste Resource Utilization,Nanjing 210095
  • Received:2020-08-05 Online:2020-09-26 Published:2020-09-30

Abstract: Microorganisms thriving at the plant surfaces and internal tissues play critical roles in plant growth,development,adaptation,and diversification. Numerous studies have revealed the great functional capacity of plant-associated microbiome,however,it is not clear how plant-associated microbiome assembles in plant evolutionary process. In this paper,the ecological adaptation and the evolutionary mechanism of plant-microbiome interactions are summarized based on the evolutionary trajectory of plant phylogeny,plant-microbiome in crop domestication,and the microbe-microbe interaction and evolution under host constraints. Understanding the evolutionary drivers of plant-microbiome interactions may contribute to restoring the beneficial connections between plants and microbes,thus achieving the goals of high yield and high efficiency by increasing crop nutrient absorption,yield and quality. Strengthening the strategy of combining molecular biology and crop genomics will be the key to regulate plant microbiome to promote agricultural sustainability. Meanwhile,the outlook of eco-evolutionary of plant-microbiome interactions is highlighted.

Key words: phylogenetic, domestication, holobiont, eco-evolutionary, sustainable agriculture