Recent Advances in Plant–Microbe Interactions
A special issue of Annals of Agri-bio Research (ISSN 2982-3374).
Submission Deadline：15 March 2027
Guest Editor Information
Center for Biological Research of Northwest México S. C. (CIBNOR), Arid Zone Agriculture Program, Av. Instituto Politécnico Nacional No. 195, Colonia Playa Palo de Santa Rita Sur, 23096, La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico
Introduction
Plant–microbe interactions are fundamental to plant health, productivity, and ecosystem functioning. Plants interact with diverse microorganisms, including bacteria, fungi, actinomycetes, algae, and other microbial groups, in the rhizosphere, phyllosphere, and plant tissues. These interactions influence nutrient acquisition, plant growth and development, immune responses, as well as adaptation to environmental stresses, while also shaping microbial community assembly and soil–plant ecosystem processes.
Recent advances have revealed that plant–microbe interactions are highly dynamic and are regulated by complex processes involving microbial colonization, plant–microbial signaling, root exudates, phytohormones, nutrient exchange, and plant immune responses. Beneficial microorganisms, including plant growth-promoting bacteria (PGPB), mycorrhizal fungi, endophytes, and microbial biocontrol agents, can enhance nutrient-use efficiency, stimulate plant growth, suppress pathogens, and improve plant tolerance to drought, salinity, temperature extremes, and other biotic and abiotic stresses. At the same time, advances in microbiome sequencing, multi-omics, synthetic microbial communities, and microbiome engineering are providing new insights into the mechanisms and applications of plant–microbe interactions.
This Special Issue aims to bring together recent discoveries and emerging approaches in plant–microbe interactions and their applications in sustainable agriculture. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, plant–microbe signaling and communication, rhizosphere and endophytic microbiomes, plant growth-promoting microorganisms, mycorrhizal associations, microbial biocontrol, plant immunity, nutrient acquisition and cycling, plant responses to biotic and abiotic stresses, microbiome engineering, and microbial-based strategies for sustainable crop production. Contributions that integrate fundamental mechanisms with innovative agricultural applications are particularly welcome.
Keywords: Soil-plant–microbiome interactions; Plant–microbe signaling; Rhizosphere microbiome; Plant growth-promoting microorganisms; Plant nutrient stress; Nature-based soil fertility; Sustainable agriculture
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