Phytobiomes Alliance Newsletter – February 2021
Projects Genome-based circumscription and phenotyping of regulated microbes (funded by the USDA Animal Plant Health Inspection Service - APHIS). The Alliance-coordinated project...
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Webinar: Genetic dissection of disease resistance mechanisms hijacked by a necrotrophic pathogen of wheat
Septoria nodorum blotch (SNB) is a foliar disease of wheat caused by the necrotrophic fungus Parastagonospora nodorum. In this pathosystem,...
Webinar: Predictive biology: understanding and reversing the evolution of antibiotic resistance
Predictive biology is the next frontier in systems and synthetic microbiology. Experimental data, quantitative modeling, and machine learning can now...
Phytobiomes Alliance Newsletter – October 2020
Projects Genome-based circumscription and phenotyping of regulated microbes The Alliance-coordinated project funded by the USDA Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) began...
Webinar: Circles H2020: Can natural microbiomes be exploited for more sustainable, safe, productive and nutritious food production?
CIRCLES is a multi-national, multi-actor, 5-year consortium funded by the European Commission and aimed at developing microbiome applications to improve...
Webinar: Managing nutrients as a system – 4R Nutrient Stewardship
Managing nutrients is a key part of an agronomic system. 4R Nutrient Stewardship provides a framework to achieve cropping system...
Agriculture and the Microbiome
Agriculture is one of the keystones of human civilization, providing a reliable, stationary source of food that allowed ancient populations...
Landmark paper calls for the need to develop the world’s microbiome biobanking infrastructure
Source: CABI Press Release A team of scientists, led by CABI’s Dr Matthew Ryan, have outlined a series of challenges and...
Webinar: Holobionts and microbial flux within agri-food systems
A holobiont is a host (plant, animal or human) and its associated microbial communities (bacteria, viruses, archaea, protists and microscopic...
Webinar: The fascinating journey from discovery to product
Many academic and industrial labs have discovery programs looking for microbes or other promising leads to address farmers’ needs for...
Webinar: Ensuring food safety and security: Evaluating and utilizing plant/pest/pathogen phytochemical interactions
Ensuring food safety and security continues to be a perpetual challenge as 20-50% of all crop yields are lost to...
Webinar: Genomic approaches to the epidemiology and diagnostics of phytopathogens: tracking the global spread of agrobacteria
Plant disease is a major problem for US and global agriculture and results in yield losses and high costs for...