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,...
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Phytobiomes Alliance Newsletter – February 2021
News and updates on the Alliance's activities and projects....
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...
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: 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...
Phytobiomes Alliance Newsletter – October 2020
News and updates on the Alliance's activities and projects....
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...
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: 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...