Francisco Dini Andreote

Role in Phytobiomes Alliance

Soil Health Working Group

Affiliation

Pennsylvania State University

Position

Assistant Professor of Phytobiomes
Dorothy Foehr Huck and J. Lloyd Huck Early Career Chair in Microbial Community Ecology

Research Interests

  • Plant-microbe interactions
  • Soil health
  • Agroecosystems management
  • Microbial ecology
  • Community ecology
  • Soilborne pathogens

Current Phytobiomes-related Projects

  • Elucidating microbial-mediated mechanisms of soil-borne disease suppression
  • Optimizing organic amendment management strategies to improve soil health and agroecosystem sustainability
  • Advancing theoretical and conceptual knowledge in microbial inoculants and the fundamentals of microbial community coalescence
  • Exploring the effects of plant root traits modulating plant-microbe interactions