You will find here PDFs of the latest presentations made by the Phytobiomes Alliance team and at workshops organized by the Phytobiomes Alliance.
We developed a set of standards slides for members to use in their presentations, please contact us if you wish to receive those slides in PowerPoint format.
2025
12 January
“Exploring Phytobiomes” workshop, Plant and Animal Genome Conference, San Diego, CA, USA
- Isabelle Caugant, Phytobiomes Alliance
Introduction - Tingting Xiang, University of California, Riverside, USA
Leveraging Algal Mutants to Elucidate Mechanisms of Coral-Algal Symbiosis
14 January
“The Uniqueness and Commonalities Between Plant, Animal and Soil Microbiomes” workshop, Plant and Animal Genome Conference, San Diego, CA, USA
- Richard Broglie, Phytobiomes Alliance
Introduction - Erika Ganda, Penn State University, USA
One Health in Action: Bridging Animal and Human Health through Microbiome Research - Jason Wallace, University of Georgia, USA
Gene By Environment Interactions between Hosts and Their Microbiomes
2024
17 January
“Exploring Phytobiomes” workshop, Plant and Animal Genome Conference, San Diego, CA, USA
- Dusti Gallagher, Phytobiomes Alliance
Harnessing Phytobiomes Research to Support Regulatory Science - Magalie Guilhabert, Ginkgo Bioworks, USA
Synthetic Biology – Next Generation of Biologicals
16 January
“The Uniqueness and Commonalities Between Plant, Animal and Soil Microbiomes” workshop, Plant and Animal Genome Conference, San Diego, CA, USA
- Richard Broglie, Phytobiomes Alliance
Overview and Introduction - Jean-Michel Ané, University of Wisconsin – Madison, USA
Engineering Nitrogen-Fixing Microbial Communities Associated with Maize and Sorghum
2023
14 November
AFCC Global Biobased Economy Conference and Exhibition, Washington, DC, USA
- David Glass, D. Glass Associates, Inc. & Phytobiomes Alliance Affiliate
Introduction to session 3 “Boosts to Enrich Soil & Beneficial Plant Traits for Production of Agri Products”
25 October
Partnership in Biocontrol, Biostimulant & Microbiome Congress, Raleigh, NC, USA
- Dusti Gallagher, Phytobiomes Alliance
Harnessing Phytobiomes for Sustainable Agricultural Productivity
18 January
“Exploring Phytobiomes” workshop, Plant and Animal Genome Conference, San Diego, CA, USA
- Sydney Glassman, University of California, Riverside, USA
Rapid Bacterial and Fungal Successional Dynamics in First Year after Chaparral Wildfire
17 January
“The Uniqueness and Commonalities Between Plant, Animal and Soil Microbiomes” workshop, Plant and Animal Genome Conference, San Diego, CA, USA
- Claire Rogel-Gaillard, INRAE, France
Highlights on Animal Microbiomes
15 January
Plant and Animal Genome Conference, San Diego, CA, USA
- Jan Leach, Colorado State University, CO, USA
Embracing the Complexity of the Phytobiome: Minding the Microbes
2022
13 July
miCROPe, Vienna, Austria
Kellye Eversole presentation
Embracing Complexity: Phytobiomes and a New Vision for Agriculture
23 May
World BioProtection Summit and Awards 2022, Birmingham, UK
Kellye Eversole presentation
Embracing Complexity: Phytobiomes and a New Vision for Agriculture (YouTube external link)
12 January
“Exploring Phytobiomes” workshop, Plant and Animal Genome Conference, Virtual
- Kellye Eversole – Phytobiomes Alliance
Introduction - Carmen M Escudero-Martinez, University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom – (Abstract)
Mapping Plant Genes Shaping the Rhizosphere Microbiota - Yen Ning Chai, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE – (Abstract)
Root Exudates Play Vital Roles in Plant Stress Tolerance through Interactions with the Soil and Soil Microbes -
Corey Schultz, University of Georgia, Athens, GA – (Abstract)
Maize Genetic Diversity and Microbial Interactions -
Suzanne Fleishman1, William L. King1, Caylon F. Yates1, Meredith J. Persico1, Jing Guo2, Michela Centinari1, Terrence H. Bell1 and David M. Eissenstat1, (1)Penn State University, (2)Northeast Normal University, China – (Abstract)
Opportunities to Advance Rhizosphere Microbiome Research with Functionally and Spatially Explicit Root Sampling -
Stephen J. Taerum, The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven, CT – (Abstract)
Exploring the Protists in the Phytobiome -
Jan E. Leach1, Sue VandeWoude2, Sonia Kreidenweis2, Angela Bosco-Lauth2 and Eugene Kelly2, (1)Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, (2)Colorado State University – (Abstract)
Understanding the Aerobiome
2021
3 March
Microbiome For Agriculture Congress: USA
Kellye Eversole presentation
Phytobiomes: Laying the Foundation for Next Generation Agriculture
2020
24 February
Pre-conference workshop “Defining Datapoints for Metagenomic & Microbial ClassificationDefining Datapoints for Metagenomic & Microbial Classification”, MicrobiomeMovement, Raleigh, NC, USA
- Kellye Eversole, Phytobiomes Alliance
Eliminating Regulatory Hurdles through Pre-Competitive Research, Databases, and Standards - Boris Vinatzer, Virginia Tech University
Genome-based Taxonomy to Improve the Regulation of Biological Control Organisms - Michael Stulberg, USDA APHIS
Using genomics to identify plant-associated microbes
15 January
“Exploring Phytobiomes” workshop, Plant and Animal Genome Conference, San Diego, CA, USA
- Kellye Eversole, Phytobiomes Alliance
Phytobiomes Research for Enhancing the Sustainable Production of Food, Feed, and Fiber - John Fellers, USDA-ARS – (Abstract)
Wheat virus identification within infected tissue using nanopore sequencing technology - Andrea Marino, Advanced Biological Marketing – Trichoderma-Derived Seed Treatments Stabilize Yields and Provide Drought Resilience to Zea mays by Modulating Host Gene Expression during Periods of Osmotic Stress – (Abstract)
- Yiheng Hu, The Australian National University – (Abstract)
Pathogen Detection and the Role of Microbial Communities in the Phyllosphere during Fungal Infection of Wheat - Betsy Alford, University of California-Davis – Variability and Plasticity of the Wild Chickpea Microbiome –(Abstract)
- Imtiaz Ahmad, Pennsylvania State University – (Abstract)
Mighty microbes: The tri-trophic interactions of endophytic Metarhizium in maize
2019
05 November
4th Partnerships in Biocontrol, Biostimulants & Microbiome Congress, Raleigh, NC, USA
- Kellye Eversole presentation
Phytobiomes Alliance: Convergent Research & Regulatory Science Activities
11 June
4R Summit, Cleveland, OH, USA
- Gwyn Beattie presentation
4R Nutrient Stewardship and the Phytobiome
29 May
ASM Microbiome Stakeholder event, Washington, DC, USA
- Gwyn Beattie presentation
Harnessing Microbiomes for Enhanced Agricultural Productivity
06 March
Microbiome Definition Workshop, Tulln, Austria
- Kellye Eversole presentation
From “Microbiomes” to “Phytobiomes”: A Systems’ Approach
16 January
“Exploring Phytobiomes” workshop, Plant and Animal Genome Conference, San Diego, CA, USA
- Olivier Zablocki, Ohio State University
vConTACT 2: A Tool to Automate Genome-Based Prokaryotic Viral Taxonomy (Abstract) - Mara Cloutier, Pennsylvania State University, Penn State Microbiome Center
Rhizosphere Microbial Communities of Sorghum bicolor Cultivars with Contrasting Flavonoid Production Patterns - Surya Saha, Boyce Thompson Institute
AgriVectors: A Data and Systems Resource for Arthropod Vectors of Plant Diseases - Emily Luna, Colorado State University
Insect-Bacteria-Plant Interactions: Microbiomes of Russian Wheat Aphid (Diuraphis noxia) contain Bacteria that Increase Virulence to Wheat - Kevin Silverstein, University of Minnesota
G.E.M.S: Data Sharing and Analysis enabling Data-Driven Agricultural Innovation while Respecting IP - Joanne Emerson,University of California, Davis
Viral Ecology in Agricultural Soils (Abstract)
2018
16 February
“Phytobiome Research to Improve Agricultural Productivity” workshop, AAAS Annual meeting, Austin, TX, USA
- Kellye Eversole, Phytobiomes Alliance
Embracing Complexity to Achieve a New Vision for Agriculture, - Sally Flis, The Fertilizer Institute
4-R Nutrient Stewardship: Right Fertilizer, Right Rate, Right Time, Right Place - Steven Shafer, Soil Health Institute
Soil Health and Plant Health
17 January
“Exploring Phytobiomes” workshop, Plant and Animal Genome Conference, San Diego, California, USA
- Mihai Pop, University of Maryland
Challenges and Opportunities in Characterizing Microbiomes - Sharon Doty, University of Washington
The Poplar Tree Microbiome: Implications of the Ecosystem within - Wanyan Wang, Pennsylvania State University
Plant-Microbe Communication in the Shrub Willow Rhizosphere: Microbiome Structure, Function and Crop Yield - Susan Turner, BioConsortia, Inc.
A Directed Selection Approach to Engineering Beneficial Plant Microbiomes - Daniel Jacobson, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Phytobiomes Flagship Initiative: The Discovery of Universal Host Mechanisms for Plant-Microbiome Association - Kellye Eversole, Phytobiomes Alliance
Phytobiomes and the 2050 Vision for Agriculture
2017
7 December
miCROPe International Symposium: Microbe-assisted crop production – opportunities, challenges and needs, Vienna, Austria
- Kellye Eversole presentation
Building a Foundation to Combine Site-Specific Biological and Physical Data for Next-Generation Precision Agriculture,
30 November
Partnerships in Bicontrol, Biostimulants & Microbiome Conference, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Kellye Eversole presentation
From Simple to Complex – Phytobiomes and the 2050 Vision for Agriculture
18 May
BASF, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
- Kellye Eversole presentation
Phytobiomes and the International Alliance for Phytobiomes Research
17 May
North Carolina State University, USA
- Kellye Eversole presentation
Phytobiomes and the International Alliance for Phytobiomes Research
13 April
Sustainability Symposium, Iowa State University, USA
- Gwyn Beattie poster
Phytobiomes poster
14 March
Global Crop Protection 2017, Brussels, Belgium
- Kellye Eversole presentation
Phytobiomes: Embracing Complexity to Achieve a New Vision for Agriculture“
28 February
Syngenta Crop Protection, Durham, North Carolina, USA
- Kellye Eversole presentation
From Simple to Complex – Phytobiomes and the 2050 Vision for Agriculture
26 January
American Meteorological Society’s 8th Conference on Environment and Health, Seattle, Washington, USA
- Kellye Eversole presentation
System-Level Knowledge of Phytobiomes will lead to More Environmentally Friendly Agriculture Production and Healthier Food, Feed, and Fiber. - Link to the recording of the presentation.
18 January
Plant and Animal Genome Conference, San Diego, California, USA – Exploring Phytobiomes Workshop
- Kellye Eversole (Phytobiomes Alliance) presentation
From Simple to Complex – Phytobiomes and the 2050 Vision for Agriculture - Janne Kerovuo (NewLeaf Symbiotics) presentation
Pink Pigmented Facultative Methylotrophs for Sustainable Agriculture - Todd Mockler (Danforth Plant Science Center) presentation
TERRA-REF: moving beyond above-ground sensor-based phenotyping
2016
20 October
Stewards of the Future conference, Microbiomes: Unseen Opportunities for Ag and Health, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.
- Gwyn Beattie presentation
Phytobiomes: A whole-system approach to advancing plant agriculture
13 September
Global Biocontrol Biostimulants Congress, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
- Kellye Eversole presentation
Exploring Phytobiome Systems: From Microbiomes to Next generation Precision Agriculture”