Contribution of the seed microbiome to weed management |
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| Authors: | D Müller‐Stöver O Nybroe B Baraibar D Loddo H Eizenberg K French M Sønderskov P Neve D A Peltzer N Maczey S Christensen |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Plant & Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark;2. Plant Sciences Department, Pennsylvania State University, Pennsylvania, USA;3. Department of Horticulture, Botany and Landscaping, University of Lleida, Lleida, Spain;4. Institute of Agro‐environmental and Forest Biology, National Research Council, Legnaro, Italy;5. Department of Plant Pathology and Weed Research, Agricultural Research Organization (ARO), Newe Ya'ar Research Center, Ramat Yishay, Israel;6. School of Biological Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, Australia;7. Department of Agroecology, Aarhus University, Slagelse, Denmark;8. Agroecology Department, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, UK;9. Landcare Research, Lincoln, New Zealand;10. CABI, Egham, Surrey, UK |
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| Abstract: | Seed‐attacking microorganisms have an undefined potential for management of the weed seedbank, either directly through inundative inoculation of soils with effective pathogenic strains, or indirectly by managing soils in a manner that promotes native seed‐decaying microorganisms. However, research in this area is still limited and not consistently successful because of technological limitations in identifying the pathogens involved and their efficacy. We suggest that these limitations can now be overcome through application of new molecular techniques to identify the microorganisms interacting with weed seeds and to decipher their functionality. However, an interdisciplinary weed management approach that includes weed scientists, microbiologists, soil ecologists and molecular biologists is required to provide new insights into physical and chemical interactions between different seed species and microorganisms. Such insight is a prerequisite to identify the best candidate organisms to consider for seedbank management and to find ways to increase weed seed suppressive soil communities. |
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| Keywords: | weed control seedbank microbiome biological control plant– soil feedbacks soil microbial pathogens |
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