Today, Dr. Francisco Dini Andreote, Assistant Professor of Phytobiomes at Penn State, joins the #QualityQuorum to tell us about the microbiome of plants and the soil, and how understanding that relationship can improve agriculture.
Host: Mark O. Martin
Guest: Francisco Dini Andreote
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Links for this episode
- An overview of the Type 6 Secretory System of bacteria—almost like a microbial switchblade knife.
- A wonderful video of the T6SS made by a student in my own microbiology course some time ago.
- A video introduction to the Rhizobium-legume symbiosis and why you should care about it (by my PhD advisor from long ago, Dr. Sharon Long).
- A more comprehensive review article on the Rhizobium-legume symbiosis.
- The chemical signal of geosmin, and how it might be used by other organisms.
- Ecological succession in the development of sauerkraut.
- A must read essay by Carl Zimmer likening the human body to a number of ecological niches.
- The developing field of agroecology.
- A reminder about the “One Health” concept.
- Mycorrhizae and plant nutrition.
- Chemical communication within the soil.
- A fun remembrance of Norman Borlaug, who urged us to “listen” to plants.
- An overview of the root microbiome.
- The “superorganism” concept versus the “holobiome” concept..
- Striga, a parasite of crop plants.
- Chemical communication and Striga.
- An interesting and relevant publication from Dr. Dini Andreote’s research group, describing how the root microbiome could help agriculture.
- Dr. Dini Andreote’s faculty website.
- Dr. Dini Andreote’s very wonderful research team website.
Intro music is by Reber Clark
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