The relative importance of these neighbor effects shaping
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The gap
The relative importance of these neighbor effects shaping the focal plant microbiome and the consequences for focal plant growth remain poorly known.
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Sourced from the abstract and stated research gap of the source papers, classified as general, drawn from work published between 2017 and 2026, spanning 5 journals. Those papers have been cited 1 times in total.
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Supporting evidence — 5 representative gaps
- Characteristics and assembly mechanisms of tobacco-associated bacteria in typical tobacco-planting regions across China (2026) · Frontiers in Microbiology · doi
Introduction Plant-associated microbiota critically modulates host growth and environmental adaptation, yet assembly mechanisms, niche differentiation, and ecological strategies of bacterial communities inhabiting tobacco microhabitats remain poorly elucidated across geographical gradients.
generalabstractKeywords: introduction plant associated microbiota critically modulates host growth environmental adaptation assembly mechanisms niche differentiation ecological - Effect of continuous and rotational crop cultivation on nitrification activity and microbial communities in tobacco field soils (2026) · Discover Plants · doi
There is a need to evaluate the effects of crop rotation on soil microbial community composition, heavy metal accumulation, and nitrification activity in long-term tobacco fields.
generalstated research gapevidence 5/5Keywords: there need evaluate effects crop rotation soil microbial - Microbiome-mediated lauric acid turnover contributes to colonization resistance against Ralstonia in the tomato rhizosphere (2026) · bioRxiv · doi
Host-associated lipids shape plant-microbiome interactions, but their microbiome-mediated turnover and role in pathogen exclusion are not fully understood.
generalabstractevidence 4/5Keywords: microbiome host associated lipids shape plant interactions mediated turnover role pathogen exclusion fully understood - Genetic differentiation methods of microorganisms in the soil – plant system (2017) · Postępy Mikrobiologii - Advancements of Microbiology · cited 1× · doi
Phyllosphere bacteria have the potential to influence plant biogeography and ecosystem function through their influence on plant performance under different environmental conditions, but the drivers of variation in leaf-associated bacterial biodiversity among host plants are not well understood.
generalabstractevidence 4/5Keywords: influence plant phyllosphere bacteria potential biogeography ecosystem function performance different environmental conditions drivers variation leaf - Steering root-associated microbiomes via direct and soil legacy effects of neighbors (2026) · Microbiome · doi
The relative importance of these neighbor effects shaping the focal plant microbiome and the consequences for focal plant growth remain poorly known.
generalabstractevidence 3/5Keywords: focal plant relative importance neighbor effects shaping microbiome consequences growth remain poorly known
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