About this Research Topic
In recent times, agriculture and forestry have faced significant challenges in their pursuit of sustainable and environmentally-friendly development. This development must not only fulfill human food and habitat requirements but also incorporate eco-friendly technologies and minimize farm inputs. Among the interactions between plants and symbiotic fungi or bacteria, the associations between plants and beneficial fungi are well acknowledged for their dramatic impacts on plant growth and ecosystem functioning. More recently, host plant interacting fungi-associated bacteria have been found to play important roles in the plant-fungal interaction. These bacteria can colonize the fungal hyphae or plants, resulting in the plants-fungi-bacteria continuum. In addition, the hyphosphere microbiota may also influence the root bacterial assembling. However, the underlying mechanisms behind the cross-kingdom communications among plants and fungi and/or bacteria are still in their infancy.
This Research Topic aims to gain a more comprehensive knowledge of the mechanisms underlying the cross-kingdom communications among plants and fungi and/or bacteria. Additionally, it highlights the potential for the translational applications of beneficial fungi/bacteria and biostimulators in agricultural practices.
In this Research Topic, we welcome all article types published by Frontiers in Plant Science that dissect the understanding of cross-kingdom communications among plants, fungi, and bacteria in ecosystems. Themes of interest include the following, but are not limited to:
• Cross-kingdom molecules, effectors, and RNAi insights into the communications to the host plants and fungi interaction.
• Cellular and molecular basis that drives symbiotic maintaining and breaking down in plant-fungi and/or -bacterial interaction.
• Cross-kingdom nutrient exchange and regulation mechanisms among plant, fungi, and bacteria interactions.
• Effects of plant-fungal or -bacterial interactions on plant growth, metabolism, and plant health.
• Response of plant-fungi-bacteria interactions and their ecosystem functioning under global change.
This Research Topic aims to gain a more comprehensive knowledge of the mechanisms underlying the cross-kingdom communications among plants and fungi and/or bacteria. Additionally, it highlights the potential for the translational applications of beneficial fungi/bacteria and biostimulators in agricultural practices.
In this Research Topic, we welcome all article types published by Frontiers in Plant Science that dissect the understanding of cross-kingdom communications among plants, fungi, and bacteria in ecosystems. Themes of interest include the following, but are not limited to:
• Cross-kingdom molecules, effectors, and RNAi insights into the communications to the host plants and fungi interaction.
• Cellular and molecular basis that drives symbiotic maintaining and breaking down in plant-fungi and/or -bacterial interaction.
• Cross-kingdom nutrient exchange and regulation mechanisms among plant, fungi, and bacteria interactions.
• Effects of plant-fungal or -bacterial interactions on plant growth, metabolism, and plant health.
• Response of plant-fungi-bacteria interactions and their ecosystem functioning under global change.
Keywords: plant-fungi-bacteria interactions, mycorrhizal fungi, rhizobacteria, cross-kingdom RNAi, cross-kingdom effectors, nutrient exchange, plant physiology and metabolism
Important Note: All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.
