Booklet: 4th Workshop on Implementing Plant-Microbe Interactions in Plant Breeding

Summary in the original language of the document

The workshop aims to establish and strengthen a network among plant breeders and scientists of different disciplines to explore the use of plant-microbe interactions in plant breeding.
Knowledge on plant genetic determinants for beneficial interactions with individual microbes (incl. biologicals) and entire communities is growing rapidly. However, the implementation of such knowledge in plant breeding is still in its infancy. Similarly, plant microbiome manipulation via the early introduction of biologicals (e.g. via seed treatments) offers great promise, but still suffers from variable outcomes.
The workshop is organised by the EUCARPIA Working Group on Plant-Microbe Interactions of the Section Organic and Low-Input Agriculture and will continue to discuss the potential and limitations of implementing its growing knowledge in plant breeding. Previous workshop outputs were synthesised in a perspective article on emerging research priorities towards microbe-assisted crop production (Hohmann et al. 2020, FEMS Micr Ecol).
This year’s 4th EUCARPIA workshop will continue the discussion and foster the dialogue between the different research disciplines and industry to promote the development of holobiont-based breeding strategies for future resilient agroecosystems.