Each to Their Own: X-Omics Understanding of Genotype Specificity to Develop Smart Bioinoculant Formulations
摘要
Mutualistic interactions between microbes and plants play a crucial rolein plant development, physiology, and stress resistance. The taxonomic and functional characteristics of the plant microbiome are being increasingly understood through various omics techniques (e.g. metagenomics, transcriptomics, metabolomics), including genome-wide association studies and quantitative trait loci mapping also. This emerging knowledge has the potential to revolutionize agricultural practices and breeding programs for novel crops. However, several studies suggest that the desired phenotype in the host plant is often the result of genotype-specific interactions between the partners. The rhizobium-legume symbiosis model has been extensively studied using a range of omics methods, from comparative genomics to transcriptomics, to uncover the genetic basis of these genotype-specific interactions and, in turn, support the development of customized bioinoculants for selected plant varieties.