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Published on: April 10, 2018
Selenium nanoboosting of plant-beneficial microbiome
Miaomiao Ding1, Ivie Sonia Osayande1, Kenichi Tsuda1
1National Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Hubei Key Laboratory of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China; Shenzhen Institute of Nutrition and Health, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China; Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Genome Analysis Laboratory of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518120, China.
Abstract:
In the dynamic theater of plant-microbe interactions, a new conductor has emerged: selenium nanoparticles. As unveiled by Sun et al. in this issue of Cell Host & Microbe, these microbially synthesized nanoparticles recruit plant growth-promoting microbes, orchestrating a synergy between plants and the rhizosphere microbiome.
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