ArticleFrontiers in plant science2025
Better than one: a synthetic community of Gram-positive bacteria protects pepper plants from aphid infestation through
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- Molecular and transcriptional regulation of plant defense responses to aphid infestation.Stress biology · 2026Review
- Engineering Plant-Associated Soil Microbiomes for Sustainable and Climate-Resilient Agriculture: Mechanisms, Technologies, and Applications.Microorganisms · 2026Review
- Symbiotic weaponry: the role of bacterial mediators in aphid-plant defense conflicts.Archives of microbiology · 2026Review
- Harnessing Microbial Volatile Organic Compounds for Crop Protection: Scientific Discovery, Bridging Ecological Function and On-Farm Application.Microbial biotechnology · 2026Review
- Integrative microbiome and transcriptome analyses revealFrontiers in plant science · 2026Article
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Abstract
Soil microbes offer various benefits to plants, including induced systemic resistance and growth promotion, with some functioning as biocontrol agents. Although the role of microbial consortium in microbiota function was recently elucidated, the production of a specific determinant through microbial cooperation for plant protection against insect infestation has not been demonstrated to date. Here, we report that a synthetic community (SynCom) comprising four Gram-positive bacteria could protect pepper plants from aphid infestation under greenhouse and field conditions. Headspace solid-phase microextraction-gas chromatography mass spectrometry analysis of the determinants produced by the four bacteria during co-cultivation led to the
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