Like animals, plants are complex organisms that live alongside microbes from the soil, air or water.

These microbes associated with plants form the “plant microbiota” which includes several thousands of species of bacteria and fungi.

The bacteria associated with plants can be beneficial for the plant development. Bacteria can help the plant to get nutrients, promote plant growth, resist stressful environmental conditions and to fight against diseases. One use of these bacteria is as biofertilizers. These are plant fertilizers containing microbes, which can be applied in farming crops.

The speaker will be Susan Mosquito, postdoctoral researcher at Rothamsted Research.

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