Gabriele Berg

TL;DR: Physiological and molecular data on the factors that drive selection processes in the rhizosphere are presented and implications for agriculture, nature conservation and biotechnology will also be discussed.

TL;DR: This review addresses the concept of endophytism, considering the latest insights into evolution, plant ecosystem functioning, and multipartite interactions.

TL;DR: The use of microorganisms and the exploitation of beneficial plant–microbe interactions offer promising and environmentally friendly strategies for conventional and organic agriculture worldwide.

TL;DR: The DGGE fingerprints showed plant-dependent shifts in the relative abundance of bacterial populations in the rhizosphere which became more pronounced in the second year, and 6 out of 10 bands resembled gram-positive bacteria.

TL;DR: The general part of the manuscript is followed by the more detailed presentation of specific examples for the selection and interaction of roots and microbes, such as in the rhizosphere of strawberry, potato and oilseed rape, where the soil-borne plant pathogen Verticillium dahliae can cause high yield losses; the potential of biocontrol by specific constituents of the Rhizosphere microbial community is demonstrated.