Division: SSSA Division: Soil Biology & Biochemistry

Title: Linking Soil Macrofaunal and Microbial Communities with Crop Dynamics Including Diseases

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Format: Oral Topical Session
Keywords: meso- and micro-fauna, microbial ecology, phytobiome and plant pathogens

Session Description: This session will discuss research on rhizospheric organisms (nematodes, insects, microbes) in the context of plant interactions including disease, systemic induced crop resistance and soil microbial suppression and/or interactions with plant pathogens, pests and beneficial microbial taxa that have soil-based life stages.