Thousands of microbial taxa in the soil form symbioses with host plants, and due to their contribution to plant performance, these microbes are often considered an extension of the host genome. Given
Samples collected from irrigation water, soil, and irrigated produce in the U.S. for CONSERVE (A Center at the Excellence of Sustainable Water Reuse, Food, and Health)
In a pot-scale experiment tomato plants were transplanted within soils naturally infected with the root-knot nematode Meloidogyne incognita, and checked for both the presence of pests and/or pathogens
