title: Editorial on plants as alternative hosts for human and animal pathogens.
authors.affiliation: Human and Animal Pathogen - Plant Interactions, The James Hutton Institute Dundee, UK.
authors.forename: Nicola J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Holden
authors.affiliation: School of Biological Sciences, University of Reading Reading, UK.
authors.forename: Robert W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Jackson
authors.affiliation: Institute of Phytopathology and Applied Zoology, Justus Liebig University of Giessen Giessen, Germany.
authors.forename: Adam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schikora
keywords: Arabidopsis thaliana; Escherichia coli; PAMP-triggered immunity; Salmonella enterica; effectors; fresh produce; mRNA extraction; microbiome