title: Soil memory as a potential mechanism for encouraging sustainable plant health and productivity.
abstract: The unspecified components of plant-microbe and plant-microbiome associations in the rhizosphere are complex, but recent research is simplifying our understanding of these relationships. We propose that the strong association between hosts, symbionts, and pathogens could be simplified by the concept of soil memory, which explains how a plant could promote their fecundity and protect their offspring through tightly associated relationships with the soil. Although there are many questions surrounding the mechanisms of this phenomenon, recent research has exposed evidence of its existence. Along with evidence from observations and mechanisms related to soil memory, we report means to utilize our understanding as sustainable protection for agricultural crops and propose future research questions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture and Center for Rhizosphere Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, United States.
authors.forename: Erin R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Lapsansky
authors.affiliation: Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture and Center for Rhizosphere Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, United States.
authors.forename: Arwen M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Milroy
authors.affiliation: Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture and Center for Rhizosphere Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, United States.
authors.forename: Marie J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Andales
authors.affiliation: Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture and Center for Rhizosphere Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, United States. Electronic address: J.Vivanco@colostate.edu.
authors.forename: Jorge M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Vivanco
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D064307:Microbiota; D010944:Plants / Q000382:microbiology*; D012987:Soil; D012988:Soil Microbiology
chemical_list: D012987:Soil