title: Editorial: Special thematic issue on microbe-assisted crop production.
authors: AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Health & Environment Department, Bioresources Unit, Konrad-Lorenz-Straße 24, 3430 Tulln, Austria angela.sessitsch@ait.ac.at.
authors: Angela
authors: A
authors: Sessitsch
authors: Julius Kühn-Institut, Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Institute for Epidemiology and Pathogen Diagnostics, Messeweg 11-12, Braunschweig 38104, Germany.
authors: Kornelia
authors: K
authors: Smalla
authors: Agresearch Grasslands Research Centre, Forage Improvement, Tennent Drive, Palmerston North 4442, New Zealand.
authors: Linda
authors: L
authors: Johnson
authors: AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Health & Environment Department, Bioresources Unit, Konrad-Lorenz-Straße 24, 3430 Tulln, Austria.
authors: Birgit
authors: B
authors: Mitter