Periodic Reporting for period 1 - DIRECTION (Deciphering of Root and Rhizosphere microbiome to increase host fitness in the Fusarium oxysporum- plant interaction)

Fungal pathogens have a dramatic impact on crop productivity. Many fungal-plant interactions occur in the soil and crucially affect plant health. A particularly destructive group of root-infecting fungi cause vascular-wilts, which attack several crops, colonizing the roots and...