Disease-Suppressive Phyllosphere Microbiomes: A Perspective on Microbiome Transplantation for Sustainable Agriculture | Phytopathology® The plant-associated microbiome is a key contributor to plant health, influencing nutrition, stress tolerance, and disease outcomes. Manipulating these microbiomes is a potentially powerful tool for p...

Excited to share our perspective "Disease-suppressive Phyllosphere Microbiome" is now out in Phytopathology (First Look)!.
Disease-Suppressive Phyllosphere Microbiomes: A Perspective on Microbiome Transplantation for Sustainable Agriculture | Phytopathology® apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/...

Translational microbiomes in agriculture: microbial communities as tools to effect host and system health for improved crop production | Applied and Environmental Microbiology Since 2015, the term Translational Microbiome (Table 1 provides definitions of all bold terms) has been applied almost exclusively to refer to the use of knowledge of human microbiomes for clinical ap...

Starting 2026 off with a minireview from @hockettlab.bsky.social's & Carolee Bull's labs:

Translational microbiome research in agriculture is emerging as a “personalized treatment” for crops—boosting health, reducing synthetic inputs, and promoting biodiversity.

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New clues in how plant microbiomes protect against bacterial speck disease | Penn State University Bacterial speck is a common disease affecting tomatoes that can result in lower yields for growers. A new study led by researchers at Penn State gives new clues on how a plant’s microbiome can be used...

🌱🧬 Penn State’s @hockettlab.bsky.social and team discovered how tomato leaf microbiomes can suppress bacterial speck disease.

Xanthomonas & Pseudomonas → less disease → possible microbial tools to protect crops.

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The final published work from my PhD. Took the team a lot of effort to get over the line, but we did it! #microbiome #plantpathogens #phyllosphere

Rapid and sustained differentiation of disease-suppressive phyllosphere microbiomes in tomato following experimental microbiome selection - Environmental Microbiome Background Microbial-based treatments to protect plants against phytopathogens typically focus on soil-borne disease or the aboveground application of one or a few biocontrol microorganisms. However, ...

Fresh plant microbiome research out! 🌱🦠

@hockettlab.bsky.social shows how tomato phyllosphere microbiomes rapidly differentiate under pathogen pressure, developing disease-suppressive traits.

Check it out 👉 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

#Microbiome #PlantHealth #OneHealth

Passaging Phyllosphere Microbial Communities Develop Suppression Towards Bacterial Speck Disease in Tomato | Phytobiomes Journal Microbial community-based disease management approaches have the potential to substitute or combine with currently employed strategies. Suppressive soils are great examples of microbial communities th...

This work follows up on our previous paper describing the development of said disease suppressive communities (tinyurl.com/mvd9xjb8)

Rapid and sustained differentiation of disease-suppressive phyllosphere microbiomes in tomato following experimental microbiome selection - Environmental Microbiome Background Microbial-based treatments to protect plants against phytopathogens typically focus on soil-borne disease or the aboveground application of one or a few biocontrol microorganisms. However, ...

Thrilled to see this work published!

We analyzed foliar disease suppressive microbial communities from tomato to identify taxa and functions associated with suppression. Congratulations to lead author @hanareiaehau.bsky.social, and co-authors Javad Sadeghi and Terrence Bell!

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Tailocin Tail Fiber Diversity Correlates with rfbD Variation in the Pseudomonas syringae Species Complex Abstract. Community assembly dynamics are in part driven by competition between community members. Diverse bacteria can antagonize competitors through the

Tailocin Tail Fiber Diversity Correlates with rfbD Variation in the Pseudomonas syringae Species Complex

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I built a database with mined gateway plasmids from addgene. Maybe it can be helpful.

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Does anyone know of a gateway compatible tn7 destination vector that has kanamycin resistance in the tn7 instead of gentR?

R-pyocins as targeted antimicrobials against Pseudomonas aeruginosa - npj Antimicrobials and Resistance npj Antimicrobials and Resistance - R-pyocins as targeted antimicrobials against Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Delighted to be able to share our new review on R-pyocins produced by Pseudomonas aeruginosa. It covers genetics, regulation, killing mechanisms and therapeutic potential amongst other things. #MicroSky www.nature.com/articles/s44...

It was great hosting @michhulin.bsky.social to hear about her lab's work on prophages in Pseudomonas syringae!

I initiated a plant pathology/plant microbe starter pack, feel free to self-nominate 🥀

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🎉 We are kicking off our semester with a seminar from Dr. Alex Vompe! Alex talked about coral microbiome 🪸 work from his PhD and new mushroom-microbe 🍄 interaction projects with @hockettlab.bsky.social and Carolee Bull.

📢 This fascinating PNAS article highlights OHMC’s @hockettlab.bsky.social's research on adapting plant microbiomes to enhance crop resilience 🌾🐛🦠

"Breeding will still have its place in the toolbox, [but] the microbiome approach will likely be far quicker."

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For those interested in this work, I'm currently recruiting a postdoc!

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Can microbiome adaptations protect crops from pests and climate change? | PNAS Can microbiome adaptations protect crops from pests and climate change?

Thrilled to have my group's work on disease suppressive microbial communities highlighted in the recent PNAS Front Matter!

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