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/...

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...

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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. 🔗 journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

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...

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🌱🧬 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. 🔗 Read more: www.psu.edu/news/agricul...

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...

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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

Kevin Hockett@hockettlab.bsky.social · last yr.

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! tinyurl.com/4pnxxuus

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

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, ...

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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! tinyurl.com/4pnxxuus

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, ...

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Tailocin Tail Fiber Diversity Correlates with rfbD Variation in the Pseudomonas syringae Species Complex #ISMEComms from @stl.bsky.social @hockettlab.bsky.social @surtlab.bsky.social academic.oup.com/ismecommun/a...

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

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I built a database with mined gateway plasmids from addgene. Maybe it can be helpful. bsky.app/profile/manu...

Manuel Lera-Ramirez@manu-lera.bsky.social · last yr.

🧬🔬 Ever wondered if there’s a #GateWay plasmid in @addgene.bsky.social with GFP and the att sites you need? 🤔✨ Wonder no more! 🚀 Visit GateWayMine to search a database of #AddGene plasmids by feature or site type! 🧪🔍 🔗 gatewaymine.netlify.app More context in the thread! 🧵👇

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

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

Michelle Hulin@michhulin.bsky.social · last yr.

I had a wonderful visit to Penn State! Thanks for the invitation @hockettlab.bsky.social

I initiated a plant pathology/plant microbe starter pack, feel free to self-nominate 🥀 go.bsky.app/LbYaW8k

🎉 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." www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Thrilled to have my group's work on disease suppressive microbial communities highlighted in the recent PNAS Front Matter! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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

Can microbiome adaptations protect crops from pests and climate change?

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