First paper of the week in 2026!

Paper of the week - week 7 (2026):

Pseudomonas volatiles shape the root transcriptome and microbiome to promote plant growth under drought

Carracedo Lorenzo et al., 2026

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.01.27.701981v1.abstract (preprint)

#plantmicrobeinteractions #microbemicrobeinteractions #volatileorganiccompounds #drought #ABA #plantgrowthpromotingrhizobacteria #Arabidopsisthaliana #Brassicaoleracea

Pseudomonas volatiles shape the root transcriptome and microbiome to promote plant growth under drought

### Competing Interest Statement The authors have declared no competing interest. Dutch Research Council (NWO/OCW), as part of the MiCRop Consortium Programme, Harnessing the second genome of plants

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