Integrating ‘cry for help’ strategies for sustainable agriculture

Hongwei Liu

doi:10.1016/j.tplants.2025.03.022

Integrating ‘cry for help’ strategies for sustainable agriculture

Hongwei Liu

Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment

Nanjing Agricultural University

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Abstract

Plants recruit specific soil microbes through a sophisticated ‘cry for help’ strategy to mitigate environmental stresses. Recent advances highlight the potential of leveraging this mechanism to develop microbe-based approaches for enhancing crop health, but challenges remain in refining the criteria and conceptual frameworks to effectively investigate and harness these plant–microbe interactions.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	933-936
Number of pages	4
Journal	Trends in Plant Science
Volume	30
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2025.03.022
Publication status	Published - Sept 2025

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 2 Zero Hunger
SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production

Keywords

microbial recruitment
multi-omics approaches
plant–microbe interactions
stress adaptation

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