2026

  • Alonso Esteve, J., Aerts, N., Van Wees, S.C.M., De Ridder, D. and Van Dijk, A.D.J. (2026). Can deep learning predict inducibility of stress-responsive gene expression from DNA sequence in Arabidopsis thaliana? in silico Plants 8: diag012. https://doi.org/10.1093/insilicoplants/diag012
  • Carracedo Lorenzo, Z., Syamsu Rizaludin, M., Wang, J., Berdaguer, R., Brito-López, C., Sánchez-Arcos, C., Garbeva, P., Pieterse, C.M.J., Dicke, M., Testerink, C., Kloth, K.J. and Karlova, R. (2026). Pseudomonas volatiles shape the root transcriptome and microbiome to promote plant growth under drought. New Phytologist 251: 405-423. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.71203
  • Hsu, S.-H., Stassen, M.J.J., Robe, K., Izquierdo, E., Dubos, C., Pieterse, C.M.J. and Stringlis, I.A. (2026). Coumarins link rhizobacteria perception in roots to systemic resistance in leaves. bioRxiv https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.08.11.741996
  • Koch, H., Clavel, T., Mayr, C., Coltman, B.J., Schloter, M., Vorholt, J.A., Sanz, Y., Cernava, T., Beattie, G.A., Lange, L., Chaillou, S., Kovács, A.T., Smidt, H., Pieterse, C.M.J., Kostic, T., Finkel, O.M., Lawson, C.E., Cocolin, L., Mercado-Blanco, J., Papadopoulou, K.K., Ryan, M., Candela, M., Cotter, P.D., Berg, G., O`Sullivan, O., Delgado-Baquerizo, M., Trivedi, P., Charles, T.C., Singh, B.K., Brader, G., Marian, M. and Sessitsch, A. (2026). From "synthetic" to defined microbial communities for clearer terminology. Nature Communications 17: 5283. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-74251-1
  • Matyskova, P., Selten, G., Pieterse, C.M.J., Abeln, S. and de Jonge, R. (2026). Beyond the annotated: protein foundation models enable robust prediction of microbial root competence. bioRxiv https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.05.22.727091
  • Qi, R. (2026). Plant mechanisms involved in recruitment of disease-suppressive microbiota. Pp.1-162, PhD Thesis Utrecht University. PDF of thesis: https://doi.org/10.33540/3303. 
  • Qiao, Y., Qiao, J., Cheng, X., Berendsen, R.L., Pieterse, C.M.J. and Song, Y. (2026). Ecological filtering by tuber compartments shapes stable core microbiomes that underpin potato plant growth across environments. Plant Cell & Environment XX: XXX-XXX. https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.70843. 
  • Ramirez-Villacis, D.X. (2026). Born to rewild: Reconnecting beneficial plant-microbe alliances for resilient future crops. Pp. 1-159, PhD Thesis Utrecht Univeristy. PDF of thesis: https://doi.org/10.33540/3442. 
  • Sánchez Gil, J.J. (2026). Ecological competence in the rhizosphere: Genetic determinants, physiological plasticity and inference of root-associated bacteria from amplicon data. Pp. 1-223, PhD Thesis Utrecht University. PDF of thesis: xxx
  • Spooren, J., Shao, Y., Tarrant, T., Ploemacher, H., Qi, R., Hopkoper, S., Yüce, U., Dong, H. Goossens, P., Van Wees, S.C.M., Pieterse, C.M.J. and Berendsen, R.L. (2026). Downy mildew disease-suppressive soils transmit a protective core microbiome to the phyllosphere. ISME Journal 20: wrag016. https://doi.org/10.1093/ismejo/wrag016.
  • Thomas, V., Cernava, T., Pieterse, C.M.J., Roesch, L.F.W., Garrett, K.A. and Martins, S.J. (2026). Dysbiotic microbiomes and the collapse of plant health. Trends in Microbiology XX: XXX-XXX.
  • Tian, M., Zheng, Y., Cao, W., Yang, X., Yang, T., Wang, X., Xu, Y., Jousset, A., Zhou, J., Shen, Q., Van Wees, S.C.M., Li, W. and Wei, Z. (2026). MAX3 deficiency recruits protective Pseudomonas via modulating the SL-ABA-flavonoid axis to suppress soil-borne pathogen infection. Nature Communications 17: 8928. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-75807-x.
  • Zwyssig, M., Schneider, J., Selten, G., Keel, C., Maurhofer, M. and de Jonge R. (2026). The insect- and plant-associated lifestyles of Pseudomonas protegens CHA0 are preserved following serial passage through insect larvae. bioRxiv https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.03.19.712869.