Metagenomic Insights Into Interactions Between Plant Nematodes and Endophytic Microbiome

Abstract

Plant-parasitic nematodes are a serious threat to global agriculture. Although the control of plant-parasitic nematodes mainly depends on chemical methods, the need for environmentally friendly alternative approaches for the control of nematodes has been realized in the recent past. In order to find alternative methods to control plant-parasitic nematodes, endophytic microorganisms have been extensively studied in various plant species. These studies have used an array of molecular techniques from simple PCR to next-generation sequencing approaches. Metagenomic studies of endophytes are believed to be the most advanced and effective techniques to disentangle and understand interactions between endophytes and plant-parasitic nematodes.