P. A. H. M. Bakker

This study shows that seed tuber microbiomes are influenced by their production field and genotype, and these effects persist through storage and into the next generation, without direct vertical inheritance of specific microbes.

This study shows that a plant-antagonistic bacterium can evolve into a mutualist in the Arabidopsis rhizosphere within six months through genetic changes enhancing competitiveness and plant signaling activation.

This study uses experimental evolution to identify 35 mutations in 28 genes that enhance Pseudomonas protegens' ability to colonize the Arabidopsis thaliana rhizosphere.