Scientific Program
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The general theme for the 2019 conference is "shining light on the plant root-soil interface". Theme areas for the conference are listed below; however, the scientific program is now complete (see Final Program). However, if you have any suggestions for theme areas, or you would like to propose a session for Rhizosphere 6 (to be heldin 2023), please contact a member of the Executive Oversight Committee.







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Rhizosphere 5 Theme Areas:
• The root microbiome
• Plant holobiont
• Spatiotemporal organization in the rhizosphere
• The rhizosphere as a hotspot for horizontal gene transfer
• Root imaging & phenotyping
• Rhizosphere processes for sustainable agriculture & nutrient cycling
• Natural (forest and grassland) ecosystem rhizosphere
• Rhizosphere of extreme environments
• Rhizoremediation
• Evolution in the rhizosphere (domestication)
• Plant mutualisms or symbionts, natural & commercial inoculants
• Climate change, abiotic stress and the rhizosphere
• Rhizosphere modelling
• Cutting edge approaches and methods
• General soil-plant-microbe interactions
