Root-Benefit COST ACTION

🦠🌱Aiming to structure the European research community on beneficial root-associated microorganism interactions 🇪🇺👩🏻‍🌾

[Root-Benefit COST ACTION @rootbenefit]

📸 Reminder!

Share your best image of beneficial root-microbe interactions in the ROOT-BENEFIT Photo Contest. 🌱

Important: Participation is OPEN to ANY researcher, NOT only to members of ROOT-BENEFIT

Link: https://t.co/Kyen5WEHuo

📅 Deadline: 31 December

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🎥Now on YouTube!

Watch Prof. Uta Paszkowski's @CerealSymbiosis (@Cambridge_Uni) ROOT-BENEFIT webinar on arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis in cereals and its relevance to sustainable agriculture!!

Link here: https://t.co/xO1WXWNBNA

#mycorrhiza #agriculture #plantmicrobe

[Root-Benefit COST ACTION @rootbenefit]

📽️ Missed Michelina Ruoco's webinar? Watch the recording to explore beneficial plant-microbe interactions for sustainable crop production—or revisit the talk!

▶ https://t.co/IaYbGo0uwj

#ROOTBENEFIT #PlantMicrobeInteractios
#SustainableAgriculture

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📣 We are pleased to share the Tenth Root Benefit WG2 webinar (Part 1)!

🌱 Prof. Javier Pozueta (@IHSM_CSIC_UMA) talked about how fungal compounds influence plant growth and resilience!

Link here:
https://t.co/buF02BWACa

[Root-Benefit COST ACTION @rootbenefit]

📸 Show the hidden partners that help roots thrive!
Enter the ROOT-BENEFIT Photo Contest by 31 December.
Winners chosen by public vote.
https://t.co/Kyen5WEHuo

[Root-Benefit COST ACTION @rootbenefit]

🎥 We're you unable to watch Dr. Kalliope Papadopoulos's (University of Thessaly) WG2 webinar? Catch up now! She talked about endophytic fungi, symbiotic relationships and multi-partite interactions. Find the link here: https://t.co/fcn2yLp53j

[Root-Benefit COST ACTION @rootbenefit]

We are back!!

ROOT-BENEFIT WG2 webinar with Prof. It's Paszkowski @CerealSymbiosis from @Cambridge_Uni and Juan Antonio López-Ráez @EEZ_MYCOSIGN from @EEZCSIC on mycorrhizal symbiosis, crop nutrition and plant defence.

25 Sept, 12:00 CET.
Link here: https://t.co/uVAVkqh1VS

[Root-Benefit COST ACTION @rootbenefit]

New in @JXBotany: Root-microbiome synergy and epigenetic regulation enhance plant heat stress resilience.

A timely review on belowground biology and climate adaptation.

https://t.co/Zwdcy2WU8m

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Six voices, one mission! 🎥 Discover how participants of the ROOT-BENEFIT Scientific Communication in Practice Workshop share their views on science communication, collaboration and sustainable agriculture.
Watch it here: https://t.co/OY3dEdyyMp

#ROOTBENEFIT #SciComm

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How can we make science more engaging? 🌱🎥 Through immersive storytelling, creativity and collaboration! Discover highlights from the ROOT-BENEFIT Scientific Communication in Practice Workshop in Meteora. #ROOTBENEFIT #SciComm
https://t.co/gRsxo7rFcp

[Root-Benefit COST ACTION @rootbenefit]

Some of agriculture’s most powerful partnerships are hidden beneath our feet 🌱

ROOT-BENEFIT Cost Action connects researchers, farmers, industry and policymakers to unlock the potential of beneficial root-associated microorganisms!

🎥 https://t.co/7LZlNylJHa

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📢 Do not miss the next #ROOTBENEFIT (June 12th; 12:00 CET) webinar with Javier Pozueta-Romero and Michelina Ruocco! Discover how beneficial plant–microbe interactions can drive sustainable and resilient agriculture. 🌱
Link: https://t.co/uVAVkqh1VS
#PlantMicrobiome #Costaction

[Root-Benefit COST ACTION @rootbenefit]

🌱 Great few days in @EEZCSIC Granada for the @rootbenefit COST Action General Meeting!
Inspiring science, discussions, and exciting collaborations around beneficial root-associated microorganisms!
Thanks to all organisers, speakers, and participants for making it great!

[IRNASA-CSIC @irnasa_csic]

👩‍🔬 #IRNASA‑CSIC researcher Carmen Escudero delivered the keynote lecture of the first session of the ROOT‑BENEFIT Symposium on "Beneficial microorganisms for soil health and agriculture" (@rootbenefit), held this week at the @EEZCSIC in Granada, Spain.

[MicGeo Lab @Kolb2018]

MicGeo News.
A great second day @rootbenefit Conference with fascinating key notes. #cropmicrobiome #Granada @EEZCSIC

[Root-Benefit COST ACTION @rootbenefit]

📢 Second Call for Short-Term Scientific Missions in 2026!! A perfect opportunity for knowledge exchange and visit other labs!! Application deadline May 24th!!
More information here: https://t.co/Gc41iseDSN
#science #shortstay

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🌱 STSM #ROOTBENEFIT
The student Antonio Gavira completed a research stay at @UCPH_Research with Dr. Rasmus Kjøller (Fungal Ecology Lab).

🔬 Isolation of root endophytic fungi from avocado and other subtropical trees.

🤝 Advancing plant–microbe interactions

#COSTAction

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🎥 Couldn't make it to our last Working Group 2 webinar? Catch up now! Dr. Javier Cabrera discusses plant(root)-fungal interactions and how they influence root architecture. (@CBGP_Madrid, Spain). Find the link here: https://t.co/5TqSpn9rQB

[Root-Benefit COST ACTION @rootbenefit]

Our next WG2 Root-benefit webinar is comming!! Next Friday March 27th!! We will have the pleasure to listen two amazing talks by Dr. Javier Cabrera from @CBGP_Madrid (Spain) and Dr. Kalliope Papadopoulou from University of Thessaly (Greece). Link here: https://t.co/uVAVkqh1VS

[Root-Benefit COST ACTION @rootbenefit]

Celebrating International Forest Day!!
🌲🌳🪾🌍

Forests don’t grow alone 🌱

Beneath every tree, complex microbial communities support nutrient cycling, resilience, and health.

#InternationalForestDay #SoilMicrobiology #PlantScience #COSTAction